Instruments: The Loud (Laud)

Subject: Review: The Loud
From: London OldMan
Date: 10 Nov 18 - 09:16 AM

Back in the 70s, Terry Yarnell used to play a giant mandolin-type instrument which he called a 'Loud' - I remember it having a big sound box, and maybe six double strings.

It had a marvellous 'big' sound, like a 12-string guitar, but more wooden, more mandolin-ish.

Having I got the name wrong? Or am I spelling it wrongly? Can't find any reference to it anywhere on the www!

Thanks.

Subject: RE: The Loud
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Nov 18 - 09:45 AM

Was it an oud?

Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud
From: Jack Campin
Date: 12 Nov 18 - 02:13 PM

No. Usually "laud", with an acute accent somewhere. It's the western Mediterranean version of the Greek/Turkish "lavta". There is something in between called a "liauto". They are all like big bouzoukis, tending to get louder westwards and more sophisticated eastwards (the lavta player in our Middle Eastern group is Greek but plays a gorgeous Turkish one with microtonal fretting).

Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 12 Nov 18 - 02:28 PM

I knew Terry for a long time, can't remember Terry ever playing anything but a guitar, and later, a fiddle.
John and Sandra were the ones who experimented instrumentally
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 12 Nov 18 - 02:28 PM

I knew Terry for a long time, can't remember Terry ever playing anything but a guitar, and later, a fiddle.
John and Sandra were the ones who experimented instrumentally
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Nov 18 - 03:03 PM

Lauds are pretty popular in Spain. It's pronounced a bit like the English word loud.

Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud
From: GUEST,Grishka
Date: 13 Nov 18 - 06:43 AM

See Wiki. The flat back makes it more affordable than a genuine lute.

Note that all names similar to "lute" are derived from the oud, incorporating the Arabic article.

Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud
From: Jack Campin
Date: 13 Nov 18 - 07:19 AM

Not really a lute substitute - the tuning is quite different. It's more like a small, loud oud. The Puerto Rican cuatro does the same sort of job.