archlute

Like the theorbo, the archlute is a very large instrument, with a long neck and two peg boxes. The archlute's peg boxes are staggered at the end of the neck instead of one being off to the side, as with the theorbo. The archlute's tonal range is toward the tenor (like the lute), rather than the bass (like the theorbo).

The main differences between the archlute and the "baroque" lute of northern Europe are that the baroque lute has 11 to 13 courses, while the archlute typically has 14, and the tuning of the first six courses of the baroque lute outlines a d-minor chord, while the archlute preserves the tuning of the Renaissance lute, ...

14-19 string A Lute (theorbo) - You can usually spot the difference between a theorbo and an archlute because a theorbo has half as many pegs and is single strung. Theorbos are essentially a single strung archlute tuned a tone higher.

Six pairs of strings extend above the gut-fretted fingerboard, while eight single bass strings are fastened into a second extended pegbox.

64 to 67 cm It can be built with a string length ranging from 64 to 67 cm. The shorter version (640 mm) retains 8 tied frets in the fingerboard and has the advantage of having the possibility to be tuned at both a=440 and 415 Hz.

The pegbox for lutes before the Baroque era was angled back from the neck at almost 90° (see image), presumably to help hold the low-tension strings firmly against the nut which, traditionally, is not glued in place but is held in place by string pressure only.

There were two versions of this instrument: one is the archlute – essentially a Renaissance lute with extra bass strings and which had the same time – the other is the theorbo (or chitarrone) which had a longer string length for the short strings.

The baroque repertoire, however, cannot be played on a renaissance instrument (or vice versa); if your real passion is for baroque lute music there is no logical reason why you should not begin on a baroque lute: ask an experienced teacher for advice.

It is a six-stringed instrument like the classical guitar. The Lute guitar is also known as the German lute. These instruments were common in Germany since the 1850s. There were many variants made for instance 11 stringed but 6 stringed variants were the most common one which we bring you.

The length of a string is referred to as the total number of characters it contains. To calculate the length of a string in Java, you can use an inbuilt length() method of the Java string class. In Java, strings are objects created using the string class and the length() method is a public member method of this class.

The string length or size means the total number of characters present in it. In String, all the elements are stored in the form of characters i.e., “1”, ” “, “_”, etc all are considered as characters.

Lute symbolism The lute frequently came to symbolise love and romance, lust and lasciviousness. Its delicate and fleeting sounds also reflected love's transience.