archlute
Extended neck lute
An archlute is a large bass lute with an extended neck carrying additional unstopped bass strings.
Developed in Renaissance Italy, it provided deeper tones for accompanying singers and ensembles.
The instrument's distinctive feature is its second pegbox mounted above the first, holding the longer bass strings that aren't fingered but resonate sympathetically or are plucked open.
Stringed instrument craftsperson
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- stringsThin flexible lines
- pegboxTuning mechanism enclosure
- soundholeOpening in acoustic instrument
extension · neck · body · soundboard · bridge · nut · courses · rosette
Instrument sounding via tensioned filaments
Spirit or yank
- pizzicatoString-plucking technique
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
- thumbShort opposable digit
- continuoBaroque harmonic foundation
accompaniment · tablature · arpeggio · ornamentation · tremolo · dynamics · articulation · realization
luthier
Stringed instrument craftsperson
soundhole · extension · neck · body · soundboard · bridge · nut · courses · rosette · fingerboard
chordophone
Instrument sounding via tensioned filaments
pluck
Spirit or yank
- pizzicatoString-plucking technique
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
- thumbShort opposable digit
continuo · accompaniment · tablature · arpeggio · ornamentation · tremolo · dynamics · articulation · realization · voicing
continuo
Baroque harmonic foundation
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- cantataVocal work with instruments
- oratorioUnstaged sacred choral work
Monteverdi · recitative · ensemble · Handel · Vivaldi · Bologna · Rome · Venice · patronage
toccata
Improvisatory keyboard composition
- allemandeYolk-thickened mother sauce
- sarabandeStately triple-time court dance
- gigueBaroque suite's closing dance
partita · variations · divisions · fantasia · prelude · aria · solo · duet · manuscript · publication