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Meanings of viol in English
Any one of a family of bowed, fretted, stringed musical instruments developed in the 1400s and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Synonyms
Examples for "viola da gamba"
Examples for "viola da gamba"
1
I am fond of the violincello, the viola da gamba of medieval times.
2
And who would play the viola da gamba at his concerts?
3
You're not going to stop here all your life playing the viola da gamba.
4
I am going to play the viola da gamba.
5
And," she exclaimed, clasping her hands, "who will play the viola da gamba?"
Usage of viol in English
1
The wonderful viol-like trembling of the contralto tones thrilled through the house.
2
At last the big bass viol won the victory and was there.
3
He did not respond, and still the viol shrieked on without slackening.
4
I can yet manage a song to the viol, I dare affirm.
5
The instruments used are a piano, organ, violin, cornet and bass viol.
6
Where is your harp or viol, Sir Knight of the Tuneful Road?
7
He played the organ and the bass viol, the organ most.
8
Through the world they passed, the Poet and his mystic viol.
9
He was called a minstrel because he played on the viol.
10
Here stood the viol player, chanting ballads and lays to their appointed tunes.
11
Osmund tried to put him off with a tale of a broken viol.
12
At first Osmund put him off with a tale of a broken viol.
13
They had taught me the lute, the viol, and the harpsichord.
14
Some said,'tis a viol da Gamba, others pronounced it a fiddle.
15
My father's deep Welsh accent cut through the air like a bass viol.
16
But as to all the rest, no better than the viol-block or the geer-capstan.
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Viol through the time
Viol across language varieties
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