What is Vielle?
[[File:Vielle.jpg|thumb|Vielle]] The '''vielle''' is a bowed [[stringed instrument]]. It is a [[Europe]]an instrument. It was used in the [[Medieval music|Medieval]] period. It is similar to a [[violin]]. It has a longer and deeper body than the violin. The vielle was also called a ''fidel'' or a ''viuola''. ''Vielle'' is the French name for the instrument. It was one of the most popular instruments of the Medieval period. The vielle possibly came from the [[Byzantine lyra|lira]]. The lira is a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] bowed instrument. It is closely related to the [[Rebab]]. The Rebab is an Arab bowed instrument.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/206069/fiddle &ldquo;fiddle,&rdquo;] ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', from Encyclopædia Britannica Online (retrieved March 06, 2009)</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:String instruments]] {{music-stub}}