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alto] Ital. viola Ger. Bratsche VIOLA...

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 101 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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alto] Ital. viola Ger. Bratsche VIOLA [Fr. viole  , the tenor member of the
See also:
violin
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family . The construction of the viola is the same, but on a larger scale, as that of the violin (q.v.) . The instrument is pitched a perfect fifth below the violin .

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