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bass viol

bass viol

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

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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bass viol

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

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

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lyra viol

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

lyra viol. Small bass viol.
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