bass viol
viola da gamba.
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How to use bass viol in a sentence
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.
Wandering Heath | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchPillsbury played the bass viol, and once a week or so he and Penny got together and spent an entranced hour.
Left Tackle Thayer | Ralph Henry BarbourAt the sound of the bass viol the bull stood still, raised his head, and glowered at the extraordinary object before him.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldThe use of instruments had crept slowly into the choir, and if they had a flute and a bass viol they considered they did well.
The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson MooreOne Sunday I can well mind—a bass viol day that time, and Yeobright had brought his own.
Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy
British Dictionary definitions for bass viol
/ (beɪs) /
another name for viola da gamba
US a less common name for double bass (def. 1)
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Cultural definitions for bass viol
[ (veye-uhl) ]
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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