a small traditional four-stringed Mali lute in the form of a teardrop
Ngoni
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Koni
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a small traditional four stringed lute in the form of a teardrop from Gambia
Tiple
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a small stringed instrument of Spanish origin, derived from the guitar family, It usually has four double or triple sets of s…
Ternary form
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a three section form in which the first section A is repeated, often with some changes, after a middle section B, thus the fo…
Pandoura
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a lute of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures with a long neck and small soundbox
Arco
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Italian
play a stringed instrument with a bow as opposed to plucked or pizzicato; the bow of a stringed instrument
Bandolín
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small South American Creole lute, pear shaped, and with a fretted neck, that comes in various sizes and ranges and has from 8…
Binary form
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a musical form made up of two sections sometimes termed A and B
Borre
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English
a French dance similar to the gavotte but beginning on the fourth beat of four rather than the third of four as in the gavotte