- gamba bass
- noun
: a labial pipe-organ stop of 16-foot pitch and string quality
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gamba bass
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bass viol — noun 1. viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello • Syn: ↑viola da gamba, ↑gamba • Hypernyms: ↑viol 2. largest and lowest member of the violin family • Syn: ↑bass fiddle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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bass viol — noun Date: 1590 1. viola da gamba 2. double bass … New Collegiate Dictionary
bass viol — /bays/ 1. viola da gamba. 2. See double bass. [1580 90] * * * … Universalium
bass viol — noun 1》 a viola da gamba. 2》 N. Amer. a double bass … English new terms dictionary
