![]() and was played along with the crumhorn by Henry VIII ![]() This gave rise to its Italian name viola da gamba, meaning "viol for the leg," which also helped differentiate it from the early violin family, which the Italians called viola da braccio (lit. The instrument was imported to Italy from Spain by the Borgia family. ![]() This a gamba playing position was more suited to larger instruments than was the a braccio position of the modern violin. Inspired by another local instrument, the Moorish rebab, this new vihuela was usually held upright, either resting on the lap or held between the legs, similar to the playing posture of a cello. Within two or three decades, this led to the evolution of an entirely new and dedicated bowed string instrument that retained many of the features of the original plucked vihuela: a flat back, sharp waist-cuts, frets, thin ribs (initially), and an identical tuning-hence its Spanish name vihuela de arco ( arco, meaning "bow"). ![]() Vihuelists began playing their flat-bridged instruments with a bow in the second half of the 15th century. This image highlights the domestic amateur class of viol playing. The theme is similar to the classic Music Lesson genre, and features a bass viol, virginal, and cittern (in the woman's hand, out of frame in this detail see full image). 1674, Elegant Couple (A Musical Interlude). Detail from a painting by Jan Verkolje, Dutch, c.
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