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The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck that houses the second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box with a flat top, typically with one or three sound holes decorated with rosettes.
theorbo, large bass lute, or archlute, used from the 16th to the 18th century for song accompaniments and for basso continuo parts. It had six to eight single strings running along the fingerboard and, alongside them, eight off-the-fingerboard bass strings, or diapasons.
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May 13, 2022 · Towards the end of the 16th century, a group of musicians in Italy began experimenting with a new way of tuning their lutes, lowering the top two strings by an octave and using much longer strings to create an instrument with a particular tone quality and a bright resonance, known as the theorbo.
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A theorbo, also sometimes called a chitarrone, is a lute with a long neck extension. A theorbo has two pegboxes, one at the top of the fingerboard and the other at the end of the extension. The extended neck is necessary allows for a clear and sustained sound from low bass strings.
May 18, 2018 · theorbo (Fr. théorbe, Ger. Theorb, It. tiorba; possibly from Arabic tarab). Renaissance instr., a larger type of lute (but not so large as chittarone ). Used as accompanying instr., but solo repertory exists. Resonant lower register, caused by longer fingerboard and greater str. length.
