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Violin
The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. A violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, no matter what kind of music is played on it. The word "violin" comes to us through the Romance languages from the Middle Latin word ''vitula'', meaning "stringed instrument"; this word may also be the source of the Germanic... More »
Cello
The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or 'cello , is a bowed stringed instrument, the lowest-sounding member of the violin family. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra. More »
Viol
The viol is any one of a family of bowed, fretted stringed musical instruments developed in the 1400s and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Spanish vihuela . Some degree of developmental influence, if only in playing posture, is credited to the Moorish ''rabab'' as well. More »
Viola
:''For other uses of the word, see Viola (disambiguation).'' The viola is a bowed string instrument. It serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass. The casual observer may mistake the larger viola for the slightly smaller violin because of their similarity in size, closeness in pitch range , and identical playing position . However, the viola's timbre sets it apart: its rich... More »
Double bass
The double bass is the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. It is used extensively in Western classical music as a standard member of the string section of symphony orchestras and smaller string ensembles. In addition, it is used in other genres such as jazz, blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, psychobilly, and bluegrass. As with many other string instruments, the double bass is played with a bow or by plucking the strings . More »
Rebab
The rebab , Arabic الرباب or رباب is a string instrument which originated in Afghanistan , no later than the 8th century, and was spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, the Middle East, parts of Europe, and the Far East. The bowed variety often has a spike at the bottom to rest on the ground, and is thus called a spike fiddle in certain areas. The rebab is considered part of the lute family . Plucked versions like the kabuli rebab are plucked like the lute, but other... More »
Rebec
The rebec is a bowed string musical instrument. In its most common form, it has three strings and is played on the arm or under the chin, like a violin. More »
Fiddle
The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, is a style of music. More »
Kemenche
A kemenche is a kind of rebec or fiddle from the Black Sea region of Asia Minor also known as the "Kementche of Laz" in Turkey. In Greece and the Pontian Greek diaspora it is known as the "Pontian lyra". It is the main instrument used in Pontian music. It is a bottle-shaped, 3-stringed fiddle played in the upright position. It is sometimes played by resting it on the knee when sitting, and sometimes it is held out in front. A kemenche is a bowed instrument, the bow is called ''doksar''. More »
Electric violin
An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term can refer to a standard violin fitted with an electric pickup of some type, or to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. Electrically amplified violins have been used in one form or another since the 1920s; jazz and blues artist Stuff Smith is generally credited as being one of the first performers to adapt pickups and amplifiers to violins. More »
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