Lute - Wikipedia
WEBA lute ( / ljuːt / [1] or / luːt /) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" commonly refers to an instrument from the family of European lutes.
History of lute-family instruments - Wikipedia
WEBThe European lute and the modern Near-Eastern oud descend from a common ancestor via diverging evolutionary paths. The lute is used in a great variety of instrumental music from the Medieval to the late Baroque eras and was the most important instrument for secular music in the Renaissance.
Lute | Musical Instrument & History of the Stringed Instrument
WEBLute, in music, any plucked or bowed chordophone whose strings are parallel to its belly, or soundboard, and run along a distinct neck or pole. In this sense, instruments such as the Indian sitar are classified as lutes. The violin and the Indonesian rebab are bowed lutes, and the Japanese samisen.
What is a Lute? - Lute Society of America
WEBThe lute is a stringed musical instrument plucked with the fingers or a plectrum (pick). Widely recognizable for its round shape and softness of tone, it originally evolved from the Middle Eastern oud, was brought to Europe through Spain in the 8th and 9th centuries, and was later heard throughout Europe from about the twelfth century CE until ...
Lute guitar - Wikipedia
WEBA lute guitar or German lute (German: Gitarrenlaute, Deutsche Laute or Wandervogellaute, less commonly a lutar (modern Turkish), gui-lute or gittar) is a stringed musical instrument, common in Germany from around 1850.
The Lute Society: About the Lute
WEBThe lute derives its name, as well as its distinctive shape, from the Arabic 'ud, an instrument which is vey much at the heart of Arabic musical life to this day. 'Al 'ud' means 'the wooden one', a name perhaps coined to distinguish the 'ud from instruments made from gourds or with parchment soundboards. It came to Europe in the Middle Ages ...
How to Play the Lute: A Complete Beginner's Guide - wikiHow
WEBApr 29, 2024 · Although this instrument can have up to 13 courses, beginners will have a much easier time with a 6-course lute. We'll tour you through lute anatomy, holding the lute and plucking strings, learning to play notes and chords, and reading sheet music to jump-start your lute journey.
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lute summary | Britannica
WEBlute, Plucked stringed instrument popular in 16th–17th-century Europe. It originated from the Arab ʿūd , which reached Europe in the 13th century. Like the ʿūd , the lute has a deep pear-shaped body with an ornamental soundhole, a fretted neck with a bent-back pegbox, and strings hitched to a bridge glued to the instrument’s belly.
The Lute | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn …
WEBThe lute saw a resurgence in popularity with the early music movement of the late twentieth century. Today, lute players and makers approach the lute and its music from an academic standpoint, and lute making is a cottage industry throughout the world.
A guide to the lute - Classical Music
WEBA guide to the lute - Classical Music
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