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.
verb
definition
To play the viol.
Examples of viol in a Sentence
There is a range of books by the internationally acknowledged teacher Alison Crum designed for those learning to play the viol.
Roy Marks plays the great bass viol and Andrew Kerr a bass viol.
The basic edition supplies all viol parts, but recorder parts in alternative clefs for alto and tenor parts are available if specifically ordered.
He sings regularly with the viol consort fretwork, and recently toured with them to Japan and the United States.
Lyra viol and a six string bass viol.
John himself plays the harpsichord and is learning to play the tenor viol.
The double bass is also called the bass viol, string bass, and bass fiddle.
She came to the UK to study viol with Richard Boothby at the Royal College of Music.
Susanne Heinrich plays a Lyra viol and a six string bass viol.
Look for the pew in which a piece has been cut out to allow room for the bow of a bass viol.
The top part can also be played on a tenor viol.
Its melody is less complex, and a solo viol would bring it out much better.
The bow is held in the right hand with an underhand grip similar to that used by an Elizabethan viol player.
It is well worth investigating, even for people who do n't normally like viol music.
The main edition has three scores and a set of viol parts, singers sharing two to a score.
I am an experienced soprano and am looking for a harpsichordist, viol da gamba player and some other early music singers.
Her mouth is the verge of all repose; Her breast a smoothed-out viol tone; Her hand is an early rose.
This disk follows the development of German viol repertoire and its English influences.
It may have been intended as a viola d'amore but, when found to be too large, was finished as a treble viol.