bass violin
bass violin is a bowed string instrument or necked box lute played with a bow.
Overview
16th- and 17th-century bass instrument of the violin family, direct ancestor of the Cello.
In detail
bass violin is a bowed string instrument or necked box lute played with a bow.
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“Bass violin”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q4867994: bass violin
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