The viola da gamba (Italian: [ˈvjɔːla da (ɡ)ˈɡamba, viˈɔːla -]), or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played da gamba (i.e. "on the leg").

Viol, bowed, stringed musical instrument used principally in chamber music of the 16th to the 18th century. The viol shares with the Renaissance lute the tuning of its six strings (two fourths, a …

Jun 1, 2014 · Viols feature frets, arched bridges, sloped shoulders, and flat backs, and either six or seven strings. Ensembles called consorts require sets (or “chests”) of viols in three sizes: …

What does a viol look like on the inside? The viol comes in three main sizes: treble, tenor, and bass. The most familiar of these is the bass, which is roughly the size of a cello.

The viol, also known as the viola da gamba, is a bowed string instrument that was prominent in European music from the Renaissance through the Baroque periods. It belongs to a family of …

The viols were bowed instruments with frets. They were usually played held downwards on the lap or between the legs (the name viola da gamba translates to leg viol).

Aux XV e -XVI e siècles, deux types d'instruments vont se caractériser : les violes et les violons. Chacun d'entre eux assurant toute l'étendue des notes musicales, il en découle une certaine …

About the Viol The viola da gamba, or viol, looks like a slope-shouldered cello but is only a distant cousin. Viols were their own family of bowed stringed instruments popular in Renaissance and …

La viole de gambe, ou simplement viole, est un instrument de musique à cordes et à frettes joué à l'aide d'un archet.

Viols were extremely popular consort instruments in the Renaissance, having developed at the end of the 15th-century, perhaps in Italy, perhaps in Spain. There also developed a virtuosic …