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Vieille

A vieille was a form of early bowed stringed instrument, similar to a modern violin. The instrument was also known as a fiedel or a viuola.

Several modern groups of musicians have formed into bands to play early (pre-baroque) music, and they sometimes include vieilles, or modern reproductions, in their ensembles, together with other instruments such as rebecs, saz, theorbo.

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Decameron Web (http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/arts/music/mmbowed.shtml)

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