Lute

 

Lute

 

Medieval Musicians

Medieval Musicians

 

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Medieval Music - Lute

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Lute

History, Facts and interesting information about Medieval music, specifically, Lute

Definition and Description of the Lute
Definition and description of the Lute: The Lute can be described as a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard. Description: A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or ``sides,'' arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed. Melodically the instrument had little power, although its tone was gentle and sweet.

Family of Instruments: The Lute belongs to the family of String instruments.

Lute Player

Medieval Musical Instruments - Lute
Medieval Musical instruments, including the Lute, would be used by the musicians of the period including the Waits, Minstrels or Troubadours. There were three categories of musical instruments in the Middle Ages - wind, string and percussion.
Terms of description were Bas instruments and Haut instruments. Bas referred to soft instruments (literally, "low," but referring to volume, not pitch) which were suitable for the chamber which included the vielle, rebec and other bowed strings, the lute and other plucked strings. Haut referred to loud instruments (literally "high" but referring to volume, not to pitch) which were suitable for outdoors which included the shawm, sackbut, pipe and tabor. Read the above history, facts and information about the Lute.

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Medieval Music - Lute
The Medieval Times website provides interesting facts, history and information about the musicians and styles of music which scatter the history books including Lute. The Medieval Life and Times Sitemap provides full details of all of the information and facts about the fascinating subject of the lives of the people who lived during the historical period of the Middle Ages. The content of this article on Lute provides free educational details, facts and information for reference and research for schools, colleges and homework for history courses and history coursework.
 

 

 

Medieval Music - Lute

  • Read books from a history book club or watch the History Channel DVDs on Medieval Times
  • Music in Medieval Times
  • Musical Instruments
  • Definition of Lute
  • Medival Music and Instruments
  • Type of Instrument
  • History, facts and information

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