String Instruments

The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra is the leading, and internationally best-known, example of Scottish traditional music orchestras. In performance its 80 players comprise around 50 to 60 fiddles (violins) plus 'cellos, double basses, accordions, flutes, piano, percussion and pipes. Fiddle Orchestras are active in many communities in Scotland, and in other parts of the world where Scottish culture and heritage are popular.

The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra was founded in 1980 by its Director of Music and inspiration, John Mason MBE. It is a voluntary organisation, and registered charity, which performs to the highest standards, and is widely known internationally through its recordings which are sold worldwide. More information, including its history, personnel, recordings and concert dates, is available on its website at www.sfo.org.uk, and on its Facebook page.

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The instruments of the standard Filipino rondalla have similarities in structure and are played with a plectrum made out of turtle shell. Except for the guitar and bass guitar(double bass), all are 14-stringed consisting of six(6) sets of strings tuned in the intervals of fourths, each set consisting of 1, 2 or 3 string/s. The purpose of the doubling or tripling of strings is to produce better sound and increase tone volume. The main parts of the stringed instruments of the rondalla are basically the same. A hollow body(sound box) constructed of a sound board(top plate), which is attached to a back board(back plate) by side walls(rims) form the main body of the instrument. The sound board picks up and amplifies the vibrations of the strings. The nice-figured body(sound box) is attached to one end of a narrow neck against which the strings can be shortened by pressing the fingers on the fingerboard to vary the vibrating length and thus the pitch. The neck ends in the tuning head which has the worm and gear mechanism to adjust the tension of the strings when tuning the instrument. There is a string holder(tailpiece) at the bottom of the body and a bridge on which the strings are stretched, so that they can vibrate freely. The sound holes with a round shape, except the laud which is f-shape, have a great influence on the timbre of the instrument. Basically, they communicate the volume of air inside the instrument with the outside air which is the medium in which the waves are carried from the instrument. The size and openness of the holes influences the frequency of the vibrating mass of air within the instrument and therefore the selective reinforcement of certain notes. The holes also influence the flexibility of the soundboard and consequently affect its vibrational patterns. Tops, backs, and sides are carefully selected and graduated to enhance their natural attributes. Every piece of wood from the neck to the smallest brace is acoustically matched to obtain the highest performance from each instrument. The wood of langka, kamagong, narra, ballatinao, tanguile, and Philippine mahogany were generally used as materials for the construction of the instrument. Although the imported pine wood and rosewood continued to be used by some. ---- The standard Filipino rondalla instruments are: (Left to Right: Guitar, Laud, Bandurria, Octavina, Double Bass)

For students who are trying to determine which size violin to play, pick up the violin and place it on your shoulder and under your left jaw as you would normally play. Your left fingers should be able to curl around the scroll, and still have bend in your elbow. This is very important. Your arm should not be straight out, don't strain to curl your fingers around the scroll.

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Jean Mathurin Remy was a violin maker from Paris, France 1770-1854. Remy was a famous Parisian family of violin makers. Go on to Google for more info. I have one violin from Jean. Great sounding and a very nice violin.

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Well if you want to know string instruments that have 4 strings 2 of them are the guitar (6 strings) and the mandolin (8 strings).

The difference is in the construction methods. An acoustic guitar is a neck and strings attached to a big, tightly sealed, rigidly braced wooden box. It's designed and refined to resonate and allow the strings to have a warm sound with lots of sustain. A banjo on the other hand is a neck and strings attached to what is basically a drum with a paper head tightly stretched with tuning keys similar to those found on drums. The size and construction are designed to give a bright sound with very little sustain. The tuning of the banjo is very different too, especially on 5-string versions typically used in bluegrass music. Scruggs style players play fast syncopated runs with alternate tunings, using metal fingerpicks and a "banjo roll" plucking style. This style is not really suitable to the sound of an acoustic guitar, but with the modern electric guitar players like Chet Atkins, Jerry Donahue, Brad Paisley, and many others have forged a hybrid picking style borrowing elements from both guitar and banjo.

Pitch is determined by the size of the instrument and the length of the string. Because the body of the violin is smaller, the strings are also shorter, allowing it to produce pitches far higher than those of the double bass.

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String instruments vibrate by when you pluck the strings the noise from them is bounced around the hallow in side of the instrument you are playing.

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A bow is used with a violin and with many other string instruments. As it sounds a bow is composed of a wooden stick and a strand of fibrous material (on better bows this is horsehair) covered with rosin. The rosin coated hair contacts the violin strings to make them vibrate.

1. Buktot - a visayan instrument with 4 strings. 2. Kudyapi - a six stringed instrument. 3. Faglong - 2 stringed flute-like instrument of the Bilaan (native people of Cagayan). 4. Butling - a box with a single hemp string picked with a small stick. 5. Bamboo Violin - three stringed violin of the Negritos.

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The saxophone. While the instrument itself is commonly made of brass, the mechanics of it, as well as the use of a reed, make it a woodwind.

a banjo is more country - like than a guitar. plus,you can plug in a guitar.

Said label was applied to thousands of cheap violins in a bid to convince some amateur musicians or would be musicians that they were buying a quality instrument. Unfortunately, you instrument is likely to be worth just pennies. All the genuine Strads have verifiable histories of ownership so the chances of anyone discovering another genuine violin made by Stradivarius is zero.

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Da capo means in music that you must repeat the piece from the beginning til the point marked. (I'm not English, sorry if my English is a bit bad)