String Instruments

Truthfully I would say that bass is the best instrument. That is if you are looking for a challenge. It is a very large instrument with a large range of notes that can range from a low E (or B if you have a extension or five string bass) to a high G or D. If you want a beautiful instrument you can play cello or violin. But unless you are amazing at either of those instruments you are not going to get very far. There is much less competition if you play bass. This is a completely biased opinion. I hope your instrument searching goes well!

The viola is one-seventh in size of the violin, and the violin is one-fifth higher in pitch.

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The viola, to make it easier for the viola player aka the violist to read music on the staff.

A copy of a 1721 Stradivarius violin is actually not worth very much. On the retail market they can be found for about $175 to $400.

there are lots of fun things to play on the vilolin. you could even make up a song. you would like it the best because you made it. that's what i would do.

i would say they are about $100-150 bucks...they are just cheap copies of the real deal.....but good enough to start with i guess. hope that helps.

as far as i am concerned its the Ukulele-cost around £20

The strings vibrate to make the sound.

The violin is said to be the most diversely expressive instrument, second only to the human voice.

Violins range alot in price based on who made the violin in which country at what time. Some violins are worth close to nothing and others can sell for a few million dollars at auction. Many concert artists make a habit of passing down their fine violins to their star pupils to ensure that the violin doesn't end up collecting dust in a museum.

You can, but it may not be the most comfortable for you, or it may not fit in a 3/4 case.

The viola and violin family developed sometime around the 1500s in Italy from previous bowed instruments. The shape of viola and violin as it is today was not invented but was rather the result of an evolution of various forms, by different craftsmen.

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In mint condition up to around $9000.00

very good condition around $8000.00

good condition - $7000.00

Fair condition- $5000.00

very Fair condition- (not orig paint but has orig. pickup and electronics- $3500.00

poor condition- ( not playable) 500-$1200.00

It seriously depends o who makes the copy, some copies are absolutely wonderfully done where others are horrible. If you go back to the first part of the 20th century, international copyrights were not well enforced. There are many "Stradivarius" violins from that time which are not even copies of a true Stradivarius, just ordinary violins with that tradename.

A section is scooped out of the banjo neck close to the pot, this gives greater clearance between the strings and the fret board. This is especially useful for melodic clawhammer style, where the banjo is played slightly up the neck of the banjo.

The spelling "violins" is correct for the plural form of violin (a stringed musical instrument played with a bow).

It really depends on what kind of teacher you want. If you want to study frm a private tutor through a music school, it is often cheaper than going directly through the teacher, but much of your money will go to the school and the teachers usually don't gt paid enough. The average price for a good viola teacher can run nywhere from $40-70. $70 is on the expensive side, but any teacher that chargest that much is usually ver good. You can typically find a fairly good teacher for around 50, but look around. Take lessons with several teachers before you decide on one. Don't decide solely on price and make sure the teacher knows what he/she is doing. There is nothing worse than studying with a bad teacher. Check their credentials as well.

As of 1902, 540 violins made by Stradivarius were known to exist. Also: 12 violas, 50 cellos--and two guitars. According to:http://www.geocities.com/ganesha_gate/strad.html

As of 1902, 540 violins made by Stradivarius were known to exist. Also: 12 violas, 50 cellos--and two guitars. According to:http://www.geocities.com/ganesha_gate/strad.html

The above is inaccurate. It is known that Antonio Stradivari made about 1100 instrument is his lifetime, about 540 of which were violins; not all of the violins survived. As of 1902, about 650 Stradivadi instruments were know to have survived and been authenticated, but only about half of them were violins. (Stradivari also made violas, cellos, guitars, and harps). The total number of authentic Stradivarius violins still in existence at present is probably something around 300 or fewer.

in the very late Renaissance. It would have been around the mid 1500's when the violin pattern started to really develop. After that, it became kind of standardized. And it really took off during the Baroque era. The Baroque era started somewhere around 1600. In the very last part of the 1500's, the violin started to emerge. At the time, the instrument most like it was the viol but the violin was still very different. (Currently, the viol is now what one would call the Viola de Gamba.) Instruments in the viol family were more sleek, and plaintive and soft. Then somebody invented an instrument that became more brilliant, with a brighter sound. No one actually knows who invented the first violin, but Andreas Amati is considered by most authorities to be the maker who invented the violin as we know it today. Then, at the beginning of the Baroque era, two things happened: opera and the violin family took off. Through the Baroque era, they become more and more and more popular. This was called the Golden Period for violin making. It was Stradivari's time, and with that, high quality violins were being sold, so composers wrote a lot of music for the violin. Bach, Handel, Corelli, and so many Baroque composers that we don't even know about wrote music for the violin. Most people have never heard of so many composers that have awesome classical music. One of the first great violin makers was Amati. I actually had a teacher who owned an Amati.Well, the actual body shape of the violin is the same. In the Renaissance, there were a few that were shaped minimally different, but basically, it is the same instrument from the Baroque era on. And for instance, most of the Stradivari instruments, the only difference is that most of them had their necks broken off and they put a longer, skinnier neck on, so it was possible to play higher on the soundboard, and to make it easier to shift. As well, they added a chin rest. These two things are really the only differences other than the strings and the bow. The strings and the bow were the only things that changed significantly. The strings eventually went from being gut strings in the Baroque era to having metal windings added around the gut, and that happened. Eventually, the high E string became completely metal. The bow actually changed quite dramatically. Originally, it actually bowed the other way; it was convex as opposed to the current concave bow. By the time you get to Mozart's age, the classical era, and then a new kind of bow came in style, which looks more like a modern bow. Currently, we call it a transitional bow. Right at the very end of the Classical era, and the beginning of the Romantic era, the bow became more modern.

The lyre is more like a small harp, while the ukulele is more like a small guitar. The only similarity is they are both stringed instruments.

A banjo produces sound from string vibration. The strings rest on a wooden bridge, which is sitting on top of a banjo head, basically the same as a drum head you would find on a snare drum for instance, but special heads are made just for the banjo. When a string is plucked, the vibration travels from the string, to the bridge, then it is transmitted to the head of the banjo, so just like an acoustic guitar, no electronic amplification is needed.