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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">lutes</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>lute guitars</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>pierced lutes</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>tamburitzas</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Vīṇā</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>bellies</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>lutenists</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>lutelike chordophones with long neck: plucked</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>lute</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Use specifically for plucked chordophones developed in the European Renaissance, having a large pear-shaped body composed of thin, narrow ribs, a flat top, central circular soundhole covered by a rose, and from seven to ten frets on the neck. For the general class of all chordophones with the plane of the strings running parallel to the resonator and a neck that serves both as string bearer and as handle, see "lutelike chordophones." ]]></note></mads>