Definition of bass viol Bass viol

bass vi•ol

We found 4 definitions of bass viol from 3 different sources.

What does bass viol mean?

Noun
bass viol - largest and lowest member of the violin family
		bass fiddle, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass
		bowed stringed instrument, string stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"
bass viol - viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
		viola da gamba, gamba

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bass viol (Noun)
A fretted, bowed, stringed musical instrument from the viola da gamba family. It occupies the bass range and is the lowest instrument in the family. Similar to but smaller than a cello.