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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