viola d'amore
[It.]
A
bowed
stringed instrument
with seven
courses
of
strings
, a little larger than the
viola
. Each
course
of
strings
contains two
strings
, one that is actually
bowed
, and one that "sympathizes" with the first. The sympathetic
string
is not directly
bowed
, but is set into
vibration
by the close proximity it has to the
string
. The
range
of the
instrument
is from
B
below the
bass clef
to
A
above the
treble clef
.
Viola D' Amore
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