| The violin is a stringed instrument that you play by | | | | inside the body of the violin, called a sound post and |
| pulling a bow across the strings. It belongs to the | | | | this device helps to coordinate the vibrations of the |
| stringed instrument family that contains the same | | | | front and back panels. There are two F-shaped holes |
| instruments as the viola, cello and the double bass. | | | | in the table near the bridge that lets the panels |
| The violin is the smallest instrument in this group and | | | | vibrate freely. |
| the one with the highest sounding pitch. This musical | | | | Playing the violin |
| instrument is essential when performing chamber | | | | When a musician plays the violin, he/she must hold |
| music, but it provides for exceptional solo | | | | the neck of the instrument with the thumb and |
| performances as well. | | | | forefinger of the left hand. The left shoulder |
| Description of a violin | | | | supports the violin and keeps it in the correct position |
| A violin is a hollow wooden box with rounded ends | | | | of having the chin rest on a support located beside |
| and a narrow center. The front and the back of the | | | | the stringholder. He/She grasps the bow with the |
| instrument are slightly convex and connected to each | | | | right hand and draws it across the strings near the |
| other by the sides, also called ribs. There are four | | | | bridge. The left hand fingers press or pluck the |
| sets of strings on a violin that extend from a string | | | | strings against the wood in different ways to |
| holder at the bottom of the body, over a raised | | | | produce different c sounds or chords. This pressure |
| bridge to the end of the narrow neck, which is called | | | | shortens the string and raises or lowers the pitch. |
| the fingerboard. On the fingerboard, the four strings | | | | History of the Violin |
| are inserted into a pegbox and are held there with | | | | The modern violin was developed in Italy in the |
| pegs. The pegs are twisted in order to tune the | | | | sixteenth century using the techniques used in a |
| violin, in much the same way as you tune a guitar, in | | | | variety of other stringed instruments, but mainly the |
| order to raise or lower the pitch of each string. The | | | | viol. The viol had more strings than we see on the |
| bow is a long arched strip of wood with horsehair | | | | violin and the body was not convex, but was flat. |
| strings stretched along its length. When the bow is | | | | The most famous violin in the world is the |
| drawn across the strings on the body of the violin it | | | | Stradivarius, named after its maker, Antonio |
| produces a sound. | | | | Stradivari from the Italian town of Cremona. Although |
| The body of the violin is a resonator, which means | | | | there have been a few minor changes in the overall |
| that it amplifies the vibration produced by drawing | | | | design of the violin, the designs of the Italian |
| the bow across the strings. There is a block of wood | | | | masters, the design has basically remain the same. |