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On the most complete viol there would be seven frets, arranged semitonally, so the compass of the Bass Viol or Viol da Gamba would be about two octaves and a half, from D under the bass staff to A on the second space of the treble staff.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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