| I can read and write, and my mother taught me to play upon the archlute and to sing. |
| Defining the differences between the chitarrone, theorbo and archlute has always been difficult. |
| The archlute, or bass-theorbo, is the largest sized kind of the theorbo, or lute with a double neck. |
| Other instruments that were derived from the lute are the archlute, the theorbo and the chitarrone. |
| The archlute and the chitarrone or theorbo had, in addition to the strings on the fingerboard, open bass strings on an extended neck with a second pegbox. |
| A fine reproduction of Lady Mary Sidney and her archlute faces the title-page of the book. |
