viola d'amore (Baroque fretless similar to both viols and violins.)

~ String instrument

Description

While it is fretless and played like the violins "a la braccia", it has a flat back, c-holes and sloping shoulders like a viol. From the baroque period, it has up to 14 strings.

Relationships

type of:fiddle
picture:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/viola_damore/viola_damore.png [info]
Wikidata:Q742180 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_viola-damore.html [info]