What is the hardest classical string instrument to play violin viola cello or bass?

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It can be best answered by saying, all of the string family are hard to play and each present very different challenges of technique, posture and stamina.

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The cello can only be played sitting down, and the other three can be played standing up or sitting down. Also, a full size bass is too big for many people to handle. In terms of technique, beginning violinists seem to have the steepest learning curve, that is, the sounds they make when they first start are the least musical.

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In reference to the above, all of the instruments are played sitting down in an orchestral setting. From experience of teaching both violin and cello, I would say the cello is definitely the harder of the two.

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In reference to the above, they're all difficult in their own way. I disagree that one is more difficult than another; all can be played beautifully with PRACTICE!!!!!!!!

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Yes, in their own way, each instrument is difficult to play. I've been playing viola (which is not a well known instrument) for nearing four years and I never really had much/any trouble learning (I could also probably be able to play violin or possibly cello, but I don't think I could play bass). I think that none of the instruments are any harder to play that the others. The reason I wouldn't be able to play bass is because of the fingerings I'm used to. The bass may look hard, but they usually don't have very complicated parts from what I've seen.

If your looking for an answer to what you should play, then look no farther than what parts you want to play. A violin usually has the main part, cellos and violas play a similar yet different part that the violin and are heard somewhat clearly, basses are probably the hardest to hear, so if you don't want a mess-up to be noticable consider this instrument. However, you will find that each instrument has solos in some pieces. There isn't a strings instrument that never has a solo.

viola may be harder to play but violin is MUCH BETTER!

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I have been playing violin for around 7 or 8 years, and from experience I will say that violin is the hardest instrument to play in the string section. However, I am not saying the instrument itself is just naturally more difficult to play, but the compared to the repertoire for the other string instruments, the repertoire for violin is far more difficult, especially because the violin is responsible for producing many different tones which means a very very high understanding of music is required to play well, and because the violin itself is smaller and thus "capable to perform harder tasks", composers, especially those who do not play violin, tend to write passages that a violin is simply not designed to do. The violin is also smaller, which means controlling your left hand (i.e. intonation, vibrato, etc.) is far more challenging than controlling your left hand on a cello or bass. In conclusion, the violin is the hardest instrument to play because of its size and nature, as well as the repertoire that is written for it. Also, the most challenging classical piece ever, in the eyes of many musicians, is Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) composed by Sarasate, arguably one of the most gifted violinists ever, because of the degree of intensity and technique required to play this piece to an unworldly level