viol
IPA: vˈaɪʌɫ
noun
- (music) A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold
- (nautical) A large rope used to manipulate the anchor
verb
- To play the viol.
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Examples of "viol" in Sentences
- "It's a very special instrument," Mr. Savall says of the viol.
- The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered, is translated "viol" in Isa.
- Anyway, on that song he played something called a viol, which has a mandolin-type sound.
- To the first class belong the harp, the psaltery (also rendered "viol", "dulcimer", etc.), the sackbut (Lat.
- Marais's "Musette" rocked back and forth over two repeated chords, with the drone of the viol's low strings evoking the eponymous medieval bagpipe.
- In my opinion, the haunting, ethereal, and rather 'open' sound of the viol is the perfect medium to convey the true character of Bach's final masterpiece.
- With over 150 concert dates and five or six record releases a year, Mr. Savall actively combines a solo career as a viol player with that of conductor and early music theoretician.
- The tastefulness of his treble viol playing and the more resonant, lower lyra viol is fetching, and his rhythmic liveliness is always in evidence, but 28 dances are slightly too much of a very good thing.
- Although both musicians played with virtuosic speed and accuracy, Marais's "Plainte" was the highlight of this one-hour recital, a whispering thread of melody from the viol accompanied by gentle arpeggiated chords on the theorbo, making the lament an intense, personal cry of anguish.
- The ensembles and the label are each the responsibility of Mr. Savall, a trained cellist, who has turned a youthful curiosity about the viola da gamba — an antique stringed instrument combining aspects of the cello and guitar, alternatively known as the viol — into a pan-musical enterprise.
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