The banduria or bandurria is a steel-stringed, twelve-stringed instrument, part lute and part guitar, in six double courses  A version used in the Philippines has fourteen strings, while the baroque version had ten gut strings. Nylon string versions also still exist.

• G# G# - c# c# - f # f # - b b - e' e' - a' a' (standard tuning)

• G G - c# c# - f # f # - b b - e' e' - a' a'

String gauges (steel):

GHS BA-12: A .011, A .011, E .014 E .014 B .020w, B .020w, F# .023w, F# .023w, C# .029w, C# .029w, G# .033w, G# .033w

La Bella MB550: .010, .010, .014, .014, .019w, .019w, .023w, .023w, .030w, .030w, .035w, .035w

Other registers:

The laud or tenor lute is tuned one octave lower than the banduria, and has a scale length of about 470mm::

• G# ' G# ' - C# C# - F # F # - B B - e e - a a (standard tuning)

• G' G' - C C - F F - Bb Bb - d d - g g (guitar tuning, similar to guitar capot 3)

String gauges:

La Bella ML450: A .012 .012, E .017 .017, B .021 .021, F# .027w .027w, C# .033w .033w, G# .042w .042w

The Cuban laud has a scale length of about 400mm, and some widely differing reported tunings:

• D' D' - A' A' - E E - B B - f #  f # - c # ' c # ' 
• D' D' - A' A' - E E - B B - f #  f # - d' d' 
• D D - F# F# - B B - e e - a a - d' d'

(Octaves of these last three tunings are speculative)

The seven-course thirteen-string laudón and a four-string uncoursed bass lute are other members of the banduria family, and are played with them in ensenbles.

External links:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandurria
• http://www.trioassai.com/bandufaqe.html Bandurria FAQ
• http://www.fernandezmusic.com/Laud.html Laud and Cuban laud