bass viol

bass viol

B0096400 (bās)n.1. See double bass.2. See viola da gamba.

bass viol

(beɪs) n1. (Instruments) another name for viola da gamba2. (Instruments) US a less common name for double bass¹

vi•o•la da gam•ba

(viˈoʊ lə də ˈgɑm bə, ˈgæm-)

n., pl. viola da gam•bas. an old instrument of the viol family, held on or between the knees; bass viol. [1590–1600; < Italian: literally, viol for the leg]

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Noun	1.	bass viol - viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cellogamba, viola da gambaviol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
	2.	bass viol - largest and lowest member of the violin familybass fiddle, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bassbass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instrumentsbowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

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