LyreGenus Mode Studio
LyreGenus Mode Studio
A hands-on ancient Greek music-theory and lyre-tuning studio for classics students, early-music performers, composers, and mythology-informed songwriters who must build authentic tetrachords, lock the three genera (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic), assemble modal harmoniai inside the Greater and Lesser Perfect Systems, and hear period interval colors on a virtual lyre—not a passive myth encyclopedia, not a modern DAW, and not a poetry-meter tool. The core loop is pick a genus and named mode → place movable bridges on a multi-string lyre → validate interval ratios against seeded canonical recipes → audition plucks through on-device synthesis → run recognition drills → open repertoire cue cards that retune the instrument for hymn or chorus practice.
About LyreGenus Mode Studio
A hands-on ancient Greek music-theory and lyre-tuning studio for classics students, early-music performers, composers, and mythology-informed songwriters who must build authentic tetrachords, lock the three genera (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic), assemble modal harmoniai inside the Greater and Lesser Perfect Systems, and hear period interval colors on a virtual lyre—not a passive myth encyclopedia, not a modern DAW, and not a poetry-meter tool. The core loop is pick a genus and named mode → place movable bridges on a multi-string lyre → validate interval ratios against seeded canonical recipes → audition plucks through on-device synthesis → run recognition drills → open repertoire cue cards that retune the instrument for hymn or chorus practice.
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LyreGenus Mode Studio on iPhone and iPad.
Highlights
Build tetrachords on an interactive 7- or 8-stri…
Build tetrachords on an interactive 7- or 8-string lyre by dragging movable bridges, then lock diatonic, chromatic, or enharmonic genus using seeded just-ratio recipes with cents readouts on every string gap.
Assemble full harmoniai (Dorian, Phrygian, Lydia…
Assemble full harmoniai (Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Hypodorian, Hypophrygian, Hypolydian and documented variants) from conjunct or disjunct tetrachords on Greater/Lesser Perfect System maps with mese and proslambanomenos anchors.
Audition any single string, tetrachord, or full …
Audition any single string, tetrachord, or full mode through AVAudioEngine pluck synthesis with tension/brightness controls and a steady practice pulse—no microphone and no network required.
Run mode and genus recognition drills: the lab p…
Run mode and genus recognition drills: the lab plays short seeded phrases; the user identifies genus, mode name, or interval quality; results show a session score breakdown and unlock harder phrase banks.
Open a seeded repertoire library of cue cards (H…
Open a seeded repertoire library of cue cards (Homeric hymn fragments, tragic chorus cues, Delphic-hymn sketches) each pre-tagged with suggested genus/mode; one tap retunes the lyre and highlights the working tetrachords.
Compare any ancient mode side-by-side with the n…
Compare any ancient mode side-by-side with the nearest modern major/minor or church mode on a dual interval ladder, with Charts-based cents deltas and color-coded “shared vs alien” steps.
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LyreGenus Mode Studio does not collect personal data — everything stays on your device, with no third-party tracking or advertising SDKs. Read the full Privacy Policy.
Support
Questions or feedback? Visit Support or email paulharms63@icloud.com.