Bass-viol
21bass — Synonyms and related words: A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Heldentenor, Meistersinger, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, accompaniment, alto, aria singer, baritenor, baritone, bass viol, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante …
22bass — 1. n. & adj. n. 1 a the lowest adult male singing voice. b a singer with this voice. c a part written for it. 2 the lowest part in harmonized music. 3 a an instrument that is the lowest in pitch in its family. b its player. 4 colloq. a a bass… …
23bass — {{11}}bass (adj.) late 14c., of things, low, not high, from L.L. bassus short, low (see BASE (Cf. base) (adj.)). Meaning low in social scale or rank is recorded from late 14c. Of voices and music notes, from mid 15c. (technically, ranging from… …
24viol — /ˈvaɪəl / (say vuyuhl) noun a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings (usually 6) and frets, common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble… …
25bass fiddle — noun largest and lowest member of the violin family • Syn: ↑bass viol, ↑bull fiddle, ↑double bass, ↑contrabass, ↑string bass • Hypernyms: ↑bowed stringed instrument, ↑string, ↑ …
26Bass violin — is the generic modern term used to denote various 16th and 17th century forms of bass instruments of the violin (i.e. viola da braccio ) family. They were the direct ancestor of the modern cello. [Baines] Bass violins were usually somewhat larger …
27Bass (instrument) — Bass (pronounced like the word base ) refers to a variety of musical instruments that can be collectively regarded as bass instruments since they produce tones that are in the low pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments… …
28viol — noun Etymology: Middle English vial, from Anglo French viele, viole, from Old Occitan viola Date: 15th century a bowed stringed instrument chiefly of the 16th and 17th centuries made in treble, alto, tenor, and bass sizes and distinguished from… …
29Double bass — Contrabass redirects here. For other uses, see Contrabass (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Acoustic bass guitar. For the technique used in percussion, see Double bass drum. Double Bass Side and front views of a modern double bass with a… …
30Lyra viol — Infobox Instrument name= Lyra viol names= classification= *Bowed string instrument range= related= * Viol [ John Playford s Musicks recreation on the lyra viol ] The lyra viol is a small bass viol, used primarily in England in the seventeenth… …
