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The sound hole is not open, but rather covered with a grille in the form of an intertwining vine or a decorative knot, carved directly out of the wood of the soundboard. The geometry of the lute soundboard is relatively complex, involving a system of barring that places braces perpendicular to the strings at specific lengths along the overall ...
A qanbūs (Arabic: قنبوس) is a short-necked lute that originated in Yemen [1] and spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula. Sachs considered that it derived its name from the Turkic komuz, but it is more comparable to the oud. [2] The instrument was related to or a descendant of the barbat, a (possibly) skin-topped lute from Central Asia. [3]
The lautenwerck (also spelled lautenwerk), alternatively called lute-harpsichord (lute-clavier) or keyboard lute, is a European keyboard instrument of the Baroque period. It is similar to a harpsichord , but with gut (sometimes nylon ) rather than metal strings (except for the 4-foot register on some instruments), producing a mellow tone.
A rosette (from French, meaning little rose), rose, or knot, [1] in the context of musical instruments, is a form of soundhole decoration. The name originated during the medieval period, as a comparison with church windows which were called rose windows. On the oud they are called by the Arabic language term shams, meaning sun. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The fingerboard is on the same plane as the soundboard, with a bridge glued onto the soundboard. Strings are secured in the pegboard in the neck, pass over the fingerboard and soundboard and are tied to a flat bridge, which is glued to the soundboard. [19] The instrument may have as few as four strings or as many as six.
Molo is the name given to a lute by the Hausa people of Niger and northern Nigeria and the Songhay people of Niger. [1] In Ghana, it is called Mɔɣlo in Dagbanli. [2] Molo is the name used for a specific type of African lute, one that has a boat-shaped body or soundbox, carved from wood and a round dowel for a neck. [1]
The instrument lacks the modern sataer's sympathetic strings, the 12 frets on the soundboard, and the bridge placed at an angle, with the main strings raised separately from the sympathetic strings. It does have the sataer's tanbur or setar-like shape and length. It is also 3-stringed, the original meaning of setar. 1860s, Turkestan
The soundboard, depending on the instrument, is called a soundboard, top, top plate, resonator, table, sound-table, or belly. It is usually made of a softwood, often spruce. [6] More generally, any hard surface can act as a soundboard. An example is when someone strikes a tuning fork and holds it against a table top to amplify its sound.