Description:
Big bass lute with two necks, the first one being regular and the other one much longer, up to more that 6 feets.
XVIth/XVIIth century.
Composition:
Usual Pitch Range: F#1 - Eb4
Clef: 
Usual Transposition:
octave -1 (-12 semitones)
Recording:
Played by: Patrick Vivien (France)
Recorded by: Olivier Guillion
Recorded Pitch Range: F#1 - Eb4
Other info:
Links:
Patrick Vivien's Website
Author's introduction and historical and musical information about instruments
Related instruments:
Renaissance Lute Vihuella
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Excerpt from "Pièces de Théorbe" by Robert de Visée, Gavotte from the "D Minor Suite"
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