I BASSIFONDI - Ferdinando Valdambrini romano "Capona" (live) 

Thank you. I think they are two different persons.

Thank you dear Lars. We love it too. It's a instrument part of the lute's family, often used by pluckers to play together.

I do know that :-) but when was it "invented" and is it only music from a certain period and country that needs the Colascione.

It's been invented in Italy and most used in Commedia dell'arte and by italian lute-players around Europe!

thank you for that info :-)

The colascione was developed from Arabic long-necked lutes and still plays with this heritage. Depending on the tuning and amount it is an instrument that is easy to learn. Historical instruments have 2-6 single strings (no courses) and especially the six-stringed colascione has the same tuning as a modern classical guitar just one octave lower (16' instead of an 8').