Definition of Violones. Meaning of Violones. Synonyms of Violones

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Definition of Violones

Violone
Violone Vi`o*lo"ne, n. [It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See Viol.] (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass. [Written also violono.]

Meaning of Violones from wikipedia

- range), and 'great b****' viols, 'violoni' and violones (b**** range). When we refer to the historical term 'violone', we must include almost all the instruments...
- techniques. Written in 1673, Battalia is scored for 3 violins, 4 violas, 2 violones, and continuo. Though Biber's reason of the Battilia is uncertain, some...
- general shape was that of a violone, the largest member of the viol family. Some of the earliest b****es extant are violones, (including C-shaped sound...
- Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier, nicknamed Giovannino del Violone (Little John of the Violone) (c. 1662 – 29 March 1700) was a Baroque Italian composer, cellist...
- is a "little viola", a violone is a "big viola" or a b**** violin, and a violoncello (often abbreviated cello) is a "small violone" (or literally, a "small...
- repertoire. The alto was a relatively rare smaller version of the tenor. The violones were rarely part of the consort of viols but functioned as the b**** or...
- braccio," or the generic term "violone," which simply meant "large fiddle." The instrument differed from the violone of the viol, or "viola da gamba"...
- violas violoncello da spallas (neck cello in tenor clef) violoncellos violones (contrabb****o a viola da braccio) viols (in various type) contrab**** viols...
- Violone è Cembalo concertato. Allegro Affettuoso in B minor Allegro Concertino: harpsichord, flute, violin Ripieno: violin, viola, cello and violone The...
- present day: violins (small and large), alto and tenor violas, viols, violones and double b****es, violas designed with only a pair of corners, and ceteras...