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viol
viol Fretted
stringed instrument, played with a bow. It is held on or between the knees and, in its most usual shape, has sloping shoulders and a flat back. The six strings are tuned in fourths, in the same manner as the
lute. A possible derivative, the modern
double bass, is perhaps the only type of viol to survive; it shows its ancestry by being tuned in fourths (unlike members of the violin family, which are tuned in fifths).
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International Festival of Viols
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Royal College of Music Viols have come out of the closet...International Festival of Viols taking place from 14 to...Gamba Class, the new RCM Viol Consorts, the Simpson...Jesus' body, with the Viols entering only for the...development of 17th Century Viol music, with some of the...
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Stirring laments of the bass viol
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...increasingly highlight the bass viol among their many period- stringed...17th centuries of many English viol players and composers at a time...ensured a welcome for the bass viol, particularly into their string...shaded tones of their two bass viols to the hilt. Most beautiful...
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Close harmony of viol bodies
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/25/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...sound of a consort of viols. Actually, this family...was the evolution of the viol consort purely an indigenous...instrumentation and texture of the viol fantasia was increasingly...ensembles variously combining viols, violins, theorbos...of the 17th century, viol consort playing had ...
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A Viola da gamba Miscellanea: Articles from and Inspired by Viol Symposiums Organized by the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, France / Christophe Coin, director.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Miscellanea: Articles From and Inspired by Viol Symposiums Organized by the Ensemble Baroque...current release offers a broad spectrum of viol articles covering French, English and...articles to the volume, is an American viol player who has lived in France for many...
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Phantasm's Treasure Chest Of Viols
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/16/2000; ; 496 words
; ...was called "a chest of viols" in Elizabethan and Jacobean...the similarities. The viol, made in a variety of...instruments replaced the viol in the 18th century...Everything about the viol is modest, but in the...skilled), a chest of viols blends sounds smoothly...
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Have viol, will travel Players of early music enjoy spirit of fellowship, recognition from Viola da Gamba Society
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 9/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...serious musicians prior to picking up the viol and meeting each other, will gather Sunday...Grant based in Massachusetts is awarded to viol players for the presentation of rarely...fellowship of it." Russell explained that viol players go by the philosophy: have viol...
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Wayne-made viol survives 127 years; encased to age even more
Newspaper article from: Daily Record, The Wooster, OH; 5/17/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The instrument is a rare second bass viol, which in the mid-1950s rested in a...ambitious project of hand-crafting a bass viol. During this period of history it was...instrument so unusual. Emery's bass viol was not made to classic measurements set...
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Concertos for 2 Viols: No. 51, "La Rougeville"; No. 52, "L'estourdy"; No. 63, "L'Aureille"; No. 64, "La Dubois"; No. 55, "Le Résolu"; No. 56, "Le Volontaire"; No. 57, "Les menuets"; No. 58, "Les roulades"; No. 59, "Le précipité"; No. 60, "Le majestueux"; No. 61, "Le varié"; No. 62, "La boutade"; No. 53, "Le Constant"; No. 64, "Le Réglé"; No. 65, "L'égal"; No. 66, "L'infidelle"; No. 67, "Le figuré"
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; SAINTE-COLOMBE Concertos for 2 Viols: No. 51, "La Rougeville"; No. 52...whole of Sainte-Colombe's works for two viols. It is an ambitious project, and one...praise. There are 67 concerts for two viols by this fine French composer, and they...
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4 viols: The sound of 1 mind
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/24/2002; ; 654 words
; 4 viols: The sound of 1 mind...comment on how well a viol ensemble swings. The...said, the Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort, presented...further arranged by the viol ensemble to suit its...two at a time. The viols, predecessors of the...
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Playing second fiddle to the viol
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...flourish: viola da gamba. Her friends call her the viol. The viol, as you may have guessed, is a bowed string instrument...Gamba Society of America). Viola da gamba means leg-viol in Italian. There is a kinship between her family and...
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viol
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...in Spain. Term ‘viol’ was used generically...like vihuela in Sp. Consort of viols mentioned in Eng. records of...s Musick for 1540. Shape of viol varied much during first century...Documentation of 1556 says that Fr. viols had 5 str. tuned in 4ths...
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double-bass viol
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
double-bass viol. Also known as violone or consort viol. Sounded an octave below bass viol. See viol .
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descant viol
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
descant viol. The treble viol. See viol .
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bass viol
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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.
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lyra viol
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
lyra viol. Small bass viol .
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