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Viola bastarda

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Viola bastarda music is written for standard viol tuning, in fourths with a third in the middle. Early sources speak of the viola bastarda as a style of playing, and the ranges of pieces written during this time indicate that bastarda pieces were played on whichever size viol was at hand; however,
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Rognoni describes the standard size of a viola bastarda as between that of a tenor and bass viol, indicating a change in understanding of the term. It may be related to the English
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Joëlle Morton. "Redefining the Viola Bastarda: A Most Spurious Subject." Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society Great Britain, Vol. 8 (2014)
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composition is reduced to a single line, while maintaining the same range as the original, and adding divisions,
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Alcune opere di diverse auttori a diverse voci, passaggiate principalmente per la viola bastarda
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created to maximize players' ability to play in this style. In the viola bastarda style, a
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style of composition or extemporaneous performance, as well as to the altered
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Classification
Bowed string instrument
Related instruments
Viol
baryton
virtuosic
viols
polyphonic
improvisations
counterpoint
Italy
Francesco Rognoni
organ
lute
harp
viol
Girolamo Dalla Casa
consort
harpsichord
division viol



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