noun
- a plucked stringed musical instrument similar to a lute, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries
Usage: historical; musical instrument
Examples
- The musician played a haunting melody on the bandora.
- Renaissance composers often wrote pieces for the bandora.
- The bandora had more strings than a typical lute.
- Few original bandoras survive from the 16th century.
- She studied how to tune a bandora for her music history class.