With his eyes closed, Oleksandr Savchuk plucks the strings on his bandura, a lute-like Ukrainian folk instrument, as he ...

Discover how to create a DIY miniature string instrument using simple materials like corrugated cardboard and wooden sticks.

You probably awoke today not knowing you live in the city "of the lute," a stringed instrument of medieval origins. "Duluth" means "of the lute" in French. This city's name speaks of an instrument ...

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Stories of falling head over heels for an instrument are not unusual. What is unusual is love at first sight — or sound — when that instrument is the theorbo. In fact, it was the combination of both ...

This giant bass lute can be over 6 feet long, typically has 14 or so strings and is characterised by it’s rich but clear sound, an ideal accompaniment to the human voice Towards the end of the 16th ...

Along with its brutal and complex medieval melee combat, one of the highlights of Mordhau is its lute. The string instrument of choice for many medieval bards, Mordhau’s lute lets players wander the ...

Jozef van Wissem would like to open our ears to the gorgeous sonorities of the lute. But he feels his instrument has what he calls "a bad image: You stand under a balcony and serenade a lady, and then ...

During a state visit to Kyrgyzstan ahead of the 2025 CSTO summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly tried his hand at the komuz, a traditional three‑string Kyrgyz lute, in a cultural stop with ...