Defining it organologically is not an easy matter, as it includes a number of variable aspects depending on the area and the time of origin. However, today several studies allow us to distinguish a great wealth of different models with very precise characteristics.
The change in musical taste starting from the second half of the eighteenth century leaves the viola da gamba in disuse for a long period of time. Furthermore, many of the few surviving examples have undergone irreversible interventions thus losing valuable information on how they were built and how they had to respond to musical needs when they were conceived. It is precisely in this lack of information where we find the charm that attracts us to continue the research. While the trend of modern violin making leads us to the standardization of instruments, we believe it necessary to persevere in the research that helps to faithfully interpret one of the most important instruments of the Baroque period.

In recent years, in the context of historical performance practice, various researches have found inspiration that offer us new information for the musical interpretation and construction of this instrument. This need for specialization and continuous updating is increasingly contributing to the raising of the professional level in all areas of early music.

Today the viola da gamba is taught in the main conservatories and music schools in the world, thus generating an increasingly solid job offer. The historical instruments making course involves the construction of a bass viol following the construction methods and the main characteristics of the different styles of the European Renaissance and Baroque.

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