VIOLONE

Etymology

Noun

violone (plural violones)

(musical instruments) An early stringed instrument similar to a double bass; a double bass viol

Source: Wiktionary


Vi`o*lo"ne, n. Etym: [It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See Viol.] (Mus.)

Definition: 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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