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3932127A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Viola da BraccioGeorge GroveEdward John Payne

VIOLA DA BRACCIO. The Tenor Viol. It had originally 6 strings, tuned as follows:—

${ << \new Staff { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 3/2 <d' g'>1 } \new Staff { \clef bass <g, c f a>1 } >> }$

The sixth string was generally dropped in the last century, and the instrument thus approximated in compass to the common Viola or Tenor Violin, which has now superseded it. It was sometimes called Viola da Spalla. [See Violin.]

[ E. J. P. ]