Violin
Tuning: C
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Green Violinist (1923-24) Marc Chagall, guggenheim museum
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The Violin (fiddle)
Listen...Nowadays, the violin (also known as fiddle) is the smallest of the stringsA street viola player. It is a descendant of an Arab instrument called Rebab that has one or two strings, compared to four of the violin. Other than classical musicLargo from violin concerto in Gm - J.S. Bach, the violin is among the most common instruments in many folk and ethnic styles, including American folk music, Arab musicThe violin in the classical Arabic music and Jewish music (Klezmer).
Among the famous violinists in history, we find Mozart, who wrote five violin concertos in six months in his youth; Vivaldi, who was one of the best violinists of his time, and composed 230 concerti-soloAllegro from Violin Concerto No.1 in Gm - VivaldiSequence from Violin Concerto No.6 - Vivaldi for the violin (including "The Four Seasons"'Winter' from 'The Four Seasons' , Op.8 - Vivaldi), and Paganini, who was such an amazing virtuoso player, that all his listeners believed he had made a deal with the devil. He wrote 24 capriccio for violin, that were so difficult to perform, that for many years only Paganini himself could play them.
In his violin concerto Beethoven integrates the solo violinist in the orchestra, in a unique and unprecedented way. Another great composer, Mendelssohn, composed the E minor concerto for violin and orchestraViolin Concerto in E minor - MendelssohnViolin Concerto in E minor - Mendelssohn - of the best-loved works for violin.




Structure of a String instrument
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Relative sizes of a String instruments
Relative size
Appollo and the muse - detail (1511) Raphael
Lira di braccio
The Arabic Rebab is a relative of the Violin
Arabic Rebab
Paganini
Paganini
Composers


Vivaldi


Mozart


Beethoven


Paganini


Mendelssohn




"...when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand..." (1 Samuel, chapter 16:23)

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Musicians in Angvin - Violin player amongst different players (1375)
Appollo and the muse - detail (1511) Raphael

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