The answer varies between orchestras and what seat you are and makes it hard to have an exact figure
It sounds like an instrument. It plays notes. It's a violin. Go look at violin solos.
orchestra instruments, like a violin, because they aren't VERY loud. they're classical. (i know because i play the violin)
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If you are asking about the violin making low sounds, then it can, but not as low as, per say, a stand up bass. If you're asking about loud sounds, then yes. Compared to the other instruments in the orchestra (viola, cello, bass), the violin is the easiest to hear.
It depends on your electric violin. A hollow-body violin with an acoustic pickup (basically, a traditional violin with a microphone built into it) will make sound just like a standard acoustic violin. A solid-body electric violin will make sound without an amp...but unless you're the violin player, you won't hear it.
The piccolo makes the highest pure tones in the orchestra. Some violin harmonics can be higher, but they are very soft, and used only occasionally.
viola ~ Actually, the viola is larger than a violin. The violin is actually the smallest string instrument in an orchestra. There have been experiments when people have attempted to make string instruments nano-scale, but they produce sounds that the human ear cannot hear.
The bassoon typically sits in the second row of the woodwind section, which is behind the string section. Where the bassoons sit is ultimately a decision made by the conductor.
No, they do not. The highest paid is the concertmaster, which is the 1st chair violin. Other 1st chair players make more than lower players, and some instruments are paid more than others. Wind players are more valuable, because the sections are smaller and everything is one player to a part.
No Eli Whitney did not invent the violin, but Eli Whitney did make his own violin when he was 12 years old.
The Instruments in the string section/family are:ViolinViollaCelloDouble BassThe harp and guitar are sometimes included.
The violin is used to make music to people's ear's.