Composite chordophones
type: Concept
notation: 32
narrower: Lutes

Yoke lutes or lyres
type: Concept
notation: 321.2
broader: Lutes

Hornbostel - Sachs
type: ConceptScheme

Lutes
type: Concept
notation: 321
narrower: Yoke lutes or lyres
narrower: Handle lutes
narrower: Bow lutes
definition: One or more strings are stretched between fixed points. The string bearer and the resonator are organically united and cannot be separated without destroying the instrument. The plane of the strings runs parallel with the sound-table.
broader: Composite chordophones
in scheme: Hornbostel - Sachs

Handle lutes
type: Concept
notation: 321.3
broader: Lutes

Bow lutes
type: Concept
notation: 321.1
broader: Lutes