... Here a few examples of musical instrument and the Renaissance period and some characteristics: Lute: The neck of the Renaissance lute was bent back; the strings were tuned in pairs, called 'courses', and the fingerboard had 'frets' (like a guitar) indicating where to press down on the six strings. Viols: Had sloping shoulders and flat backs; six strings, with a fretted fingerboard; viols were held upright in front of the player rather than tucked under thwe chin of him/her. Crumhorn: A wooden cap enclosed the double reed, giving a rather soft but very reedy tone. Rackett: A low-pitched double-reed instrument; its great length of tube was coiled inside a cylinder, which was only a foot high. Sackbut: A name given by the English to the early kind of trombone; the bell was less flared, giving a rounder, more mellow tone. Trumpet: The tube was now folded to make it more ...

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