1) Basso continuo instrument 2) Choral instrument 3) Instrument 4) Melodic instrument 5) Musical apparatus 6) Musical gadget 7) Musical implement 8) Musical doodad 9) Musical device 10) Music machine 11) Musical instrument 12) Musical gizmo 13) Obsolete bass lute 14) Old lute
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1) Lute
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A theorbo (tiorba, also tuorbe; théorbe, tiorba, Theorbe, teorba) is a plucked string instrument. As a name, theorbo signifies a number of long-necked lutes with second pegboxes, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French théorbe des pièces, the English theorbo, the archlute, the German baroque lute, the angélique or angelica. The etymology of t...
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large double-necked lute
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• (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.
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large bass lute, or archlute, used from the 16th to the 18th century for song accompaniments and for basso continuo parts. It had six to eight ...
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The·or'bo noun [ French
théorbe ,
téorbe , formerly
tuorbe ,
tiorbe , Italian
tiorba .]
(Mus.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were ...
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A theorbo was a musical instrument of the 17th century made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes. A larger form of theorbo was also called the archlute, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an ...
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Musical instrument, a bass lute or archlute developed around 1500 and incorporating dual sets of strings, a set of freely vibrating bass strings for plucking with the thumb in addition to five to seven courses over a fretted fingerboard. It survived to form part of the Italian baroque orchestra from about 1700
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