Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (born 1569)

Tobias Hume

Tobias Hume was a Scottish composer, viol player and soldier.

Viol

Bowed, fretted and stringed instrument

The viola da gamba, or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played da gamba. It is distinct from the later violin, or viola da braccio; and it is any one of the earlier viol family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow…