The art of lute making in Africa is a tradition passed down through generations. Craftsmen use indigenous woods and materials ...

The lute’s cultural impact throughout the Dutch Golden Age can be compared to that of the piano in the 19th century. It was the universal instrument for solo music-making, as well as in ensembles and ...

A look at the history of the ancient Arabic ancestor of the guitar, the oud. Is it really the kind of all musical instruments? If so, what is the real reason?

Made of dried mulberry wood and often inlaid with mother-of-pearl, the lute-like rubab is one of the oldest instruments in ...

Mcfeddy Simon, better known as Gindung, is on a mission to restore the two-stringed lute's place in the state's musical ...

Musical charities and schools across ... and wanted to create an instrument with more flow. The Lute was another popular instrument in the 16th Century. It was inspired by the 'ud, or al'ud ...

He proceeded to build copies of every musical instrument dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries, including the viol, lute, recorder and early keyboard instruments. In 1918 he built his first ...