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The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, [a] is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the pochette, but these are virtually unused. Most violins have a hollow wooden body, and ...
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The violin is a string instrument which has four strings and is played with a bow. [1] The strings are usually tuned to the notes G, D, A, and E. [2] It is held between the left collar bone (near the shoulder) and the chin. Different notes are made by fingering (pressing on the strings) with the left hand while bowing with the right.
6 days ago · Learn about the violin, a bowed stringed instrument that evolved from earlier medieval and Renaissance instruments. Explore its structure, tone, history, and role in classical and folk music.
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