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Violin family — The Violin family of musical instruments was developed in Italy in the sixteenth century. [Witten 1982] The modern violin family consists of the violin, viola and cello, along with the double bass [Hoffman 1997.] .Instrument names in the… … Wikipedia
Violin octet — Classification Bowed string instruments Related instruments Violin Viola Cello Double bass The violin octet is a family of stringed instruments developed in the 20th century primarily under the direction of the American luthier … Wikipedia
Violin — Infobox Instrument name=Violin names=Fiddle, de: Violine or Geige, fr: Violon, it: Violino classification=String instrument (bowed) range= related= *Violin family (viola, cello) *Viol family (includes double bass) musicians= *List of violinists… … Wikipedia
Violin (disambiguation) — A violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths.Violin may also refer to:Animals* Violin beetle, species of ground beetlesEntertainment* Violin (novel) , novel by Anne Rice * Nude with Violin , 1950s play by Noel… … Wikipedia
Violin musical styles — This article is part of the Fiddle Violin series. Basic physics of the violin Fiddlers History of the violin Luthiers Musical styles … Wikipedia
Violin making and maintenance — Making an instrument of the violin family may be done in different ways, many of which have changed very little in nearly 500 years since the first violins were made. Some violins, called bench made instruments, are made by a single individual,… … Wikipedia
Violin construction and mechanics — A violin consists of a body or corpus, a neck, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings. The fittings are the tuning pegs, tailpiece and tailgut, endpin, possibly one or more fine tuners on the tailpiece, and perhaps a chinrest,… … Wikipedia
violin — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ first, second (in an orchestra) ▪ solo ▪ Bach s sonatas and partitas for solo violin ▪ Stradivarius ▪ electric … Collocations dictionary
Family (musical instruments) — A family of musical instruments is a grouping of several different but related sizes or types of instruments. Some schemes of musical instrument classification, such as the Hornbostel Sachs system, are based on a hierarchy of instrument families… … Wikipedia
violin-maker — /vaɪəˈlɪn meɪkə/ (say vuyuh lin maykuh) noun someone who designs and builds violins and instruments of the violin family …
