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Take this "family tree" with a little grain of salt. There is more than one way to classify instruments and not all experts would agree with this one.
This list contains a complete (or as complete as I can manage to get it at this time) overview of the lute and cittern families - including modern variants. For the other families I've only included "historical" members.
DisclaimerThis page is part of a major - and by no means finished - instrument presentation project involving most of my web sites. Things may still be a bit messy every now and then and there may still be important parts missing. |
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Lute
Laud (1)
Medieval lute
Four-course medieval lute
Five-course medieval lute
Six-course medieval lute
Renaissance lute
Treble lute
Tenor lute (1)
Five course renaissance lute
Six course renaissance lute
Seven course renaissance lute
Eight course renaissance lute
Bass lute (1)
Baroque lute
Gallichon
Lute dyphone
Archlute
Chitarrone
Theorbe
Angelica
Colascione
Three-string colascione
Six-string colascione
Guitar-lute
12-string guitar-lute
Flatback guitar-lute
Bass lute (2)
9-string bass lute
10-string bass lute
12-string bass lute
Swedish lute
Eleven-string Swedish lute
Twelve-string Swedish lute
Cobza
Oud
Laouta
Saz
Baglama
Tzoura
Six-stringed tzoura
Eight-string tzoura
Bouzouki
Six-stringed bouzouki
Eight-string bouzouki
Pipa
Liu qin
Bowed lutes
Rebab
Rebec
Kemance
Mandola family
Mandolin
Bowlback mandolin
Lombardic mandolin
Milanese mandolin
Cremonese mandolin
Genovese mandolin
Neapolitan mandolin
Tenor lute (2)
Mandocello
Liuto cantabile
Medieval mandola
Renaissance mandola
Classical mandola
Mandora (1)
Early mandola
Baroque mandola
Mandour
Viola (1)
Viola da gamba
Pardessus de Viol
Five-string pardessus de Viol
Six-string pardessus de Viol
Treble viol
Alto viol
Tenor viol
Lyra da gamba
Arpeggione
Viola bastarda
Bass viol
Seven-string bass viol
Violone
Heptacorde
Fretless viol
Fretless soprano viol
Fretless alto viol
Fretless tenor viol
Baryton (2)
Groß Contra-Bas-Geig
Citterns
Cittern (1)
Renaissance cittern
Stump
Five course renaissance cittern
Six course renaissance cittern
Seven course renaissance cittern
Bass renaissance cittern
6 course bass renaissance cittern
Orpharion
Penorcon
Bandora
Bowed cittern
Twelve course bandora
Baroque cittern
Cithrinchen
Hamburger Cithrinchen
Archcittern
Ceterone
Theorbo cittern
Sächsische Theorbenzister
Halszither
Toggenburger Halszither
Krienser Halszither
Schweizer Halszither
Wartburglaute
Thüringer zither
Five-course Thüringer zither
Six-course Thüringer zither
Seven-course Thüringer zither
Eight-course Thüringer zither
Nine-course Thüringer zither
Waldzither
Piccolo-Waldzither
Diskant-Waldzither
Harzzither
Tenor-Waldzither
Bass waldzither
French cittern
Six course French cittern
Seven course French cittern
Lute cittern
Six course lute cittern
Seven course lute cittern
Six-stringed cittern
German guitar
English guitar
Keyed guitar
British lyre
Norwegian cittern
Portuguese guitar
Bandolas
Bandurria
Bandola llano
Bandola llanera
Laud (2)
Citole
Guitars
Guitar
Acoustic guitar
Historical guitars
Vihuela (1)
Renaissance guitar
Six-course renaissance guitar
Vandola
Baroque guitar
Classical twelve-string guitar
Early classical guitar
Chitarra battente
Contra-guitar
10-string contra-guitar
11-string contra-guitar
12-string contra-guitar
13-string contra-guitar
15-string contra-guitar
Banjo (1)
Hurdy-gurdy
Nyckelharpa
Tromba marina
Harp instruments
Harp
Eight-string harp
Twelwe-string harp
16-string harp
19-string harp
22-string harp
24-string harp
25-string harp
26-string harp
27-string harp
29-string harp
30-string harp
31-string harp
34-string harp
36-string harp
38-string harp
Bondeharpe
Chromatic harp
Hooked harp
Bowed harp
Lyre instruments
Kithara
Cithara
Crwth
Lyre harp
Zither instruments
Psaltery
Monochord
Musical bow
Langeleik
Lute-zither
Stössel-mandolin
Stössel-lute
Stössel-basslute
Stössel-contrabasslute
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