violone
a double bass.
an organ pedal stop of 16-foot pitch, giving a tone resembling the violoncello.
Origin of violone
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How to use violone in a sentence
As violino is the diminutive of viola, violoncino and violoncello are the diminutives of violone.
The Violoncello and Its History | Wilhelm Joseph von WasielewskiThe word Violino is not mentioned by Lanfranco, but in every case only the termination violone, which is bass viol.
The Violoncello and Its History | Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
British Dictionary definitions for violone
/ (ˈvaɪəˌləʊn) /
the double-bass member of the viol family lying an octave below the viola da gamba. It corresponds to the double bass in the violin family
Origin of violone
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