But the majority are homophonic strophic airs suitable for performance by a solo singer, with the remaining parts arranged forluteor another instrument.From theCambridge English Corpus
The harp was replaced in performance by a basslute.From theCambridge English Corpus
The same pattern is followed for illuminate,lute, salute, suit and super.From theCambridge English Corpus
Unlike thelute, the basic technique of the chitarra at this time was one of a strummed chordal accompaniment.From theCambridge English Corpus
They also appear aslutesongs in a few sixteenth-century manuscripts and a scattering of print sources.From theCambridge English Corpus
In many cases, the composer simply furnishes basic denotative material: here a ceremony takes place; there a singer plays thelute.From theCambridge English Corpus
Little backwards impact is now felt on its ancestral ancient lutes and acoustic guitars, except perhaps in the area of string materials.From theCambridge English Corpus
As for thelute, its versatility as a contrapuntal instrument allowed it to accompany both improvised song and solo madrigals.From theCambridge English Corpus
In these hybrid structures thelutebegins with a lengthy unaccompanied solo, after which the treble instrument and cello repeat the opening material.From theCambridge English Corpus
Many of these pieces, and others like them, were regularly published as songs for voice andlutein the early seventeenth century.From theCambridge English Corpus
Having started life as aluteduo, their music-making reflects a keenness for clarity and intimacy, and now in an expanded ensemble form pays particular attention to the continuo line.From theCambridge English Corpus
Scheibe's use of the adjective 'einstimmig' (single-voiced) here is idiosyncratic, as concertos for unaccompanied keyboard, violin orluteare not monophonic.From theCambridge English Corpus
Strung in fifty-pound nylon filament, each ground harp has twenty-two strings, individually tuned like alutein courses to encourage sympathetic vibration.From theCambridge English Corpus
This and subsequent alternations in texture between sololuteand the full ensemble are indicated in thelutepart by markings of 'solo' and 'tutti'.From theCambridge English Corpus
Jacobs added an optional bassoon,luteand kettledrums as well.From theCambridge English Corpus
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