A lute (/ lj uː t / [1] or / l uː t /) 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.

Nov 10, 2024 · The lute is a string instrument with a distinctive pear-shaped body and a fretted neck, usually featuring a backward-angled pegbox. Lutes typically have a hollow body, or resonating chamber, that helps amplify the sound, and strings that are plucked or strummed.

The structure of the Western lute evolved gradually away from its ancestor the Arab lute or ‘Ud, though some features have remained sufficiently consistent to constitute defining characteristics.

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The angle between the forearm and the centreline of the lute will be about 25-30 degrees. The wrist stays straight and relaxed, more or less in line with the forearm in both dimensions, perhaps rotated very slightly towards the thumb side.

The lute (both the instrument and the name) derives from the Arabian lute, the Ud ("El Ud" - or Oud), which is still much played (see Middle East). The instrument probably reached West Europe from the Middle East via the Moors in Spain, or was brought home by the Crusadors.

The lute of Pythagoras is a self-similar geometric figure made from a sequence of pentagrams. The lute may be drawn from a sequence of pentagrams. The centers of the pentagrams lie on a line and (except for the first and largest of them) each shares two vertices with the next larger one in the sequence. [1][2]

Jun 26, 2019 · By changing the length of the main strap, one is able to adjust the vertical angle of the lute neck, and by changing the pressure and angle of the ‘sitting strap’ one can change the throw of the lute neck (forward and backward). Many professional lute players make their own straps, and the specifics of this will be covered in a later topic…

Many beginners are working with student lutes, amateur-made or vintage instruments, which may not be well set up for easy and effective tuning, but how does a beginner tell if the problem is their method or their instrument?

Oct 25, 2023 · Will it be easy to switch to a more accurate angle, after I have a feeling for where all the strings and frets are? Or would it be better, to learn how to play "blind" from the beginning, but have the right angle, so it will inevitably cause more errors and maybe frustration.