viola da braccio

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   a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola

   Broaderviol

Questions about viola da braccio

What does viola da braccio mean?

viola da braccio means "a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola".

Is viola da braccio a common word?

viola da braccio is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.