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viola da gamba
[ vee-oh-luh duh gahm-buh, -gam- ]
noun
, plural viola da gambas.
- Also called gamba [gahm, -b, uh, gam, -]. an old musical instrument of the viol family, held on or between the knees: superseded by the modern violoncello; bass viol.
- an organ stop of eight-foot pitch giving a stringlike tone.
viola da gamba
/ vɪˈəʊlə də ˈɡæmbə /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of viola da gamba1
First recorded 1590–1600; from Italian: literally, “viol for the leg”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of viola da gamba1
C18: from Italian, literally: viol for the leg
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Example Sentences
A viola da gamba, with a finely-carved head representing an angel bandaging the eyes of a female.
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Violetta piccola, the smallest kind of the old viol instruments, shaped with a slanting neck like the viola da gamba.
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It was tuned a fourth higher than the larger viola da gamba, or bass-viol.
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Its neck has catgut frets, and its six strings were tuned like those of the bass-viol, or viola da gamba, but an octave higher.
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Like the common viola da gamba, the instrument is six-stringed, and has catgut frets.
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