Moderator:
Luuttuaja
Gruppenstatus: Offen
Gegründet am: 5. Apr. 2007
Beschreibung:
Gruppenstatus: Offen
Gegründet am: 5. Apr. 2007
Beschreibung:
This group is for lute lovers and lute players all around the world. Also fans of vihuela and other early plucked string instruments are welcome.
The lute is a plucked string instrument which was particularly popular in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It was first brought to Spain by the Moors in the Medieval times. Others may have been brought to Europe from Arabic lands.
A lute has an oval-shaped back, made of strips of wood. It has a flat front, with a neck attached to it. Early lutes had four courses of strings. Beneath these strings, there were gut frets, where the player pressed down to make the notes.
The front part of the body is made of a flat piece of wood, and known as the soundboard. It has a beautifully carved hole in the center which is called the rose.
The lute was at first played by strumming or plucking with a pick. Starting in the Renaissance era they were played with the fingers alone, thus making it possible to play polyphonic music. During the same era, the lute developed into a six-course instrument.
In about the year 1500 many Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese lutenists adopted vihuela de mano, a viol-shaped instrument tuned and played like the lute, but both instruments continued in coexistence.
During the Renaissance, bigger lutes were designed. Most lutes at this time had seven or eight sets of strings. By the end of the Renaissance the number of courses had grown to ten, and during the Baroque era the number continued to grow until it reached 14. New kinds of lutes were invented. One new kind of lute made in the late Renaissance was the theorbo. Another kind was the archlute.
Over the course of the Baroque era the lute was increasingly relegated to the continuo accompaniment, while some very good solo music was still composed for it. The lute was eventually superseded in the continuo playing by keyboard instruments and finally fell out of use after 1800.
Today there are kinds of lute still being played in Greece, Turkey, and in Arabic-speaking countries (where the instrument is named oud). The Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque lutes are also increasingly played today in Western countries as a part of the early music movement.
A lute has an oval-shaped back, made of strips of wood. It has a flat front, with a neck attached to it. Early lutes had four courses of strings. Beneath these strings, there were gut frets, where the player pressed down to make the notes.
The front part of the body is made of a flat piece of wood, and known as the soundboard. It has a beautifully carved hole in the center which is called the rose.
The lute was at first played by strumming or plucking with a pick. Starting in the Renaissance era they were played with the fingers alone, thus making it possible to play polyphonic music. During the same era, the lute developed into a six-course instrument.
In about the year 1500 many Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese lutenists adopted vihuela de mano, a viol-shaped instrument tuned and played like the lute, but both instruments continued in coexistence.
During the Renaissance, bigger lutes were designed. Most lutes at this time had seven or eight sets of strings. By the end of the Renaissance the number of courses had grown to ten, and during the Baroque era the number continued to grow until it reached 14. New kinds of lutes were invented. One new kind of lute made in the late Renaissance was the theorbo. Another kind was the archlute.
Over the course of the Baroque era the lute was increasingly relegated to the continuo accompaniment, while some very good solo music was still composed for it. The lute was eventually superseded in the continuo playing by keyboard instruments and finally fell out of use after 1800.
Today there are kinds of lute still being played in Greece, Turkey, and in Arabic-speaking countries (where the instrument is named oud). The Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque lutes are also increasingly played today in Western countries as a part of the early music movement.
Aktuelle Blogeinträge
-
Oregon Public Broadcasting
von Ayreheart |
1. Apr. 2012
-
WETA pick of the week
von Ayreheart |
18. Jun. 2011
-
News from Lutopia, 2011: Of Love and Evil by Anne Rice
von Ayreheart |
1. Apr. 2011
Top-Künstler der letzten Woche
Verknüpfte Künstler
Lutes Gruppenradio
Neueste Mitglieder (166)
-
Paddyeahh
vor 21 Tagen
-
SoggyBottomBoy
vor 22 Tagen
-
TwinEgoUK
letzten Monat
-
StelleAmMund
letzten Monat
-
SamperDowland
letzten Monat
-
lotusC
letzten Monat
Letzte Aktivitäten
-
Paddyeahh ist dieser Gruppe beigetreten. vor 21 Tagen
-
SoggyBottomBoy ist dieser Gruppe beigetreten. vor 22 Tagen
-
guitar_amtr hat diese Gruppe verlassen. vor 28 Tagen
-
TwinEgoUK ist dieser Gruppe beigetreten. letzten Monat
-
StelleAmMund ist dieser Gruppe beigetreten. letzten Monat
-
SamperDowland ist dieser Gruppe beigetreten. letzten Monat
-
lotusC ist dieser Gruppe beigetreten. letzten Monat
-
Ayreheart hat den Artikel Oregon Public Broadcasting zu dieser Gruppe hinzugefügt. letzten Monat
-
jovanmarinkovic ist dieser Gruppe beigetreten. März 2012
-
musicantica ist dieser Gruppe beigetreten. März 2012
