1592954199000 1312632483000 term-93725 1616540995398 1312632593000 1616290469967 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-93725 0f9d078d-b51c-3288-bc36-502b1d4e35be 2 1 scope note Short-necked, fretless lutelike chordophones of the Arab world, the direct ancestors of European lutes, strung in double courses and played with a plectrum. The large soundbox is built of ribs of lightweight wood with a strongly rounded back and flat belly, one large or two or three small sound holes, a bridge on the lower part of the belly, and a piece of fishskin, leather, or shell above the bridge to protect the belly from the strokes of the plectrum. reference term-93724 adlib-term-93724 d41f0964-4ead-32d9-828f-bb2ca51c7576 `ud V.TT.AFU.ALO.AXC.ALO.AFU.AFU 1 code V.TT.AFU.ALO.AXC.ALO.AFU.AFU 1 `uds reference term-93719 adlib-term-93719 b98d27ff-e9e1-3de0-8e4a-77aa815f32e3 <lutelike chordophones with short neck: plucked> `uds term