The viola da gamba was a central instrument in European music from the late 15th century well into the late 18th. In this comprehensive study, Bettina Hoffmann offers both an introduction to the instrument - its construction, technique and history - for the non-specialist, interweaving this information with a wealth of original archival scholarship that experts will relish. The book begins. Daniel Foster tenor (1979) and bass viola da gamba (1982) for sale. Instruments are constructed in the Barak Norman style and are in very good condition. Strings length of instruments are 52 cm and 67.5 cm respectively. New frets, bridges, and strings have been placed on the instruments by master luthier Edward Maday. Bass violin, Bass viola da gamba, Bass viola da gamba with six strings, fretboard and tailpiece decorated with tendrils and leafwork between birds and caves and a landscape. Signed on the front: Barak Norman London fecit. Inside etiquet: Barak Norman at the Bass Viol in St. Paul's Alley, London fecit 1705 and: repaired by K. Van der Meer 1917. Cinesamples' Viola da Gamba was recorded at the MGM Scoring Stage in Los Angeles. This instrument is strung with 6 gut strings that are tuned to (relative to Kontakt): D1, G1, C2, E2, A2, and D3. Viols are fretted in a manner similar to early guitars or lutes, by means of movable wrapped-around and tied-on gut frets.
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| Noun | 1. | viola da gamba - viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello bass viol, gamba viol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |
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The viola da gamba (viol or viole) began the baroque era as a consort instrument and maintained that role, especially in England, for several decades. In Italy, after the flowering of the viola bastarda (a small bass viol) from the late Renaissance, it was completely supplanted by the violin family. England saw the standardization of the consort sizes as treble in D, Tenor a 5th lower in G and bass a 4th below that in D. The bass size, however, emerged as the viol with the greatest use outside of the consort, seeing duty as a popular continuo instrument and even a solo instrument in its own right.
Six-string viol from Harmonie Universelle (Paris, 1636) by Marin Mersenne.
Six-string viol (Hamburg, 1701) by Joachim Tielke (1641-1719). Brussels, Musée Instrumental 229.
Lyra viol. Captain Hume_s Pavan by Tobias Hume (excerpt), performed by Sarah Cunningham. Spirit of Gambo. Seagull SGR-1 (1997). Trk 8.
https://artscimedia.case.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/146/2015/04/14233318/LyraViol.mp3The viol differs from the cello in having six strings instead of four, and tuned more like a lute or guitar. This facilitates the playing of chords. The instrument also has frets on the fingerboard to help in that regard. In addition, the bow is held underhanded, with the strong bow stroke being the inward stroke, as opposed to the downbow of the violin family. Many violins have “C” holes rather than “f” holes, although there was no standard for that. The sound of the viol tends to be softer and brighter than that of the cello.
Viol virtuoso Johann Schenk, attr. Peter Schenk (1645-1715). Blois, Musée du Chateau.
Portrait of (?) the last viol virtuoso, Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-87). Oberlin, Private Collection
Viola da gamba. Sonata for solo gamba by George Philipp Telemann, mvt. 2 Vivace (excerpt), performed by Mary Springfels. Telemann: Solo Works. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907158 (1997). Trk 14.
https://artscimedia.case.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/146/2015/04/14233318/GambaSonata.mp3The solo music for the viol includes division and lyra-style (chordal) works from England, dance suites by French composers like St. Colombe, Forqueray, and Marais, and German works by Buxtehude, Telemann, Bach, Schenk, and Abel. St. Colombe is credited with adding a 7th string to the bass end of the viol, taking it down below the cello to A, and expanding its range to an astonishing compass of well over three octaves.
Two 7-string viols. La conférence from VIIIe Concert (excerpt) by le Sieur de Sainte Colombe, performed by Jordi Savall and Wieland Kuijken. Concerts … deux violes ‚gales II. Astrée E 8743 (1992). Trk 1.
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https://artscimedia.case.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/146/2015/04/14233318/StColombe.mp3Woman playing 7-string viol. Portrait of Madame Henriette de France (1754) by Jean-Marc Nattier. Paris, Musée de Versailles.
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