Bass-viol
31double bass — double bassist. /bays/ the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usually, four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played. Also called bass fiddle, bass viol, contrabass, string bass. [1720 30] * * * Lowest pitched of …
32Division viol — Classification Bowed string instrument Related instruments Viol …
33double bass — Violone Vi o*lo ne, n. [It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See {Viol}.] (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; called also {double bass}. [Written… …
34Figured bass — Melody from the opening of Henry Purcell s Thy Hand, Belinda , Dido and Aeneas (1689) with figured bass below (   …
35string bass — noun largest and lowest member of the violin family • Syn: ↑bass fiddle, ↑bass viol, ↑bull fiddle, ↑double bass, ↑contrabass • Hypernyms: ↑bowed stringed instrument, ↑string, ↑ …
36treble viol — noun : a 6 stringed viol made an octave higher than the bass viol and used chiefly in ensemble playing called also descant viol …
37double bass — noun largest and lowest member of the violin family (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑bass fiddle, ↑bass viol, ↑bull fiddle, ↑contrabass, ↑string bass • Hypernyms: ↑bowed stringed instrument, ↑ …
38Base viol — Base vi ol See {Bass viol}. [1913 Webster] …
39dou|ble-bass — double bass, a deep toned, stringed musical instrument shaped like a cello but much larger; bass viol; contrabass. The player stands, or sits on a high stool, to play. dou|ble bass «DUHB uhl BAYS», noun, adjective. = contrabass. (Cf. ↑contrabass) …
40Division viol — Viola da gamba engl.: Viol, ital.: Viola da gamba, frz.: Viole de gambe Klassifikation …
