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.

2024年1月4日 · The theorbo might look ridiculous, but it is often the loudest single instrument in the band, barring brass instruments. Though invented as an accompaniment instrument, theorbo jocks went on to create a small but notable solo repertoire.

2022年5月13日 · 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.

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.

2017年5月1日 · Get ready to learn all there is to know about the theorbo in 17 facts. The theorbo was invented in Italy at the end of the 16th Century in order to accompany singers in the first operas. The composers needed a chordal instrument that didn’t interfere with the audibility of …

'Theorbo' is an anglicized form of the Italian word 'tiorba', which was a colloquial name for a large instrument of the lute family. It was developed in Florence during the 1580s by players associated with the Humanist circle around Bardi, especially the lutenist Antonio Naldi, who is credited with its invention in some early sources.

The Theorbo is a product of the Florentine Renaissance. It has a deep, powerful sound, and it was likely developed specifically to provide the bass range – a range not available from the then-popular tenor lute. The theorbo has a long neck – some as long as six feet.

The theorbo was created when baroque music was born, sometime circa 1580, when a supportive bass formed one panel of a triptych of bass, harmony and melody, and the lute was required to develop its lower register.

Welcome to the virtual home of the theorbo, and the website of British lutenist and musicologist Lynda Sayce. Here you can find information about Lynda’s concerts, courses where she is teaching, and details of her publications and recordings.