The viol (/ˈvaɪəl/), viola da gamba (Italian: [ˈvjɔːla da (ɡ)ˈɡamba]), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments...

Violès (French pronunciation: [vjɔlɛs]; Occitan: Viaulés) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern...

The GuitarViol is a modern Arpeggione (or bowed guitar) built by guitarist and luthier Jonathan Eric Wilson. It has six strings tuned in E2–A2–D3–G3–B3–E4...

Viol@ is a 1998 Italian erotic drama film directed by Donatella Maiorca. Marta, behind the nickname "Viol@", decided to experience the thrill of virtual...

Viöl (German pronunciation: [vi̯ˈøːl] ; Danish: Fjolde, North Frisian: Fjåål) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein...

Nina Violić (born 15 March 1972) is a Croatian actress. Violić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1994. She has appeared in more than...

The division viol is an English type of bass viol, which was originally popular in the mid-17th century, but is currently experiencing a renaissance of...

The lyra viol is a small bass viol, used primarily in England in the seventeenth century. Described as "the smallest of the bass viols", one should consider...

Viöl is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Viöl. The Amt Viöl consists...

The triple contrabass viol is a modern variant of the French octobass, closely related to the double bass.[citation needed] Recordings and performances...

instruments was viole da braccio which was used to distinguish them from the viol family (viole da gamba). The standard modern violin family consists of the...

Chest of viols is a term which was used primarily in the 16th and 17th centuries in England for either a consort of viols, or the specialized cabinet made...

The Rose Consort of Viols is an English ensemble of viol players who perform mainly early consort music, including works by Orlando Gibbons, John Dowland...

Violence is the use of physical force to cause harm to people, or non-human life, such as pain, injury, death, damage, or destruction. Some definitions...

The American bass viol, also called a church bass or Yankee bass viol, is a type of bowed string instrument which enjoyed popularity in early 19th century...

Le viol du vampire (English: The Rape of the Vampire, also known as The Queen of the Vampires) is a 1968 film directed by Jean Rollin. It was his directorial...

Andrea Zlatar Violić (born 13 April 1961) is a Croatian editor of literature magazines Vijenac, Zarez and Gordogan. She studied humanities at the University...

some debate, with scholars divided on whether the bass is derived from the viol or the violin family. Being a transposing instrument, the bass is typically...

The viola d'amore (pronounced [ˈvjɔːla daˈmoːre]; Italian for "viol of love") is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly...

various instrumental ensemble pieces including nearly 30 fantasies for viols. He is well known for the 5-part verse anthem This Is the Record of John...

violin Tenor violin Alto viol (alto viola da gamba) Bass viol (bass viola da gamba) Tenor viol (tenor viola da gamba) Treble viol (treble viola da gamba)...

Lord Guillaume des Baux, Prince of Orange, to the Seneschal of Provence; Violès. The capital of the principality was the castle, fortress and town of Orange...

The Ensemble À Deux Violes Esgales, stylized on their website as A 2 Violes Esgales, was formed in 1984 by the gambists Sylvia Abramowicz and Jonathan...

Ceci N'est Pas Un Viol ("This is not a rape") is a work of performance art by American artist Emma Sulkowicz. Released on 3 June 2015, the work consists...

The baryton is a bowed string instrument similar to the viol, but distinguished by an extra set of sympathetic but also pluckable strings. It was in regular...

4) Tenor viol – G2 C3 F3 A3 D4 G4 (a perfect fifth below the treble viol) Bass viol – D2 G2 C3 E3 A3 D4 (an octave lower than the treble viol) 7-stringed...

of composition or extemporaneous performance, as well as to the altered viols created to maximize players' ability to play in this style. In the viola...

composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe...

Robinson – bass viol (track 10) Anne Robinson – bass viol (track 10) Honor Carmody – tenor viol (track 10) Lucy Robinson – tenor viol (track 10) Luis...

Marin Marais (1656–1728), the central figure in the French school of bass-viol composers and performers that flourished during the late 17th and early 18th...