Bastarda

Although most diminutions are written for organ, string instruments or cornett, Suzanne is "per violone over Trombone alla bastarda".

Besides consort playing the bass could also be used as a solo instrument (there were also smaller basses designed especially for a virtuosic solo role, see above division viol, lyra viol, viola bastarda).

The term "bastarda" describes a technique that made variations on all the different voices of a part song, rather than just the melody or the bass: "considered illegitimate because it was not polyphonic".