LyreGenus Mode Lab
Ancient music · on-device lyre lab

LyreGenus Mode Lab

Drag movable bridges, lock diatonic–chromatic–enharmonic genera, and hear authentic tetrachord colors on a virtual lyre—built for classics students, early-music players, and mythology-minded songwriters who need real interval ethos, not a myth wiki or a modern DAW.

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Workshop ethos Sunlit bronze meets Aegean calm: place bridges, validate just ratios, pluck offline—no network, no microphone, no modern DAW clutter.
3 generaDiatonic · chromatic · enharmonic locks
7+ harmoniaiNamed modes + documented variants
100% on-deviceSynthesis, drills & SwiftData library
9 guided pathsRatios, systema teleion & ethos checks

Illustrative marketing figures; not App Store metrics.

Core loop

From genus to stand-ready retune

01Pick genus & modeNamed harmonia with canonical seeds
02Place bridgesMulti-string lyre, movable frets
03Validate ratiosLive cents vs. recipe gaps
04Audition plucksOn-device synthesis & pulse
05Drill & retuneEar banks + repertoire cards

Lab benches

Hands-on tools, not static tables

Bridge-Drag Tetrachord Builder

Slide movable bridges on a multi-string lyre, lock diatonic, chromatic, or enharmonic genus from seeded just-ratio recipes, and read cents on every string gap before you commit the tuning.

Perfect-System Harmonia Assembly

Stack conjunct or disjunct tetrachords into Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian and hypo variants on Greater/Lesser Perfect System maps, anchored at mese and proslambanomenos.

On-Device Lyre Pluck Audition

Hear any string, tetrachord, or full mode through AVAudioEngine pluck synthesis with tension and brightness controls plus a steady practice pulse—fully offline, no mic required.

Genus & Mode Ear Drills

Identify genus, mode name, or interval quality from short seeded phrases; session scores unlock harder banks so performers and students train recognition, not just theory recall.

Repertoire Cue Cards & Retune

Open Homeric, tragic-chorus, and Delphic sketches pre-tagged with genus and mode; one tap retunes the lyre and highlights the working tetrachords for stand practice.

Recipe Sheets & Harmonia Widget

Export string order, ratios, cents offsets, and bridge summaries as PDF or high-res image; a home-screen harmonia-of-the-day card deep-links straight into the matching lab setup.

Who it is for

  • Classics students building authentic tetrachords
  • Early-music performers locking period genera
  • Composers mapping harmoniai & systema teleion
  • Mythology-informed songwriters chasing ethos

About the studio

LyreGenus Mode Lab turns Greek harmoniai from static ratio tables into a hands-on tuning studio. Place bridges on a 7- or 8-string lyre, validate just-ratio recipes against seeded canonical gaps with live cents readouts, then pluck single strings, tetrachords, or full modes through on-device synthesis.

Map conjunct and disjunct tetrachords onto the Greater and Lesser Perfect Systems with mese and proslambanomenos anchors, run genus and mode recognition drills, and open repertoire cue cards that retune the instrument for Homeric hymns or tragic choruses. Side-by-side ladders expose where ancient steps diverge from major, minor, and church modes.

Export stand-ready recipe sheets, finish guided lessons on Pythagorean ratios and systema teleion, and restore tagged custom tunings offline—so you practice ethos with confidence anywhere, without a microphone or a network.