Lute Society of America Education Hub

Welcome to the lute world! We hope that you’ll find a community with the Lute Society of America. Our goal is to guide you on your journey to learn more about the lute and other early plucked string instruments.

You can read more about the instruments below and find free resources to help you learn the lute!

How to practice without a lute

Don’t have a lute yet? Watch the video below to learn about how you can practice without a lute!

Content for Lute Society of America Members

If you are currently an LSA member, The Fundamentals of Renaissance Lute Playing Method by Laudon Schuett is available as part of your membership.

Free content available for everyone, no membership required

The resources provided below are openly available to everyone, no membership required.

Thinking about joining?

Membership benefits include:

• Four digital issues per year of the LSA Quarterly and its accompanying Digital Supplement and access to all current and past issues online.
• Online access to the LSA’s Digital Facsimile Collection featuring over 700 titles.
• Ability to advertise your professional lute-related services or recordings to the public on the LSA website.
• Access to members-only areas of the website, such as the Grant Tomlinson Historical Lute Archive.
• Ability to rent a lute-family instrument from our collection through the Lute Rental Program.
• A discount off the price of tuition/room/board at the biennial Summer Festivals. “Digital + Paper” memberships also include paper copies of four issues per year of the LSA Quarterly and one issue per year of the Journal.
• Your dues also provide the financial resources needed to support the LSA staff in organizing annual programs like the Summer Festivals and producing LSA publications.

Not ready for a membership?