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bass viol

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

bass viol , properly, the largest instrument of the viol family. The term now refers most often to the double bass .


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double-bass viol
double-bass viol. Also known as violone or consort viol. Sounded an octave below bass viol. See viol . Read more
bass viol
bass viol. Member of the viol group of str. instr. Often called viola da gamba , ‘leg viol’, because it is held as the vc. is. Also an old-fashioned name for the double bass. Read more
viol
...mentioned in Eng. records of King's Musick for 1540. Shape of viol varied much during first century of existence. Documentation...chest) normally comprising 2 trebles, 2 tenors, and 2 basses. Viol had flat back, frets, and C-shaped sound-holes. Bow held...fingers controlling tension of horse-hair. Prin. types ... Read more
viol
...account for its decline. The viol was built in four principal...treble, alto, tenor, and bass—which were used in ensemble, or consort. The double-bass viol, or violone, survived all...modification, the present double bass . The bass viol was the principal solo... Read more
division viol
division viol. Small bass viol for the playing of popular sets of (often extemporized) variations. Read more

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