Bass bar: A slim strip of wood glued under the table of the violin on the side of, and running more or less parallel to, the lower strings. Other instruments in this family include the cello, the viola, and an instrument called the double bass.

As a part of this instrument family, the violin relies on its strings to help create a musical sound.

Different notes are made by fingering (pressing on the strings) with the left hand while bowing with the right. The back of the violin can be made of one or two pieces, and it’s arched for strength and tone power. non-sarcastic answer: Throughout the classical period of music, the violin seemed to be the most difficult instrument to play.

Haiku: a Japanese form of poetry, and a great way to write about the violin.

My violin f holes look the same, but it's a modern copy of a cornerless Gusetto (a violin from the 1600s).

You can see the effect of this resonance at around 300 Hz in these two curves.

The violin is one of the smaller Hair: on the violin bow, the hair comes from a horse's tail and is rubbed with rosin to make it sticky.

Galamian bow hold: Also called the "nut" or the "heel." A number of musicians, including Tom Waits , Carla Kihlstedt , Thomas Newman , Bat for Lashes , A Hawk and a Hacksaw [4] and Eric Gorfain continue to use the Stroh violin for its distinctive sound. Although various tunings are used, the traditional Arab tuning is in fourths and fifths (G3, D4, G4, D5.) This is called the Helmholtz resonance.

Guess it's an early violin hole design? The violin is a string instrument which has four strings and is played with a bow. In 1920s Buenos Aires, Julio de Caro, a renowned Tango orchestra director and violinist, used the Stroh violin in his live performances, and was called violín-corneta (cornet violin) by the locals. Back: One of the most important parts of the violin, for both aesthetic and acoustic properties. [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. The violin produces such beloved tones and has such incredible harmonic properties that its well-known sound is celebrated all over the globe. As a fretless instrument, the violin can produce all shades of intonation of the Arabic maqam system.

The Arabic violin's sound is as esential to Arabic music as that of the oud and the qanun. Not because of its technical difficulty, (as the cello and the viola would be much of the same