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a friend of mine brought a string instrument back from Marocco he says it's a lute, it has 11 strings 5 pairs, one loose.
any one know how to tune such an instrument?

thanks

http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/tuning.html
http://www.oud.gr/tunic.htm
http://www.radix.net/~dglenn/chords/oud ... rists.html

and of course, for inspiration
http://www.musicolog.com/brahem_audio.asp

Aller! On chante Abdel Khader de Khaled maintenant

yes, the oud info is the thing. it's most likely an oud.