- Lute: the neck of the Renaissance lute was bent back; the strings were tuned in pairs and the fingerboard had frets.
- Viols: Flat back and six strings. Fretted fingerboard. Viols were held upright in front of the player rather than tucked under the chin
- Crumhorn: double-reed instrument
- Sackbut: It's an early kind of trombone.
- Trumpet: Without the valve system we know today (it was invented in the 19th century). The different notes were obtained by varying the lip pressure
- Percussion instruments: tabor, kettle drums, side drum, triangle and cymbals
