Tzouras

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Arabic

a short necked, fretless Middle Eastern and North African lute, one of the most important instrument in Arabic classical musi…

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…

Bouzouki

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a twentieth century long necked Greek lute with a fretted neck and a pear shaped body containing two courses of strings which…

Keleli

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a two or three string long necked lute from Chad

Pandoura

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a lute of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures with a long neck and small soundbox

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…

Shamisen

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a long necked Japanese 3 string fretless lute, plucked with a heavy ivory plectrum, that first became popular in the pleasure…

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…