viola bastarda
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An altered viol maximizing players’ ability to play in a highly virtuosic style of composition or extemporaneous performance.
Example Sentences
- "Two more Viola Bastardas from the same collection are by “Batista fiel (son) d’Anto. Cicilian in Venetia.”"
- "In 1672 he visited Salzburg to make delivery to the court of a viola da gamba and two viola bastardas;[…]"
- "Another reference to Claudio Monteverdi’s court duties as a viola bastarda player is found at the end of his Scherzi Musicali, published in 1607."