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  2. Category:Italian musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Violin family instruments (6 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Italian musical instruments" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    A medium-sized stringed instrument Viola d'amore: love viola: A tenor viol with no frets Viola da braccio: arm viola: A stringed instrument held in the arm, such as a violin or viola Viola da gamba: leg viola: A stringed instrument held between the legs Violoncello Violoncello was the original name for a cello. A large stringed instrument

  4. Music of Italy - Wikipedia

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    Italian folk instruments can be divided into string, wind and percussion categories. [49] Common instruments include the organetto , an accordion most closely associated with the saltarello ; the diatonic button organetto is most common in central Italy, while chromatic accordions prevail in the north.

  5. Mandolin - Wikipedia

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    A mandolin (Italian: mandolino, pronounced [mandoˈliːno]; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison , thus giving a total of eight strings.

  6. List of string instruments - Wikipedia

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    Long String Instrument, (by Ellen Fullman, strings are rubbed in, and vibrate in the longitudinal mode) Magnetic resonance piano , (strings activated by electromagnetic fields) Stringed instruments with keyboards

  7. Viola - Wikipedia

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    The viola (/ v i ˈ oʊ l ə / vee-OH-lə, [1] Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound.

  8. Violin family - Wikipedia

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    Instrument names in the violin family are all derived from the root viola, which is a derivative of the Medieval Latin word vitula (meaning "stringed instrument"). [6] A violin is a "little viola", a violone is a "big viola" or a bass violin, and a violoncello (often abbreviated cello) is a "small violone" (or literally, a "small big viola").

  9. String instrument - Wikipedia

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    Bowing (Italian: arco) is a method used in some string instruments, including the violin, ... In musical instrument classification, string instruments, ...

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