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10 Nov 18 - 09:16 AM (#3961071) Subject: Review: The Loud From: London OldMan 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. |
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10 Nov 18 - 09:45 AM (#3961075) Subject: RE: The Loud From: Jeri Was it an oud? |
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12 Nov 18 - 02:13 PM (#3961386) Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud From: Jack Campin 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). |
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12 Nov 18 - 02:28 PM (#3961388) Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud From: Jim Carroll 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 |
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12 Nov 18 - 02:28 PM (#3961389) Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud From: Jim Carroll 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 |
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12 Nov 18 - 03:03 PM (#3961400) Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud From: GUEST Lauds are pretty popular in Spain. It's pronounced a bit like the English word loud. |
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13 Nov 18 - 06:43 AM (#3961496) Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud From: GUEST,Grishka 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. |
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13 Nov 18 - 07:19 AM (#3961502) Subject: RE: Instruments: The Loud From: Jack Campin 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. |