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alleycat
feddit.org
alleycat@feddit.orgJoined: 2025-02-22 |
Catalog entry at the Musée de la musique in Paris This is a roughly cello-sized instrument with 6 playable strings and 12 sympathetic strings, 18 in total. The catalog labels this instrument a "Viola Bastarda" which usually means a virtuosic and aggressive playstyle on a regular Viola da Gamba, not a type of instrument. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_bastarda Sound sample of the bastarda playing style on YouTube The soundholes in the form of flaming swords, the rosette, the sympathetic strings and the blindfolded head on the pegbox suggest that this instrument is part of the "d'Amore" family, a Bass Viola d'Amore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_d%27amore So far I haven't found another instrument like this, maybe it's unique? |
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lemmy.zip
Z745812939054@lemmy.zip Joined: 2026-05-16 |
damn i don't know how much you'd have to pay me to change strings on that thing, but it would be a lot |
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NaibofTabr
infosec.pub
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub Joined: 2023-06-18 |
It's a real bastard to tune. |
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OfCourseNot
fedia.io
OfCourseNot@fedia.ioJoined: 2024-03-03 |
From the Wikipedia article you linked:
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alleycat
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alleycat@feddit.orgJoined: 2025-02-22 |
...not a type of instrument. From the Wikipedia article you linked: Viola bastarda refers to a highly virtuosic style of composition or extemporaneous performance, as well as to the altered viols created to maximize players' ability to play in this style. Early sources speak of the viola bastarda as a style of playing, and the ranges of pieces written during this time indicate that bastarda pie...
Oops! I might have overread that... |
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magnetosphere
fedia.io
magnetosphere@fedia.ioJoined: 2023-06-30 |
Points for the weird, unsettling head |
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GrantUsEyes
lemmy.zip
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zipJoined: 2025-06-21 |
That's a sexy instrument |
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