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  2. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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    (A full-size instrument is described as 4/4.) Cellos exist in a smaller range of sizes than violins, with 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/10 being reasonably common. As with the violin, the Stradivarius scale is regarded as standard for orchestral work; This is about 27.4 inches (700 mm).

  3. Violin - Wikipedia

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    A 3 ⁄ 4 violin's body length is 335 mm (13.2 in), and a 1 ⁄ 2 size is 310 mm (12.2 in). With the violin's closest family member, the viola, size is specified as body length in inches or centimeters rather than fractional sizes. A full-size viola averages 40 cm (16 in). However, each individual adult will determine which size of viola to use.

  4. Violin family - Wikipedia

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    The playing ranges of the instruments in the violin family overlap each other, but the tone quality and physical size of each distinguishes them from one another. The ranges are as follows: violin: G 3 to E 7 (practical, notes up to A7 are possible); viola: C 3 to A 6 (conservative); violoncello: C 2 to A 5 (conservative); and double-bass: E 1 to C 5 (slightly expanded from conservative estimate).

  5. Viola - Wikipedia

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    Viola close up of bridge. The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between 25 and 100 mm (1 and 4 in) longer than the body of a full-size violin (i.e., between 38 and 46 cm [15–18 in]), with an average length of 41 cm (16 in).

  6. Violin construction and mechanics - Wikipedia

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    A 3/4 violin is 335 mm (13.2 in), and a 1/2 size is 310 mm (12 in). Rarely, one finds a size referred to as 7/8 which is approximately 340 mm (13.5 in), sometimes called a "ladies' fiddle." Viola size is specified as body length rather than fractional sizes. A 'full-size' viola averages 400 mm (16 in), but may range as long as 450 or 500 mm (18 ...

  7. Violin acoustics - Wikipedia

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    The viola is a larger version of the violin, and has on average a total body length of 27 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (69.2 cm), with strings tuned a fifth lower than a violin (with a length of about 23 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches (59.4 cm)). The viola's larger size is not proportionally great enough to correspond to the strings being pitched as they are, which ...

  8. List of Stradivarius instruments - Wikipedia

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    This violin, and the Paganini-Desaint violin of 1680, the Paganini-Mendelssohn viola of 1731 and the Paganini-Ladenburg cello of 1736, comprise the Paganini Quartet. On loan to Pinchas Adt from Goldmund Quartet. Halphen: 1727 Angelika Prokopp Private Foundation On loan to Eckhard Seifert. Vesuvius: 1727 Antonio Brosa Remo Lauricella Town of Cremona

  9. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Hardanger violin, Hardanger fiddle Norway Standard aka "Oppstilt bas" : More than 80% of music written for this instrument uses this tuning. Trollstilt aka "Devil's Tuning" Bas aka "Violin tuning" There are many other variant tunings, most of them uncommon. Harp, Concert 47 strings 47 courses. C ♭ 1 D ♭ 1 E ♭ 1 F ♭ 1 G ♭ 1 A ♭ 1 B ...

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