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bass viol
[ beys ]
bass viol
/ beɪs /
bass viol
- The largest and lowest-pitched instrument of the strings , also called a bass fiddle or double bass . The player must stand or sit on a tall stool to play it.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bass viol1
First recorded in 1580–90
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Example Sentences
I doubt if you can play the Dead March on a bass-viol, and I'm morally certain you can't play it and walk with it too.
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Pillsbury played the bass viol, and once a week or so he and Penny got together and spent an entranced hour.
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At the sound of the bass viol the bull stood still, raised his head, and glowered at the extraordinary object before him.
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The use of instruments had crept slowly into the choir, and if they had a flute and a bass viol they considered they did well.
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One Sunday I can well mind—a bass viol day that time, and Yeobright had brought his own.
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