Music was very important in Shakespeare's time, it was used in civil life, as well as courtly life.₁

Lute: English followed Arab instruments by having four strings, and was plucked and favored by the Elizabethan courtiers for making music in court.

Hurdy-Gurdy: Strings not played like a violin, but played by a rosined wooden wheel, multiple strings, some being drone notes, and others played by wooden pegs pushed up by the fingers, in order to shorten the vibration the wheel created.

Renecance Flute: used from 1500 until the baroque flute was invented in 1670. Information is sparse, but there are a few things to discover. It is a very simple instrument, with a celindrical bore, six finger holes and a mouth hole. the flute primeraly had two uses. One use being a military instrument, and the second as a chamber music instrument

Fife: Fifes have been around since the middle ages. In the Elizabetan era, fifes, when paired with a rope tension snare drum were used in the military, used to summon the soldiers, and tell them when to advance. The fifes bore is narrower than other wind instruments, and is traditionally tuned to the key of B-flat, a sixth above concert flutes, which are usualy tuned to the key of D. because of this, they are high pitched instruments, and have a range of an octave and a fifth