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The viola is held on the left arm and the bow is held in the right hand. You may also pluck with your right hand. Lastly, you may pluck the viola holding it like a banjo.
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How is the violin viola cello and double bass held and played?
The violin and viola rests on the shoulder with the chin resting on it. You use a bow on all of these instruments.
Where ia a viola held?
The viola is held in between your chin and left shoulder. Same as a violin :)
How can the be viola played?
The viola is held on your left shoulder the bow is used with the right hand. If you wish to pluck you also use your right hand. Also you may hold the viola similar to a banjo and plucked.
How are viola's played?
I play the viola. The viola is played just like the violin with the instrument resting on your shoulder.
Is viola in band or orchestra?
Viola is played in orchestras.
Who has played the viola?
i have i actually switched from violin to viola I have... for 8 years
What two instruments are held beneath the chin?
Violin and Viola
Can you play without you ft usher on the viola?
Yes you can I play the viola and i have played that song a million and "1" times
Does viva la vida have a viola in it?
Yes it does i have played it
Where did the viola come from?
The viola is an descendant of the Vielle family of instruments which originated in Italy in the mid to late 1400's. (it is not known exactly when the Vielle family was invented or by whom.) These instruments were called Fiedel in Germany and were played "on the arm" leading to the name "Viola da Braccio" in Italy (to differentiate them from the family of "viola da gamba", which were played with the instrument resting on the legs). The closest relative to the viola is the Violin. (The Viola d'amore, which was used in the Baroque period, and was played in the same manner as the violin and viola, but had 6 or 7 strings which were fingered on a fingerboard with frets like the Viola Da Gamba, and had additional sympathetic strings under the fingerboard which vibrated 'in sympathy' with the bowed, fingered strings.) The Viola is the Alto of the Violin Family. It also fills the part of tenor, when another violin is filling the voice of alto (i.e., in String Quartets and symphony orchestras). Attempts at a Tenor viola produced an instrument so large that it could not be played under the chin, and was held similarly to the cello. The earliest iconographic evidence of a viola is in the 1534-5 frescoes in the dome of the Sanctuary of Soranno. The earliest known surviving viola was made in 1560 by Andrea Amati. The viola has been treated as a solo instrument right along with the Violin. In the Baroque era, the solo potential of the instrument was realized by composers such as Telemann, Vivaldi and J. S. Bach, who wrote several concerti, sonatas and other solos for the instrument. Often, composers of the era claimed the viola as their favorite of the violin family.
Is the cello bigger than a viola?
Yes, a cello is larger than a viola. So much so that it is held vertically and played while sitting down whereas a viola is held as a violin. "As the viola is tuned a fifth below that of the violin and that the fifth indicates a vibratory ratio of 3:2, it has been reasoned that an instrument built in proper proportion should have a body length in a proportion of 3:2 to that of the violin. This would result in a viola with a body length of 54 cm. (21 in.), which for my part is not an acceptable goal... 'The viola of from 16½ to 17 inches is ideal from all viewpoints.'" Since Stradivarius' last cellos, the length of the cello body has been around 29.7 inches. (the De Munck being length of 29.2)
Why is the viola in the string family?
Because the viola does, itself, have strings. The viola is played with a bow as is a violin. The viola is the slightly larger counterpart to the violin and, because comparatively few people are learning the viola now, there is an increasing demand for viola players. It is, for example, comparatively easy for viola players to get scholarships to many universities as compared with those who play other instruments because viola players are dwindling as a whole.
