viola d'amore

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viola d'a·mo·re (dä-môr

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A stringed instrument, the tenor of the violin family, having six or seven stopped strings and an equal number of sympathetic strings.

[Italian : viola, viol + da, of + amore, love.]

viola d'amore [vɪˈəʊlə dæˈmɔːrɪ]

(Music / Instruments) an instrument of the viol family having no frets, seven strings, and a set of sympathetic strings. It was held under the chin when played

[from Italian, literally: viol of love]

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viola d'amore - viol that is the tenor of the viol family

viol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family

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