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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.
In discussions of the instrumentation of a musical work, the phrase "the strings" or "and strings" is used to indicate a string section as just defined. An orchestra consisting solely of a string section is called a string orchestra. Smaller string sections are sometimes used in jazz, pop, and rock music and in the pit orchestras of musical ...
The Caipira viola or Caipira guitar [1] (in Portuguese: Viola caipira), is a Brazilian ten-string guitar with five courses of strings arranged in pairs. [2] It is a variation of the Portuguese viola that developed in the state of São Paulo during the colonial period, [3] serving as a basis for Paulista music, especially for subgenres of Caipira folklore, such as moda de viola, caipira pagode ...
Bowed instruments include the string section instruments of the orchestra in Western classical music (violin, viola, cello and double bass) and a number of other instruments (e.g., viols and gambas used in early music from the Baroque music era and fiddles used in many types of folk music). All of the bowed string instruments can also be ...
Happiness Is a G-String for viola solo (1996); Swedish Music Information Centre. Leslie Bassett (1923–2016) [1] Sonata for viola and piano (1956); American Composers Alliance Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1953); American Composers Alliance. Stanley Bate (1911–1959) [1] Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 46 (1944–1946); Edition Schott
Its main theme rises and as the layers build, a new, more rhythmic theme is introduced. The music becomes more emphatic. After tutti culmination the tension is resolved during a brief recitative and the viola leads into a concluding variation over the opening ostinato sequence. A.Ichmouratov, Three Viola Romances Op.22, III mv. mm 11-13.
A Hardanger fiddle (Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as on a standard violin) and thinner wood.
The composition takes around 16 minutes to perform and is in one movement. It is scored for a solo viola and a large orchestra, consisting of 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, vibraphone, glockenspiel, chimes, suspended cymbals, gongs, tamtams, 2 harps, piano, celesta, and a large section of strings.