534c2: Lute (plucked)

534c2: Lute (plucked)

Description

All lutes have a resonating belly (soundbox) and a neck. One or more strings are stretched between a soundbox and a straight neck. The strings run from near the base of the soundbox along the full length of the neck. The strings are plucked.

Lutes are found in many different shapes and sizes. Important differences between lutes include the relative length of the body and neck, the shape of the back, the number of strings, whether there are frets, and material used for body, soundbox, and neck.

Examples:

Mandolins, guitars, and ukuleles

Context for this page:

Ocm module: Lute (plucked)
In ocm module: Chordophones
In ocm module: Musical instruments
In modular book: Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials, by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth
In bookshelf: Anthropology

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 21 March 1999