The letters mf on an Italian violin refer to mezzo forte, an Italian musical term for "medium loud."
violino
suono il violino
Masculine becomes the gender of the word "violin" when translated from English to French. The French equivalent, violon, may be preceded immediately by the masculine singular le since French employs definite articles where English does not use "the." The pronunciation will be "(luh) vyo-lo" in Cariocan Brazilian and in continental Portuguese.
The viola was never "invented", as such, rather a process of evolving ways of carving wood into a shape to make a nice sound. Its history is longer than the violin's, as originally the violin was viewed a a small viola, hence the ending "ino" [in italian] in violino, translated to violin.
No. The older the violin, the better the sound.
Plucking the strings of a violin is called pizzicato.
"Do you know how to play the violin?" in Italian would be:Non si sa come suonare il violino?
they're made in different countries
Arcangelo Corelli
The original violin was created in Italy. So the violin is in fact an Italian instrument.
Friedrich Niederheitmann has written: 'Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments' -- subject(s): Violin, Violin makers 'Cremona' -- subject(s): Violin, Violin makers
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