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Long,(loon'-ga) as used in It. the adj.,phrase, sing. lung a lutanist pausa, a long pause or rest, some- One who plays the lute, times written lung a, alone. Written lute under or over a hold, or sign indicat- An instrument having a pear-shaped ing an indefinite prolongation of the body and a long neck. It may be time value of the note or rest thus traced to ancient Egypt where it apmarked, it signifies that the hold is pears depicted in sculptures. It was to be considerably prolonged. The used during several ages, and in the plural, lung he, means drawn out, pro- Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth longed notes being implied. Centuries it held a prominent place in 330 lyra way 311 lute European home life and was only sup- In medieval church music the Lyplanted by the keyboard instruments. dian was one of the authentic modes Lutes were artistic objects, the pear or those which began on the final or shaped bodies being composed of narkeynote, and had a range from F on row strips of wood glued together the fourth tone in the ba upward with great care. In the bellies were through an octave. See also Greek carved geometrical roses or sounding modes and music and church modes. holes. The lute originally had eight, Lydian chant thin gut strings arranged in pairs, A chant in a sorrowful, melancholy each pair tuned in unison. When the style, tone was to be increased in power the lydisch (le'-dish) Ger. adj. number, size and tension of the strings Same as Lydian. See also Lydian. was increased. The lute underwent lyon catlins many changes during its long exist- Thick, twisted gut strings used as ence and the mandolin may be conba strings for lute and viols. sidered as its more modern form, lyra (li'-ra) Lat. n. lutenist luter Lyra (le'-ra) Ger. n. A lutist; a player on the lute. Dur- Lyre. lyra An Bar bar in a (le'-ra bar-ba-re'-na) old instrument resembling the It. ing the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries luters or lutenists were Spanish guitar, but played with a attached to the households of kings or bow. See also lira Barber in a. queens. In 1715 the office was created lyra by the English monarch and it was Seedi lira gamba (le'-ra de gam'-ba) It. da gamba. not abolished until 1846. lyra luth (lut) Fr. n. Seedoppia (le'-ra dop'-pi-a) It. lira doppia. A lute, lyra dis)hexachord is Grk. (le'-ra hex-a-kor'- lutherie (lut-re') Fr. n. A lyre with six strings. The art of making lutes, violins and such instruments. lyra riim) mendicorum (le'-ra men-di-ko'- luthier (liit-ya) Fr. n. Lat. 1. In ancient times a maker of A hurdy-gurdy. lutes. Lyra sanger (le'-ra-seng-er) Ger. n. 2. In modern usage a maker of Lyra spieler One who plays (le'-ra-shpe'-ler) the lyre. Ger. n. stringed instruments. lutina (lu-te'-na) It. n. lyra-viol A small lute or mandolin, 1. A Seven teeth Century term inlutinist dicating a method of playing the or lutist dinary viol da gamba from a tablature or system of notation employing A lutist: a player on the lute, letters instead of notes to represent