Musical Instruments

The "Violin"

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The "Violin" is a stringed instrument with a fretless finger board that produces notes by bowing or plucking the strings.

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The 3/4 and 4/4 size instruments shown here are ones that my son played in a youth orchestra. We are holding them until his daughters take an interest in the instrument. He began on a 1/2 size instrument but quickly outgrew it.

The articles provided here are:
• The Violin - WIKIPEDIA - an article describing the instrument.

• The Violin Family - WIKIPEDIA - an article describing related instruments.

• WIKIHOW - many Instructions for the violin including playing, tuning, stringing, et al.

The WIKIHOW articles on "How to Play the Violin" and "How to Practice Violin" provide excellent instruction for beginning to learn how to play. They also provide several helpful instruction sheets for download. Copies of these are provided here:

• Equipment Needed to Play the Violin
  
• Basic Violin Techniques to Master - just a reference sheet for the excellent instructions in the articles.
  
• Beginner Songs to Play on the Violin - this only provides some tips...there is no music.