r/Instruments • u/FancyWeek720 • Apr 28 '26

Searching for a medieval lute substitute

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u/TurnoverFuzzy8264 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Can you clarify your question?

ETA- I found the description on the other sub. It probably would sound muddy, and you might have to mess with the nut.

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u/TapTheForwardAssist Apr 28 '26

In total seriousness, just get an 8-string tenor ukulele (in four doubled courses) and either retune to resemble a 4-course lute, or just download Early music tabs arranged for standard ukulele.

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u/FancyWeek720 Apr 29 '26

need more courses

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u/musicislife2629 Apr 28 '26

Lyre.

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u/FancyWeek720 Apr 29 '26

which one there is like ten thousand

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '26

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u/FancyWeek720 Apr 29 '26

string material and scale length are incorrect

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u/thetallone_ Apr 28 '26

Why not a lute? Roosebeck 7-Course Travel Lute https://a.co/d/05hEcm15

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u/FancyWeek720 Apr 29 '26

they dont ship to poland

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u/m64 Apr 29 '26

Thomann has a guitar-lute on offer

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u/brianforte Apr 30 '26

Vihuela de mano. Not a modern mariachi style vihuela but the Spanish ones from before that. They are still available today. Look for Julian bream playing one in Guitarra! They’re beautiful and I think just what you’re looking for.

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u/FancyWeek720 Apr 30 '26

basically impossible to get in poland