Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck (either fretted or unfretted) and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes. The European lute descended from the Arabic oud, the word "lute" comes from the Arabic "al'ud", meaning "the wood". Two narratives, not necessarily mutually exclusive, are given for the oud's entry into Europe: one, that the instrument was brought into t... more

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