Explore Lutes through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lutes meaning
plural of lute
Using Lutes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of lute
- In the example corpus, lutes often appears in combinations such as: lutes and, lutes were, and lutes.
Context around Lutes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lutes
- In this selection, "lutes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bowl, box, jordan, heimbach, two and vihuelas stand out and add context to how "lutes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 17th century lutes vihuelas and and against the lutes heimbach said. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lutes" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lutes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In later Baroque lutes two upper courses are single. (9 words)
On the wall are several lutes and brass instruments. (9 words)
Music Plectra for psalteries and lutes can be cut similarly to writing pens. (13 words)
In the New Kingdom, the Egyptians played on bells, cymbals, tambourines, drums, and imported lutes and lyres from Asia. citation The sistrum was a rattle-like musical instrument that was especially important in religious ceremonies. (35 words)
Popularity The Smithsonian Consort of Viols, a contemporary viol consort Viols were second in popularity only to the lute (although this is disputed), and like lutes, were very often played by amateurs. (32 words)
These musical experiments were called monody and Peri’s operas had the entire drama sung in monodic style with gambas, lutes, and harpsichord or organ for continuo as the main instruments. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
The resonating body may be shaped as a bowl ( necked bowl lutes ) or a box ( necked box lutes ).
Demi announced their engagement to the musician, who was born Jordan Lutes and goes by Jutes as his stage name, late last year.
The Lutes were running down the Boxer’s throat, and there was nothing they could do about it.
Arndt, along with John Hohman and Bob Bass, play their lutes in different parts of the state and even travel out of state at times, to attend music events.
These musical experiments were called monody and Peri’s operas had the entire drama sung in monodic style with gambas, lutes, and harpsichord or organ for continuo as the main instruments.
Another issue Lutes would address as a commissioner is the drug problem in the area.
It does, however, put the cherry on top because it’s against the Lutes,” Heimbach said.
The San Diego Beer & Music Festival is coming to Humphrey’s by the Bay headlined by Shwayze with support from Kira Kosarin and Skyler Lutes.
In all lutes the soundboard has a single (sometimes triple) decorated sound hole under the strings called the rose.
In later Baroque lutes two upper courses are single.
In the New Kingdom, the Egyptians played on bells, cymbals, tambourines, drums, and imported lutes and lyres from Asia. citation The sistrum was a rattle-like musical instrument that was especially important in religious ceremonies.
In the second half of the 17th century lutes, vihuelas and similar instruments started losing popularity, and almost no music had been written for the instrument after 1750.
Lutes built at present are invariably replicas or near copies of those surviving historical instruments that are in museums or private collections.
Lutes were made in a large variety of sizes, with varying numbers of strings/courses, and with no permanent standard for tuning.
Many are custom-built, but there is a growing number of luthiers who build lutes for general sale, and there is a fairly strong, if small, second-hand market.
Music Plectra for psalteries and lutes can be cut similarly to writing pens.
On the wall are several lutes and brass instruments.
Popularity The Smithsonian Consort of Viols, a contemporary viol consort Viols were second in popularity only to the lute (although this is disputed), and like lutes, were very often played by amateurs.
Rosette designs vary from simple concentric circles to delicate fretwork mimicking the historic rosette of lutes.
See also Instruments Lutes by Matthäus Büchenberg, 1613 (left) and by Matteo Sellas, 1641 in Museu de la Música de Barcelona Lute.
Common combinations with lutes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: