| Violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that | | | | and is ideal for advanced players. Compared to |
| has four tuned strings. It consist of a bridge, peg | | | | acoustic violin, the sound of an electric violin is |
| box, sound post, and chin rest, fingerboard, | | | | sharper. Violins are also classified according to |
| tailpiece, belly, bass bar, sound holes, and back. | | | | period or era such as baroque violin, classical violin, |
| Who were the great violin makers in history? | | | | and modern violin. |
| Andrea Amati, Gasparo da Salò, Giovanni | | | | What are the typical woods used in the making of |
| Maggini, Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri, and | | | | a violin? |
| Jacob Stainer of Absam were some of the | | | | The body of a violin can be made up of different |
| earliest noted violin makers. | | | | types of wood such as maple, silver oak, cedar, |
| What instruments make up the violin family? | | | | spruce, sycamore etc. |
| The Violin family of instruments was developed in | | | | What are the different sizes of violin available in |
| Italy during the17th century. It consists of | | | | the market? |
| instruments such as the violin, viola, cello and the | | | | Violin is considered as the most user-friendly |
| bass viol. Among the different members of the | | | | musical instrument as it comes in different size to |
| violin family, violin is considered the king of musical | | | | fit your needs. Violin comes in sizes such as 1/16, |
| instruments. | | | | 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 4/4 or full size violin. |
| What are the different types of violin? | | | | How much does a good violin cost? |
| Basically, violins are classified into two-acoustic or | | | | Violins are available in a variety of price range. |
| non-electric violin and electric violin. Acoustic violins | | | | The price of a violin depends on factors such as |
| are traditional violins that are best suited for | | | | the instrument's age, skill and reputation of the |
| novices. It has the highest tune and is considered | | | | maker, and its utilitarian value. A reasonable and |
| smallest among the violin family of instruments. | | | | good quality violin that includes bow, case, and |
| An electric violin uses an electronic signal output | | | | rosin can be bought between $100 and $3000. |