Definitions for theorbo
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WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. theorbonoun

   A baroque lute having an extra set of open bass strings.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Theorbonoun

   A large lute for playing a thorough bass, used by the Italians. Nathan Bailey

   Etymology: tiorba, Italian; tuorbe, Fr.

   He wanted nothing but a song,
   And a well tun’d theorbo hung
   Upon a bough, to ease the pain
   His tugg’d ears suffer’d, with a strain. Samuel Butler.

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1. Theorbo

   The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box (a hollow box) with a wooden top, typically with a sound hole, and a neck extending out from the soundbox. As with the lute, the player plucks or strums the strings with one hand while "fretting" (pressing down) the strings with the other hand; pressing the strings in different places on the neck produces different pitches (notes), thus enabling the performer to play chords, basslines and melodies. It is related to the liuto attiorbato, the French théorbe des pièces, the archlute, the German baroque lute, and the angélique or angelica. A theorbo differs from a regular lute in that the theorbo has a much longer neck which extends beyond the regular fingerboard/neck and a second pegbox at the end of the extended neck. (The pegboxes enable the lute to be tuned by turning the pegs to make the strings sound at higher or lower pitches.) Low-register bass strings are added on the extended neck. This gives a theorbo a much wider range of pitches (notes) than a regular lute. The theorbo was used during the Baroque music era (1600–1750) to play basso continuo accompaniment parts (as part of the basso continuo group, which often included harpsichord, pipe organ and bass instruments), and also as a solo instrument.

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1. Theorbonoun

   an instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes

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1. theorbo

   A theorbo is a plucked string instrument. As a name, theorbo signifies a number of long-necked lutes with second pegboxes, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French théorbe des pièces, the English theorbo, the archlute, the German baroque lute, the angélique or angelica. The etymology of the name tiorba has not yet been explained sufficiently. It is hypothesized that its origin might have been in the Slavic or Turkish "torba", meaning "bag" or "turban". According to Athanasius Kircher, tiorba was a nickname in the Neapolitan dialect that actually denoted the grinding board used by perfumers for grinding essence and herbage.

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1. Theorbo

   thē-orb′ō, n. a large lute with two necks, one above the other, formerly used for the bass.—n. Theorb′ist. [It. tiorba.]

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1. boother

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of theorbo in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

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   The numerical value of theorbo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Theorbo
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=theorbo
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorbo
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorbo
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=theorbo
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=theorbo