How does the the violin work?

Answer 1

When the bow (made of horse hair) strokes the strings... (A, E, D, and G), the strings are vibrated from the friction that is caused. And when the strings vibrate, the produce sound. The pitch of the sound depends on how thick the strings is. The highest pitch is E, because it is the thinnest; and the lowest is G, because it is the thickest. The pegs and fine tuners are used to tighten and loosen the strings; the tighter a string is, the more high pitch it is. The pegs are for a drastic change and the fine tuners are for just a minor change in pitch. The fingering also changes the pitch and when you put a finger down, it changes the length of the string, which also makes it higher pitched. To tune a violin... first you have to compare your A string with someone elses, or a tuner, and then to tune D you place your third finger on the A string and if it matches, it is correct. And to tune G, you just place your 3rd finger on D and also play them at the same time. This is when they are one octive, or eight notes apart. And the same for E.

Answer 2

a bow made of horse hair and rosined (rosin is maple sap hardened) is slid across the violin...the violin has four strings. they are g, d, a,e. they are all fifths apart. sliding across the string without putting fingers down is called open string.