Key facts
- Other names
- viole d'amour, Liebesgeige
- Classification
- Bowed string instrument
- Hornbostel sachs classification
- 321.322-71, (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow )
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Encyclopedic overview
The viola d'amore ( pronounced [ˈvjɔːla daˈmoːre, viˈɔːla -]; Italian for 'viol of love') is a 6- or 7-stringed musical instrument with additional sympathetic strings, which is often associated with music of the Baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.
Structure and sound
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “viola d'amore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.