Viol: alternatives and connections

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

(of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments

A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a…

A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is play…

The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to…

An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow.

An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.

A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.

Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.

A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silve…

A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with…

A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by mean…

A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and…

A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs o…

A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.