the strings — seven, tuned to the chosen mode, low on the left. click to pluck, drag across to strum.
modes — three of the ancient greek scales. aeolian grieves. dorian stands upright. phrygian descends.
root — the note the seven divide from. the mode rebuilds around it.
hymn — the lyre plays itself: slow generative plucking, weighted toward home. y toggles it. good for breath.
keys — a s d f g h j strike strings one through seven.
orpheus carried this instrument into the underworld and the dark stood still to listen. when he died, the lyre was set among the stars — the constellation behind the strings. its brightest point is vega.