Theorbo
Overview
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
s with second pegbox
Pegbox
A pegbox is the part of certain stringed musical instruments that houses the tuning pegs....
es, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French théorbe des pièces, the English theorbo, the archlute
Archlute
The archlute is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficulties in the performance of solo music, and the Renaissance tenor lute, which lacked the bass range of the theorbo...
, the German baroque lute
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
, the angélique
Angélique (instrument)
The angélique is a plucked string instrument of the lute family of the baroque era. It combines features of the lute, the harp, and the theorbo....
or angelica. The etymology of the name tiorba has not yet been explained sufficiently. It is hypothesized that its origin might have been in the Slavic or Turkish "torba", meaning "bag" or "turban".
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