Tag: violin

Its origin is fairly obscure, the overall belief being that it started in Asia and was perfected in Europe.Three other stringed instruments that form the violin family will be the viola, the violoncello (or cello) and the double bass (or bass).The violin itself is an extremely graceful instrument.Its parts are constructed with different types of wood.The belly, bass bar, and the sound post are made from spruce wood; the trunk, ribs, neck and bridge are constructed with maple; the fingerboard, the peg box, the nut and the saddle are made from ebony; as the pegs and the button are constructed with rosewood...

Every day musical instruments enrich the lives of individuals around the world and continue to promote culture and art throughout every society and community, regardless of what size or structure.Even those people of the world who reside beyond the realm of technology enjoy and use musical instruments to tell stories or entertain.Someone who has never played musical instruments but is interested in trying one has quite a selection to choose fromPlaying the violin is a excellent experience and relatively easy to learn if you take it step by step...

The violin is a bowed stringed instrument and is the highest pitched member of the violin family.It sits along side its cousins - the other members of the violin family - the viola, cello, and double bass.The bow of the violin is a narrow, slightly incurved stick of Pernambuco about 75 cm long, with a band of horsehair stretched from end to end of the bowstick.The violin has four strings tuned a fifth apart, to the notes g, d', a', e": On early violins the strings were of pure gut...