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A violin has a G, D, A, and E string while a Viola has G, D, A, C.
This means that the violin can play higher pitches, but the viola players lower pitches. The only difference is how high and low they can play.
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What is violin originally?
A viol
In which way is the sound of the violen different from the sound of the viol?
The violin has a wider dynamic range.
Which features do the viol and the violin have in common?
They are both played with bows.
Where did the word violin come from?
From the Italian violino, equivalent to a viol(a)
What is the difference between a viola and a viola d'amore?
No, there are several different differences between the instruments in the viol, or viola da gamba, family and those in the violin family.Some of the differences that actually affect playing or sound are:The viol family has frets, but the violin family does not.The viol family's sound boxes are deeper than those of the violin family.The viol family's strings are under less tensionThe bows of viols are held with the palm facing upward, those for the violin family are held with the palm facing down.Even the smallest viols are played with the instrument held vertically.Viols usually have six strings; violins usually have four.The bow of the viol has a convex curve; that of the violin is concave.There are a number of differences that do not affect sound or playing, and are mostly cosmetic. Among them are these:The shoulders of the viol slope into the neck; those of the violin meet it at a right angle.The viol has a flat back, but the violin's back bulges.The viol has a carved human head or other individual device at the top of the peg box, but the violin has a scroll fiddlehead.The instruments are also used differently. The viol is usually played in consort, as a member of a group that is not intended to solo, and so its sound is not intended to stand out from other instruments. The violin is intended to be more versatile in this respect, making it more suitable to be a solo instrument for a virtuoso.
What are the instruments in a stringed orchestra?
The viol family: violin viola violoncello doublebass
Which feature do the viol and the violin have in common?
They are both played with bows.
What is a different nane for the double-bass?
Double Bass can also be called: Contrabass, String Bass, Upright Bass, Bass Violin, Bass Viol and Bass Fiddle among some others.
Is the violin modeled after any other instrument?
The Viol came before it. they're similar, but the violin has a huge range, while viols are split into sections depending on how high or low they play, like singers.
What is the name of a musical instrument that begins with the letter V?
Virginal, a type of harpsichord Violin Viola Vocalsviolin, viola
What is the full name for a double bass?
Its official name is the bass viol, although it is seldom referred to as such. It is actually of a different type than the rest of the string instruments (violin, viola, and cello)- it is part of the older group of instruments called viols. The viols were popular during the renaissance, and featured sloped shoulders and different shaped resonance holes (F holes) than the violin family. Viols came in all different sizes, and the smaller ones eventually evolved into the violin family. For some reason, however, the bass never came along with the rest of them, and has remained in the old style. Another name for the bass is the contrabass.
What instruments were used from 1200-1400?
Strings· Violin · Viol· Lute· Guitar· Hurdy gurdy· HarpWoodwinds· Cornamuse · Cromorne· Crumhorn· Rauschpfeife· Recorder· Shawm
