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definition
A rank of organ pipes, so called for a supposed resemblance of the sound to that of a viola da gamba.
noun
definition
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.
Examples of gamba in a Sentence
Thus there was quite as much important solo music for the flute as for the violin; and almost more music for the viola da gamba than for the violoncello.
Galileo was never married; but by a Venetian woman named Marina Gamba he had three children - a son who married and left descendants, and two daughters who took the veil at an early age.
So Adam plays viola dam plays viola da gamba, among other things, but he is also a very great engineer.
A bass viola da gamba, the precursor to the cello, which dates from around 1680, is also up for grabs.
It is performed here by a solo soprano, accompanied by a sopranino recorder, violin and bass viola da gamba.
I am an experienced soprano and am looking for a harpsichordist, viol da gamba player and some other early music singers.