{"type":"Family","name":"viol family","aliases":[],"disambiguation":"Viola de gamba family","description":"Please use <a href=\"/instrument/be34e4e5-6e77-46f5-ab56-c9641d3da213\">Viola da Gamba</a> with credit \"viol\" for generic / unspecified viol credits, and not this one. Developed in the 15th century from vihuelists starting to play with bows, viols have frets, flat backs, sloped shoulders, c-holes and are tuned in fourths.","id":"8f15287f-48c1-4a7c-a7f7-30653c490279","type-id":"7c9126a3-32a8-4a46-ba46-b21c83874827"}