The only instrument of the lute family now in use, however, is a shriveled and degenerate member, the mandolin, which is not taken seriously in modern art. Consequently the music written for the ...

A large member of the lute family popular as an accompanying instrument in 17th/18th-century vocal music, the theorbo faded from use by 1800. But Grad was so enthralled by the obscure instrument ...

Munir N. Beken is a composer, and his instrument is the Middle Eastern oud, a member of the wide-ranging Eurasian lute family. And if you are wondering what this decidedly non-Western instrument ...

In the 20th century, Bangladeshi legend Allauddin Khan, also known as Ravi Shankar’s guru, made some further modifications to the sarod, resulting in the instrument we now know today. The sarod is a ...

We'd like to know what your favourite instrument is. Let us know in the vote below. The ukulele is a member of the lute family of instruments. It looks a bit like a mini guitar, has four strings ...

as it explores sounds created on instruments from the extensive lute family. Jennifer Lucy Allan leads a whistlestop tour, sharing pieces from the renaissance to the present day from all corners o ...

which is a fretless stringed instrument of Turkish origin. Will Morris plays the fretless electric bass, violin, mandolin and the colascione (a larger member of the lute family). Mattias Rucht ...