Lijerica je žičano tradicijsko glazbalo, praoblik moderne violine. U primjeni se izvorno pojavljuje u Neumu i neumskom zaleđu.
Lijerica se većinom izrađuje od javorovog ili orahovog drveta. Kruškolikog je oblika. Ima tri žice koje su se pravile od mačjih ili ovčjih crijeva, kasnije i od metalnih telefonskih žica. Gornji dio lijerice naziva se glava. Na glavi se nalaze vijci za ugađanje tonova. Ispod glave se nalazi vrat i izdubljeni donji dio koji je prekriven tankom daskom. U dasci se nalaze dvije polukružne rupe zvane i oči od lijere kroz koje nastaje zvuk povlačenjem gudala preko žica lijerice. Žica na gudalu izrađivala se od konjske strune.
Svira se u sjedećem položaju okomito naslonjena na koljena. Specifičnost sviranja lijerice je što svirač punim stopalom slobodne noge udara o pod te time drži ritam.
Najčešća joj je primjena kao pratnja popularnom plesu linđo.
Na fotografiji/Zvuk (On the photo/Sound): Franjo Marić (Široki Brijeg – BiH)
Foto/Obrada (Photo/Processing): Ana Marić
Lijerica is a chordophone musical instrument, the primal form of the modern violin. In B&H it was originally played in Neum and its hinterlands. Lijerica is mostly made of maple or walnut wood and it is pear-shaped. It has three strings which were made of cat or sheep bowels, and later of metal telephone wires. The top part of lijerica is called glava (the head). At the head are located tone tuning screws. Under the glava is vrat (the neck) and a hollow bottom which is covered with a thin board. In the board are two semicircular holes called “the eyes of lijera” through which the sound is generated by pulling a bow over strings of the lijerica. The string at the bow was made of horse string. Lijerica is played in a sitting position, the instrument vertically leaning above the knee. The specificity of playing lijerica is that the player hits the floor with a full foot by his free leg, thus holding the rhythm. Lijerica is most played as accompaniment of popular dance linđo.