Claim: Zooey Deschanel plays an instrument that's part of the lute family.
Evidence: Besides singing , she plays keyboards , percussion , banjo , and ukulele.
The ukulele -LRB- -LSB- juːkəˈleɪliː -RSB- , from -LSB- - hawˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ -RSB- -LRB- oo-koo-leh-leh -RRB- ; variant : ukelele -RRB- , sometimes abbreviated to uke , is a member of the lute family of instruments ; it generally employs four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings.