Lute
noun
A musical instrument with a body shaped like a pear and strings that are played with the fingers.
She played a delightful tune on her lute.
Often appears as...
- play the lute
- lute player
noun
A substance used to seal parts together or make them waterproof.
He applied lute to the seams of the boat to make it waterproof.
Often appears as...
- apply lute
- lute sealant
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Technical
verb
To seal (something) with lute.
He luted the window to keep the drafts out.
Often appears as...
- lute the seams
- lute the window
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A musical instrument with a body shaped like a pear and strings that are played with the fingers.
She played a delightful tune on her lute.
Often appears as...
- play the lute
- lute player
noun
A substance used to seal parts together or make them waterproof.
He applied lute to the seams of the boat to make it waterproof.
Often appears as...
- apply lute
- lute sealant
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To seal (something) with lute.
He luted the window to keep the drafts out.
Often appears as...
- lute the seams
- lute the window
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Instrument
The lute is an ancient stringed musical instrument popular in Renaissance and Baroque music.
Renaissance festivals often feature lute players.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Guitar
While similar to a guitar, a lute has a deeper, round back and a distinct sound that’s less common today.
Unlike a guitar, the lute's rounded back can rest against your body as you play.
Pro Tip 3/3Played with Fingers
You play a lute using your fingers, not with a pick like some other stringed instruments.
When you learn to play the lute, you’ll start with fingerpicking exercises.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Instrument
The lute is an ancient stringed musical instrument popular in Renaissance and Baroque music.
Renaissance festivals often feature lute players.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Guitar
While similar to a guitar, a lute has a deeper, round back and a distinct sound that’s less common today.
Unlike a guitar, the lute's rounded back can rest against your body as you play.
Pro Tip 3/3Played with Fingers
You play a lute using your fingers, not with a pick like some other stringed instruments.
When you learn to play the lute, you’ll start with fingerpicking exercises.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Instrument
The lute is an ancient stringed musical instrument popular in Renaissance and Baroque music.
Renaissance festivals often feature lute players.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Guitar
While similar to a guitar, a lute has a deeper, round back and a distinct sound that’s less common today.
Unlike a guitar, the lute's rounded back can rest against your body as you play.
Pro Tip 3/3Played with Fingers
You play a lute using your fingers, not with a pick like some other stringed instruments.
When you learn to play the lute, you’ll start with fingerpicking exercises.
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Music as a refuge PIPE...
west african harp lute known as the kora that's the other side for those that didn't see it earlier and it's from Senegal Mali give me that region of West Africa well and how long did it take I mean you said in the talk but just reiterate how long did it take you to
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Alan Kay: A powerful...
we can see that we have come up with an accurate physical model. Galileo, by the way, did this very cleverly by running a ball backwards down the strings of his lute.
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
cuckoo Murray or should do lute and see if there's any sign of them on that side of the world while we've caught up with Steve and
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Music as a refuge PIPE...
west african harp lute known as the kora that's the other side for those that didn't see it earlier and it's from Senegal Mali give me that region of West Africa well and how long did it take I mean you said in the talk but just reiterate how long did it take you to
Video examples
Alan Kay: A powerful...
we can see that we have come up with an accurate physical model. Galileo, by the way, did this very cleverly by running a ball backwards down the strings of his lute.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
cuckoo Murray or should do lute and see if there's any sign of them on that side of the world while we've caught up with Steve and
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Paul Gilbert
American Musician
While I was writing the songs for 'Fuzz Universe,' I was immersing myself in Bulgarian Female Choir music, Baroque lute and violin pieces, Johnny Cash songs about trains, cows, mules, and mining coal, the Bee Gees, and Ronnie James Dio.
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Julian Bream
British Musician
My own style on the guitar grew out of my experience with the lute. I suppose some people might say I play each like the other. And of course I know a lot of guitar fans who wish I would stop playing the lute and vice versa.
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Yasmine Hamdan
Lebanese Musician
It's complicated for my music to be accepted, even in Lebanon and the Arabic world - I sing in Arabic, but there's no lute, no classical instruments. Maybe with the Internet opening things up, things will change.
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Cecilia Bartoli
Italian Musician
When you are accompanied by the instrument - on an instrument like the lute-the lute and voice - you have this sound, and you feel how the music can be so touching and yet so simple.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
I was in the National Youth Theatre, too, but there was no dancing there. I was doing plays like 'Julius Caesar' and playing the lute very badly.
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Joe Satriani
American Musician
I personally am into the minstrel technique - if I hear someone playing a lute or playing a crumhorn, it just moves me. I don't know why.
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Julian Bream
British Musician
When I feel like improvising, I always improvise on the guitar, never on the lute. It's as natural to me as breathing.
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David Russell
Scottish Musician
I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.
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Julian Bream
British Musician
I like to play the lute full-bloodedly, with passion, as well as with delicacy and, I hope, refinement.
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Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
Anybody who thinks the lute just came out of a vacuum doesn't know the history.
Quote examples
Paul Gilbert
American Musician
While I was writing the songs for 'Fuzz Universe,' I was immersing myself in Bulgarian Female Choir music, Baroque lute and violin pieces, Johnny Cash songs about trains, cows, mules, and mining coal, the Bee Gees, and Ronnie James Dio.
Quote examples
Julian Bream
British Musician
My own style on the guitar grew out of my experience with the lute. I suppose some people might say I play each like the other. And of course I know a lot of guitar fans who wish I would stop playing the lute and vice versa.
Quote examples
Yasmine Hamdan
Lebanese Musician
It's complicated for my music to be accepted, even in Lebanon and the Arabic world - I sing in Arabic, but there's no lute, no classical instruments. Maybe with the Internet opening things up, things will change.
Quote examples
Cecilia Bartoli
Italian Musician
When you are accompanied by the instrument - on an instrument like the lute-the lute and voice - you have this sound, and you feel how the music can be so touching and yet so simple.
Quote examples
Robert Rinder
English Judge
I was in the National Youth Theatre, too, but there was no dancing there. I was doing plays like 'Julius Caesar' and playing the lute very badly.
Quote examples
Joe Satriani
American Musician
I personally am into the minstrel technique - if I hear someone playing a lute or playing a crumhorn, it just moves me. I don't know why.
Quote examples
Julian Bream
British Musician
When I feel like improvising, I always improvise on the guitar, never on the lute. It's as natural to me as breathing.
Quote examples
David Russell
Scottish Musician
I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.
Quote examples
Julian Bream
British Musician
I like to play the lute full-bloodedly, with passion, as well as with delicacy and, I hope, refinement.
Quote examples
Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
Anybody who thinks the lute just came out of a vacuum doesn't know the history.
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