 Some instruments from previous eras fell into disuse, such as the shawm, cittern, rackett, and the wooden cornet.The key Baroque instruments for strings included the violin, viol, viola, viola d'amore, cello, contrabass, lute, theorbo (which often played the basso continuo parts), mandolin, Baroque guitar, harp and hurdy-gurdy.Woodwinds included the Baroque flute, Baroque oboe, recorder and the bassoon.