Welcome to the website dedicated to the lute and guitar music. Most touched upon the lute, as unjustly forgotten instrument, which appeared the ancestor not only the classical guitar, but also many other stringed instruments. You will learn the history of the lute and classical guitar, as well as learn about other instruments lute family, including such as the Scottish or Russian seven-string guitar. You will get acquainted with the works of ancient and contemporary composers and performers. Get access to a huge library of music, tablature and ancient manuscripts "Manuscript", mp3, photo and video gallery, links. You will learn how to played, play, and to play on the lute. You will be able to participate in discussions, ask a question or place an ad on the forum.
Art of the modern classical guitar is a continuation of development
of the lute therefore on the site the subject of modern music in performance
on the classical guitar (jazz, rock, pop) is mentioned. If you are interested in not only historical facts, but also the future prospects of string-plucking instruments, you have something to say on this topic, please leave a message on the forum.
CD
review.
(Family lute instruments).
In this review there are more than 100 CD discs. In the "Record library" site can hear the sound of some of these tracks CD.
Classical
guitar in rock and pop music. The unique offer for
players on classical guitar. If you study or play classical guitar
and you have lack of interesting modern repertoire or you are publisher
and look for interesting material, you are at the right place.
Press MORE
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not meet nowhere except at lute.ru.
Series
of notes for guitar. "With own hands". You
can look published in Russia notes from the series "With own
hands" 1996-1999. Now you can download electronic versions of
books of this series. MORE >>>
Welcome
to ‘The Scottish Guitar’.
The book has 74 pages, and there are 40 mp3 files.
It is the sum of many years researching
and performing Scottish lute, cittern and guitar music.
The key thing is the performances.
There is a continuity of style and technique
going back nearly 1,000 years, which I have brought to the modern
nylon and steel-strung guitar.
As I say in the Introduction, this is more
Scottish than 'Celtic'. MORE
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Russian
seven-stringed guitar.
It is the most mysterious musical instrument concerning the history.
It is a lot of disputes, but anybody plainly cannot explain two hundred
year's history of a seven-stringed guitar. Who was the founder of
this instrument?, sources of occurrence?, etc.
We hope, that this page will explain much and will promote revival
of this remarkable musical instrument.
This page contains set of notes and textbooks for free uploading.
Page in Russian with an opportunity of translation into English language
(Google translate) MORE
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Early music in Russia. Page about musicians, early music ensembles, masters of early musical instruments or people in one degree or another, connected with the lute and early musical instruments from the former Soviet Union and its provinces, abroad or in Russia, who are fluent in Russian. MORE
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Lute & Early Guitar Society Japan French Lute Society
Società Italiana del Liuto The Dutch Lute Society
Lute is the most wide-spread favourite
musical instrument
in many West European
countries of
Renaissance.
The oldest compositions were intended
for the 6-string lute. To the end of the 16-th century the 7-th
string was added and then the strings number was increased.
Any
instrument
having oval or other body and neck
along which the strings are stretched can be believed
to the lute family. Archaeological museum in Cairo keeps a small
lute with
a long neck
found in a burial
(1500 before our era)