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  2. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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    The size of these is described by a "conventional" fraction that has no mathematical significance. For example, a 7/8 violin has a scale of about 317 mm, a 3/4-size instrument a scale of 307 mm, a half-size one 287 mm, and a quarter-size one 267 mm. 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 and 1/32 and even 1/64 violins also exist, becoming progressively smaller, but ...

  3. 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).

  4. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    * String number varies with size of instrument; bass courses are usually triple strung and higher courses typically quadruple strung. Range given is for a Concert Grand; other sizes with smaller, and with more extended ranges exist. Only lowest and highest octaves are given; intervening notes are tuned chromatically. Cinco Cuatro: 5 strings 4 ...

  6. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    D ♭ piano accordion D ♭ 4: Bass accordion: C 2: Arpeggione: C 2 /C 3: Bagpipe Great Highland bagpipe: variable D ♭ 4 - D 4: A minority of bagpipes, made for playing with other instruments, are exactly D ♭ 4 (referred to as B ♭, relative to the tonic note A rather than C). Most bagpipes are sharper than this, between D ♭ 4 and D 4 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Violin acoustics - Wikipedia

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    The physics of the viola are the same as that of the violin, and the construction and acoustics of the cello and the double bass are similar. [ 70 ] 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 ...

  9. List of compositions for viola: A to B - Wikipedia

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    Ba Be Bi Bj Bl Bo Br Bu By B Ba Vahram Babayan (born 1948) Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 88 (1985) Sonata for viola solo, Op. 127 (2000) Milton Babbitt (1916–2011) Composition for viola and piano (1950); Associated Music Publishers Inc. Mehr “Du” for soprano, viola and piano (1991); C. F. Peters Play It Again, Sam for viola solo (1989); C. F. Peters Soli e Duettini for violin and viola ...