(n) bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

1570s, from Italian violino, diminutive of viola (see viola). The modern form of the smaller, medieval viola da braccio.

bowed string instrument.

a musical instrument with four stings. It is held under the chin and played with a special stick called a bow

A bowed stringed instrument of soprano range. The modern violin has four strings tuned to G3, D4, A4, and E5 and a range of G3 below middle C to E7 two octaves above the treble clef staff. The violin [..]

bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow (violinist) a musici [..]

To see, or hear a violin in dreams, foretells harmony and peace in the family, and financial affairs will cause no apprehension. For a young woman to play on one in her dreams, denotes that she will be honored and receive lavish gifts. If her attempt to play is unsuccessful, she will lose favor, and aspire to things she never can possess. A broken [..]

Treble-pitched 4-stringed instrument played with a rosined horsehair bow. The two commercially successful automatically-played violins were the Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina and the Mills Violano-Virtuos [..]

The following musicians are very celebrated: Arcangelo Corelli, noted for the melodious tones he produced (1653–1713); Pierre Gaviniès, native of Bordeaux, founder of the French school of vio [..]