. Musical instruments . erhaps the vocalistof the company, as he has no instrument to play upon. Pos-sibly the sculptor desired to symbolise the hilarious effectswhich music is capable of j^roducing, as well as its elevatinginfluence upon the devotional feelings. The two positions in which we find the viol held is worthyof notice, inasmuch as it refers the inquirer further back thanmight be expected for the origin of our peculiar method ofholding the violin, and the violoncello, in playing. Therewere several kinds of the viol in use, differing in size and incompass of sound. The most common nu
. Musical instruments . erhaps the vocalistof the company, as he has no instrument to play upon. Pos-sibly the sculptor desired to symbolise the hilarious effectswhich music is capable of j^roducing, as well as its elevatinginfluence upon the devotional feelings. The two positions in which we find the viol held is worthyof notice, inasmuch as it refers the inquirer further back thanmight be expected for the origin of our peculiar method ofholding the violin, and the violoncello, in playing. Therewere several kinds of the viol in use, differing in size and incompass of sound. The most common number of stringswas five, and it was tuned in various ways. One kind had a string tuned to the note {^^J ?»- running at the side of the finger-board instead of o\er it ; this string was,therefore, only capable of producing a single tone. The four other strings were tuned thus : ildi_j_U-((|^__|_j_: Two other species, on which all the strings were placed over the and : finger-board, were tuned : ^r^-^-^zX_ ?^|)_4_jzp. {fi. Hi KDV (\kllc). With anris of 1 miuI of Henry II. on ;liii. N<-;ir the uf CallK-rim- il<- Mr.\i( am! .\ll>i il Mnsi inn.
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