On the other hand, instruments with the neck and the body united in a single body or something close to it, like biwa (Japanese lute) or lute, are considered to be of a different type, even within the same lute family.
いっぽう同じリュート属でも琵琶やリュートなど棹と胴が一体化もしくはそれに近いものとは別の系統とされる。