Laouto

Σαν απόκληρος γυρίζω Χάρης & Αναστασία
Σαν απόκληρος γυρίζω Χάρης & Αναστασία
	Example of Laouto playing with a singer

Laouto
	Different kinds of laouto, from the 19th and 20th centuries.
String instrument
Other names	λαούτο,
Classification	Necked bowl lutes; String instruments;
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	321.321; (Composite chordophone sounded with a plectrum)
Related instruments
	Barbat (lute), Bağlama, Biwa, Bouzouki, Dombra, Domra, Dutar, Lavta, Lute, Mandocello, Mandola, Mandolin, Mandolute, Oud, Pipa, Qanbus

The laouto (Greek: λαούτο, pl. laouta λαούτα) is a long-neck fretted instrument of the lute family, found in Greece and Cyprus, and similar in appearance to the oud.^[1] It has four double-strings. It is played in most respects like the oud (plucked with a long plectrum); in Cyprus the laouto is plucked with a feather.^[2] This instrument is known in Albania as "llautë" (indefinite form) or "llauta" (definite form),^[3] and in Romania as "lăuta".

^ Dawe, Kevin (2020-05-26). Island Musics. Routledge. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-000-18364-1.
^ Stenzel, Samantha (1999). Cyprus. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 220. ISBN 978-3-88618-156-8.
^ Tole 2014, p. 163.

[1] Dawe, Kevin (2020-05-26). Island Musics. Routledge. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-000-18364-1.

[2] Stenzel, Samantha (1999). Cyprus. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 220. ISBN 978-3-88618-156-8.

[FOOTNOTETole2014163-3] Tole 2014, p. 163.

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