
Viol
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Other names | Viola da gamba |
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Developed | 15th century |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321. 322-71; (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow) |
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ID | 870534 |
About Viol
The viol, viola da gamba, or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch of each of the strings.