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           The Bowed Stringed Instrument (Also Referred To As The Viola Prosecuting Officer Gamba) Is Anyone Of A Family Of Bowed, Fretted And Stringed Musical Instruments Developed Within The Mid-Late Fifteenth Century And Used Primarily Within The Renaissance And Baroque Periods. The Bowed Stringed Instrument Family Is Said To And Descends Primarily From The Renaissance Vihuela, A Plucked Instrument That Preceded The Stringed Instrument. Viols area Unit Totally Different In Many Respects From Instruments Of The Fiddle Family.