The octave viola has the same register as a cello
Watch violinist/violist Violeta Vicci improvise on an octave viola, followed by the Sarabande from Bach’s Suite for solo cello in C minor. The instrument has special strings so that it plays in the same register as a cello.
Filmed at Silent Pool in Surrey as part of Vicci’s Live Music in Nature Series started during lockdown in 2020.
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