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2. Viola - Wikipedia

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   The viola ( / viˈoʊlə / vee-OH-lə, [1] Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument that is usually bowed. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth higher) and the cello ...

3. Viola organista - Wikipedia

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   Viola organista ( Codex Atlanticus, 1488–1489) The viola organista is a musical instrument designed by Leonardo da Vinci. It uses a friction belt to vibrate individual strings (similar to how a violin produces sounds), with the strings selected by pressing keys on a keyboard (similar to an organ). Leonardo's design has intrigued instrument ...

4. Stradivarius - Wikipedia

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   A Stradivarius is one of the violins, violas, cellos and other string instruments built by members of the Italian family Stradivari, particularly Antonio Stradivari ( Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), during the 17th and 18th centuries. They are considered some of the finest instruments ever made, and are extremely valuable collector's items.

5. Nyckelharpa - Wikipedia

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   Nyckelharpa. Stemming from Sweden, the nyckelharpa ( Swedish: [ˈnʏ̂kːɛlˌharːpa], plural nyckelharpor ), meaning "keyed fiddle" or "key harp" (lit.), is a bowed chordophone, similar in appearance to a fiddle or violin but larger (in its earlier forms essentially a modified vielle ), which employs key-actuated tangents along the neck to ...

6. Viola caipira - Wikipedia

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   The viola caipira, often simply viola or brazilian viola, (Portuguese for country guitar) is a Brazilian ten-string guitar with five courses of strings arranged in pairs. It was introduced in the state of São Paulo, where it is widely played as the basis for the música caipira, a type of folk-country music originating in the Caipira country of south-central Brazil.

7. Viol - Wikipedia

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   The viol ( / ˈvaɪəl / ), [ 1 ]viola da gamba[ a ] ( Italian: [ˈvjɔːla da (ɡ)ˈɡamba] ), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch of each of the strings.