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Bass viol

noun
1.
Viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello.  Synonyms: gamba, viola da gamba.
2.
Largest and lowest member of the violin family.  Synonyms: bass fiddle, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass.





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... Creole never leaves the small folks at home—and the baskets and mothers downstairs, the young folks go up-stairs and dance to the tune of the best band you ever heard. For what can equal the music of a violin, a guitar, a cornet, and a bass viol to trip the ...
— The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories • Alice Dunbar


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