Explore: Viola Da Gamba And Lute Music

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

harpsichord or viola da gamba. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes the lirone as essentially a larger version of the lira da braccio, which

or cedar top. Vihuela (and violas da gamba) were built in different sizes, large and small, a family of instruments. Duet music was published for vihuelas

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of early dancing and specialised in playing the viola de gamba. She founded the Viola da Gamba Society in 1948 and edited music and wrote on the viols

nyckelharpa, hurdy-gurdy, rabab, rebec, sarangi, viol (viola da gamba), viola, viola da braccio, viola d'amore, and violin. The purported inventor of the violin

which was termed the viola da gamba piano. Other instrument makers continued to improve the design through the remainder of the 18th and into the early 19th

(ancestor of the viola da gamba) Viola da Gamba: leg viol Viola da braccio: arm viol Plucked vihuelas, being essentially flat-backed lutes, evolved in the

(lute) Robert Kohnen (harpsichord) Sigiswald Kuijken (violin, viola da gamba, leader) Barthold Kuijken (flute) Wieland Kuijken (violoncello, viola da gamba)

intended for the lute or theorbo, 5 for the baroque guitar, 7 for the viola da gamba and 3 for harpsichord. The earliest example of this genre seems to be