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Liras da braccio

Scope note

Italian Renaissance fiddles, having a body shaped like a violin, a wide fingerboard, relatively flat bridge, a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal pegs, five melody strings on the fingerboard, and two off-board drone strings. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042187

Broader Terms used

fiddles

Narrower Terms used

liras da gamba

Equivalent Terms used

lira da braccio

Created

13yrs ago

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