laúd
Sign in to savethumb|A rondalla with laudes included thumb|English musician Steve Howe (musician)|Steve Howe playing the instrument at a Yes show in 2013
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Laúd
- Instrument.image
- Laúd español.jpg
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.classification
- Plucked chordophone
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.321 and 321.322
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Necked bowl lute for roundback, necked box lute for flatback
- Instrument.related
- bandurria, bandolón, mandolin, octavina,
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Tuning
- Cuban laúd
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A rondalla with laudes included thumb|English musician Steve Howe (musician)|Steve Howe playing the instrument at a Yes show in 2013
Laúd () is a plectrum-plucked chordophone from Spain, played also in diaspora countries such as Cuba and the Philippines. Its name, just as lute itself, stems from Arabic al-oud العود, literally meaning “the wood”.