Theorbist vs. Theorbo

Theorbistnoun

Someone who plays a theorbo.

Theorbistnoun

One who plays on a theorbo.

Theorbonoun

(musical instruments) A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.

Theorbonoun

An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.

Theorbo

The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box (a hollow box) with a wooden top, typically with a sound hole, and a neck extending out from the soundbox.