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VIOLAS - established in USA. instrumentology designation of the string family. bow instruments of the “foot” holding method (Italian - viola da gamba, viola ad arco; Spanish. - vihuela de arco; German - Knieviola, Kniegeige, Gamba). V. arose to con. 15 - beg. 16 centuries from cf. bow instrument (see Viola, Fidel) as a result of assimilation by him of the features of the plucked instrument of the lute. V.'s at that time had a body with a clearly defined “waist”, obtuse angles, sloping “shoulders” (V. met with “ornate” contours of the body), a convex upper and flat lower decks, a wide neck with frets, a coiled ring-shaped box with transverse chopping, 5-7 strings, tuned in quarts with a third in the middle; almost flat stand, which allows you to easily extract chords, but limited dynamic.