Ooops, boo-boo: The above should read "on a SIX-course lute..." (not seven) and then "if you have a seven-course lute..." (not eight), though eight-course Renaissance lutes were very common.

It may say 7:47 in the header, but where I am (Ireland) it's the small hours of the morning. That's what I get for reading Mudcat when I ought to go to bed, like a normal person...