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A 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.
Lute, 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.
Jul 2, 2024 · 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.
The lute is a stringed musical instrument plucked with the fingers or a plectrum (pick).
Jul 13, 2015 · The lute’s musical versatility, giving one musician the ability to play several polyphonic parts over a wide and increasing pitch range, made it once the most popular instrument in Europe, the ‘prince’ of all instruments.
The 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.
lute, 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.
Discovering the music of the lute is an Alice-through- the-keyhole experience: what appears to be a very small world of sound grows ever larger until one realises that as many different moods are expressed in the lute repertoire as in the Classical orchestra repertoire, or in the worlds of jazz or folk music.
Mar 28, 2023 · Lute is known as Arabic lut, French luth, German laute, Italian luito, and Spanish port laud. Lutes have been widely used in Europe since the 13th century. Lute music flourished, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was a prominent musical instrument in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It is still played in Arab countries.
“A History of the Lute” by D. A. Smith reads like a novel on the lute and its music. Its content is chronological from antiquity till early Italian renaissance, after which each country receives its own chapter. There is also a chapter on lute making with beautiful illustrations.
