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What vibrates on a viola?

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The viola works in the same way a violin does. When the bow is run across a string the rosin (solid tree resin, applied to the bow before playing to create friction) "grabs" the string and creates resistance that causes the string to vibrate. The vibrations then travel down the string to the bridge (the wooden piece that holds the strings above the fingerboard), and from the bridge to the body of the instrument. Inside the viola/violin is the sound post. This small wooden cylinder located under the bridge reverberates the sound from the vibrating strings throughout the hollow body, and then this sound is heard through the f-holes.

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