Lute guitar

A lute guitar or German lute (German: Gitarrenlaute, Deutsche Laute or Wandervogellaute, less commonly a lutar (modern Turkish), gui-lute or gittar) is a stringed musical instrument, common in Germany from around 1850. The instrument has a regular six-stringed guitar setup on a lute bowl,^[1] however there are many theorboed variants with up to 11 strings. (see de:Deutsche Basslaute)

The instrument is associated with the Wandervogel countercultural movement in Germany in the first half of the 20th century.^[2]^[1]^: 151

The name German lute is sometimes also used for the waldzither, for both gaining the status of a national instrument in the early 20th century.

^ ^a ^b Jeffrey Noonan (1 January 2008). The Guitar in America: Victorian Era to Jazz Age. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-1-60473-302-0.
^ Lute News: The Lute Society Newsletter. The Society. 2003. pp. 21–22.

[Noonan2008-1] Jeffrey Noonan (1 January 2008). The Guitar in America: Victorian Era to Jazz Age. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-1-60473-302-0.

[2] Lute News: The Lute Society Newsletter. The Society. 2003. pp. 21–22.

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