The laúd is a plectrum plucked chordophone from Spain. It belongs to the cittern family of instruments. It has six double courses (i.e. twelve strings in pairs), similarly to the bandurria, but its neck is longer. Traditionally it is used folk string musical groups, together with the guitar and the bandurria.
Like the bandurria, it is tuned in fourths, but its range is 1 octave lower.
Tuning:
- 1st: A (la)
- 2nd: E (mi)
- 3rd: B (si)
- 4th: F# (fa#)
- 5th: C# (do#)
- 6th: G# (sol#)
Cuban laúd
There is also a Cuban variety of laúd (such as played by Barbarito Torres of the Buena Vista Social Club). It has the same appearance as the Spanish version only the tuning is different. The Cuban tuning is: D, A, E, B, F#, C# (or D).
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