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Violin open string notes. Play ⓘ A special timbre results from playing a note without touching its string with a finger, thus sounding the lowest note on that string. Such a note is said to be played on an open string. Open string notes (G, D, A, E) have a very distinct sound resulting from the absence of the damping action of a finger, and ...
The strings of a violin are attached to adjustable tuning pegs and (with some strings) finer tuners. Tuning each string is done by loosening or tightening it until the desired pitch is reached. [29] The tension of a violin string ranges from 8.7 to 18.7 pounds-force (39 to 83 N). [30]
The viola d'amore usually has six or seven playing strings, which are sounded by drawing a bow across them, just as with a violin. In addition, it has an equal number of sympathetic strings located below the main strings and the fingerboard which are not played directly but vibrate in sympathy with the notes played. A common variation is six ...
Fratres for violin, string orchestra, and percussion (1992) Darf ich... for violin, bells, and string orchestra (1995/1999) Walter Piston. Fantasia (1970) Nikolai Rakov. Concertino in D minor for violin and string orchestra (1960) Maurice Ravel. Tzigane (1924) Steve Reich. Duet for Two Violins and String Orchestra (1993) Wolfgang Rihm. Coll ...
A violin consists of a body or corpus, a neck, a finger board, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings.The fittings are the tuning pegs, tailpiece and tailgut, endpin, possibly one or more fine tuners on the tailpiece, and in the modern style of playing, usually a chinrest, either attached with the cup directly over the tailpiece or to the left of it.
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).
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
About the size of a 3 ⁄ 4 violin Mezzo violin G 3 –D 4 –A 4 –E 5, tuned the same as the violin: The body is slightly longer (368–381 mm; 14.5–15.0 in) than a conventional violin (355 mm; 14.0 in) but the strings are about the same length (328–338 mm; 12.9–13.3 in) Alto violin: C 3 –G 3 –D 4 –A 4, tuned the same as the viola
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