Actually, the instruments come in various sizes, so they cannot be classified as smaller or bigger. The smallest sizes are the same, and the largest sizes are the same. The violas, however, have more variety in sizes, considering it goes 10 inch to 16 inch, while the violin has only a few main sizes, 1/4 to 4/4.
I am a violist. I think that the viola is special because it is the only instrument in the world that uses the alto clef. Not many people play the viola and in orchestras, violist are always needed.
The viola was an instrument developed more or less as a necessary adjunct in string quartet music - a warmer toned alto violin. The violin has a more expressive, singing voice, and became the most favored instrument of the string family.
Also, the clef the viola plays in is called "C" clef: a very uncommon clef today.
I would say that the string bass is the older brother of the cello. I play the cello, and the violins and violas are smaller, so the bass, although a lower tone, would perhaps fit this description best.
This is because the viola is bigger than the violin and deeper in pitch.
The name "violin" comes from the Latin word vitula, which means "stringed instrument".
Violas are bigger than violins because they are made to have a deeper sound. The smaller the instrument, the higher the sound.
The viola, like the violin, cello, and bass, has four strings. It belongs to the string family because its sound is created through the vibration of a string.
Banjo Cello Clavichord Clavinet Double bass Guitar Dulcimer Harp Hurdy-gurdy Lyre Lute Sitar String drum Ukulele Viol Viola Violin
i think it's a chordophone
The harp is in the strings family. Other instruments in the same family are: the violin/fiddle, viola, cello, double bass, electric violin, electric viola, electric cello, electric double bass, harp, laser harp, banjo, and the ukulele. There are still a lot more though.. but I felt like naming a few. :) Hope this at least helped a little.
No
it is a chordophone.
1. Violin 2. Viola 3. Cello 4. String Bass 5. Guitar 6. Sitar
Banjo Cello Clavichord Clavinet Double bass Guitar Dulcimer Harp Hurdy-gurdy Lyre Lute Sitar String drum Ukulele Viol Viola Violin
i think it's a chordophone
its a string instrument more specifically a chordophone sounded with a bow or plucked. it is not in the same family as the violin viola cello because the shoulders are sloped more
The harp is in the strings family. Other instruments in the same family are: the violin/fiddle, viola, cello, double bass, electric violin, electric viola, electric cello, electric double bass, harp, laser harp, banjo, and the ukulele. There are still a lot more though.. but I felt like naming a few. :) Hope this at least helped a little.
No
No it is not but there are instruments which belong to the chordophone family but at the same time the percussion family as well. An example of this is the Piano.
The String and chordophone.
Chordophone
it is a chordophone.
It is an aerophone
no its a chordophone