I got to try an actual, real-live lute the other day at my teacher's. It was great. I was especially surprised at how light the tension was, compared to my classical guitar. Is that because of gut stringing (actually, I'm only assuming it was strung in gut), or are lutes simply at lower tension? Does one string lutes in nylon? Would that put them under the same tension as a classical guitar, which seems much sturdier?
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