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Greetings Guys! Most of you, know that I live in Iran. An ancient land with a great history in arts, specially music. But, Unfortunately, I couldn't find "Lute" here. It seems Lute is one of most-European things and it couldn't be find easily. But I didn't become disappointed and continued searching in music market. I found an amazing instrument called "Laouto" (and as Turks/Arabs/Iranians say "Laoud") and this is here : Left is Laouto and write is my "Lute Guitar". Why I call it "Lute Guitar"? Because I made it sound like a Lute. I just detuned G string half step and put a capo on 3rd fret. Now it's tuned G - C - F - A - D - g . I didn't compose anything using these two instruments and I need your help on ideas. But, I improvised something. 1. Lute Guitar improvisation : Lute Guitar Sample.mp3 2. Laouto improvisation (A minor) : Laouto Sample.mp3 3. Laouto Improvisation (Maqam Hijaz / Arabian Scale) : Laoud Improvisation.mp3 I hope I will be able to compose new pieces by your help! P.S : I couldn't find any better place to post this topic.

I researched about Spanish Laúd , and I found that it's tuned like : G# - C# - F# - B - E - A. But My Laúd is tuned A - D - G - C - E - A. I think tuning like this is better for me (because I'm a guitar player)

Interesting. In my country (Spain), it's easy to find a lute. In fact I thought the one in your picture was a lute. Here, the lute is used mostly in popular folk music, and its play with a plectrum in a continuous tremolando (like a mandolin).

@Monarcheon Not a single one.

Completely doable. Note that legato passages are almost always even more easy to play than portato / staccato passages.