| Violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has | | | | players. Compared to acoustic violin, the sound of an |
| four tuned strings. It consist of a bridge, peg box, sound | | | | electric violin is sharper. Violins are also classified |
| post, and chin rest, fingerboard, tailpiece, belly, bass bar, | | | | according to period or era such as baroque violin, |
| sound holes, and back. | | | | classical violin, and modern violin. |
| Who were the great violin makers in history? | | | | What are the typical woods used in the making of a |
| Andrea Amati, Gasparo da Salò, Giovanni | | | | violin? |
| Maggini, Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri, and | | | | The body of a violin can be made up of different |
| Jacob Stainer of Absam were some of the earliest | | | | types of wood such as maple, silver oak, cedar, |
| noted violin makers. | | | | spruce, sycamore etc. |
| What instruments make up the violin family? | | | | What are the different sizes of violin available in the |
| The Violin family of instruments was developed in Italy | | | | market? |
| during the17th century. It consists of instruments such | | | | Violin is considered as the most user-friendly musical |
| as the violin, viola, cello and the bass viol. Among the | | | | instrument as it comes in different size to fit your |
| different members of the violin family, violin is | | | | needs. Violin comes in sizes such as 1/16, 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 1 |
| considered the king of musical instruments. | | | | 2, 3/4, 4/4 or full size violin. |
| What are the different types of violin? | | | | How much does a good violin cost? |
| Basically, violins are classified into two-acoustic or | | | | Violins are available in a variety of price range. The |
| non-electric violin and electric violin. Acoustic violins are | | | | price of a violin depends on factors such as the |
| traditional violins that are best suited for novices. It has | | | | instrument's age, skill and reputation of the maker, and |
| the highest tune and is considered smallest among the | | | | its utilitarian value. A reasonable and good quality violin |
| violin family of instruments. An electric violin uses an | | | | that includes bow, case, and rosin can be bought |
| electronic signal output and is ideal for advanced | | | | between $100 and $3000. |