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  2. Viola - Wikipedia

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    The viola's less responsive strings and the heavier bow warrant a somewhat different bowing technique, and a violist has to lean more intensely on the strings. [10] The viola is held in the same manner as the violin; however, due to its larger size, some adjustments must be made to accommodate.

  3. String section - Wikipedia

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    The first violins are led by the concertmaster (leader in the UK); each of the other string sections also has a principal player (principal second violin, principal viola, principal cello, and principal bass) who play the orchestral solos for the section, lead entrances and, in some cases, determine the bowings for the section (the ...

  4. Viol - Wikipedia

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    The viola da gamba, or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played da gamba (on the leg; [a] Italian: [ˈvjɔːla da (ɡ)ˈɡamba]).It is distinct from the later violin, or viola da braccio (viol for the arm); and it is any one of the earlier viol family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension ...

  5. Violin family - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Violin construction and mechanics - Wikipedia

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    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 or 20 in). Such extremely long instruments may be humorously referred to as "chin cellos." Occasionally, a violin may be strung with viola strings in order to serve as a 350 mm (14 in) viola.

  7. String instrument - Wikipedia

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    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).

  8. 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

  9. Viola d'amore - Wikipedia

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    1997 Viola d’amore, crafted by Eric, Nancy and Hans Benning, Benning Violins. The viola d'amore shares many features of the viol family. It looks like a thinner treble viol without frets and sometimes with sympathetic strings added. [2]

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