gamba
gam buh
- n viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
- Its minuscule audience listens to verse dialogues from Walter Savage Landor, talks on the fossil apes in Kenya, and obscure compositions for the viola da gamba and harpsichord.
- In keeping with Bach's principle that any number can play, Richter had the work performed by only eight playerstwo violas, a cello, two violas da gamba, two string basses and a .
- A player of the viola da gamba, he sometimes thought of his landscapes as music.