if i had a choice between playing the 10-course Lute or a Viol i would not know which to choose. then again maybe i would choose the Bajo Sexto or Baroque Guitar. i've always wanted to play different stringed instruments it's the sound that stirs me and it's like i feel that i can communicate more through that instrument, but i remember that with any instrument you can communicate many things. sometimes i find that if i accidentally hit my classical guitar on my knee or i scratch it i say "oww" it's sort of like the instrument is a part of me.