the ornamental rosette set into a hole cut into the soundboard, as in the lute
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Sound hole
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a hole in the soundboard of a stringed instrument that enhances its volume and tone
Theorbo
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a large member of the lute family, in use from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, with an extended neck and two sets of s…
Cut time
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quick duple time in which the half note is given one beat instead of two See cut time in Elements of a Musical Score see in T…
Tambura
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Accompanying drone instrument from India, a large lute with 4 6 strings; five string Egyptian lyre, long necked fretted lute…
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a short necked, fretless Middle Eastern and North African lute, one of the most important instrument in Arabic classical musi…
Rubab
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Afghan plucked lute. has a short neck with double chambers and three main playing strings made of animal gut or string. also…
Rewap
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a three string long necked lute of the Turks in China. The resonator is usually round, covered with python skin or other elem…