Look up: Vielle

1. Vielle
   Vi·elle' noun [ French Confer Viol .] An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy- gurdy.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/24
   
   
2. Vielle
   • (n.) An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
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3. vielle
   vielle (vyel) , bowed string instrument used throughout Europe from the 13th cent. through the 15th cent. The vielle resembles the violin, of which it is a direct precursor, but it has a longer body and five strings, one of which was used as a drone. In the 15th cent. the word vielle referred to the...
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4. Vielle
   French name for the Hurdy Gurdy, a mechanical development of the violin (also once known as a Vielle) with the strings vibrated by a wheel, and keys stopping the strings. See also Hurdy Gurdy and Nyckelharpa.
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5. Vielle
   Starting in the middle or end of the 15th century, the word vielle was used to refer to the hurdy gurdy.--> Several modern groups of musicians have formed into bands to play early music (pre-Baroque), and they sometimes include vielles, or modern reproductions, in their ensembles, together wi...
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