Hello, I'm new to this lute discussion and I'm from Czech Republic. Sorry for my bad english. Now my question (I'm very sorry if this subject was discussed already...): I'm thinking to buy a lute and start to learn it (I'm guitar player - CG and electric), because I love its sound and also I love old music. Every time I hear it I immediately feel that this music has something almost magical inside (otherwise I like many genres of music, including modern subgenres of metal, experimental electronic, chiptunes etc.). The problem is that I'm the beginner and I don't know what exactly is "typical music" of 16th, 17th, 18th century, Italian, French music, what lute music is typical for Germany, England... So I cannot judge which old music is my favourite and it means I don't know which lute to buy. Intuitively I feel that ideal lute could be 7 course rennaisance lute, but I'm not sure. Is there any way to get some overview of whole lute music across the centuries? I mean, for example any web page with short mp3 examples of every period in lute music? Or any "educational" compilation on CD? Or something like that... Because there is so much music that I don't know where to start exploring it... I want to find my favourite genre of lute music so I can tell it to my luthier and he/she can build me a lute which is ideal for my chosen music. . I hope I say it clearly (again, sorry for my english). Thank you very much for your suggestions and I wish you all a nice day, Cyril (from Prag) --
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