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Theorbo
Theorbo A theorbo (also called tiorba in Italian) is a ... s Le Nuove Musiche . Musicians developed the theorbo by adapting a bass lute (c.90 ... In the performance of basso continuo, the theorbo was often paired with a small pipe organ. The theorbo remained in use until the mid- ...
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Archlute
... as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of ... lacked the double bass notes of the theorbo. Essentially a tenor lute with the theorbo's neck extension appended, the archlute lacked ... the tenor and the bass that the theorbo's large body and string length provided ... a continuo instrument in this period, the theorbo being the lute class instrument with ...
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Tiorbino
Tiorbino A tiorbino, a little theorbo (tiorbo in Italian), is a rare stringed ... type of long-necked lute resembling a theorbo but significantly smaller and pitched an octave ... Torban, an Eastern European descendent of the theorbo External links Stephen Barber & Sandi Harris Lute ...
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Lute
... of the lute's evolution the archlute, theorbo and torban had long extentions attached to ... for later High Baroque and Classical music, theorbo for basso continuo parts in Baroque ensembles ... Music String instrument Archlute Cittern Oud Sitar Theorbo Vihuela Tablature See also Category:Composers for ...
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Barbiton
... 17th century. It was a kind of theorbo or bass-lute, but with one neck ... chordasque nervosas habent." The people called it theorbo, but the scholar having identified it with ...
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Lute   (translated from Japanese)
... In arch lute (archlute) and similar テオルボ (theorbo), because the silent chord obtains the length ...
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Dido and Aeneas   (translated from German)
... Figur'd for the organ, Harpsichord, or Theorbo Lute. All which acres placed in their ...
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José Miguel Moreno
... string instruments, such as the vihuela, lute, theorbo, guitars. He is also co-founder of ...
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Le Poème Harmonique
... century. Using rare instruments such as the theorbo, the lirone, the tiorbino and the arpa ...
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Image:Pachelbel-gigue-D-excerpt.ogg
... gamba, Richard Egarr - harpsichord, organ, William Carter - theorbo). Track 10 of "Canon & Gigue: Chamber Works ...
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