gamba
Americannoun
noun
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Harpsichord and viola da gamba act as soloists as well as continuo; a modern lute song is a lullaby.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
It calls for more efforts to reduce the impact of feral cats, foxes and a prolific weed known as gamba grass, and to better harness Aboriginal expertise on managing the environment.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2022
In northern Australia, invasive gamba grass from Africa fuels intense blazes that rip through eucalyptus groves.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2022
So Howard wrote music for old, hard-to-tune instruments such as the viola da gamba and cello d’amore and gut-string violin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2021
The violin’s absence of frets, which had been a feature of the viola da gamba family and the lute, also allowed its player greater freedom in the tuning and individuality of phrasing.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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