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The lute originally had this 3rd in its open strings, guitar came from the lute. Lute like guitar has all 4ths and then one 3rd.

• rdtennent 4y ago
  You're speaking of the renaissance lute. The baroque lute was most often in an open D minor tuning for the top (fretted) strings: ADFADF.
• analog31 4y ago
  Likewise viola da gamba, also played chordally