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- Dictionaryviolin/ˌvʌɪəˈlɪn/
noun
- 1. a stringed musical instrument of treble pitch, played with a horsehair bow. The classical European violin was developed in the 16th century. It has four strings and a body of characteristic rounded shape, narrowed at the middle and with two f-shaped soundholes.
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VIOLIN definition: 1. a wooden musical instrument with four strings that is held against the neck and played by moving…. Learn more.
The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, [a] is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the pochette, but these are virtually unused.
The meaning of VIOLIN is a bowed stringed instrument having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth and a usual range from G below middle C upward for more than 41/2 octaves and having a shallow body, shoulders at right angles to the neck, a fingerboard without frets, and a curved bridge.
violin, bowed stringed musical instrument that evolved during the Renaissance from earlier bowed instruments: the medieval fiddle; its 16th-century Italian offshoot, the lira da braccio; and the rebec. The violin is probably the best known and most widely distributed musical instrument in the world.
VIOLIN meaning: 1. a wooden musical instrument with four strings that is held against the neck and played by moving…. Learn more.
a bowed stringed instrument, the highest member of the violin family, consisting of a fingerboard, a hollow wooden body with waisted sides, and a sounding board connected to the back by means of a soundpost that also supports the bridge.
Violin is the formal word for a fiddle — a stringed instrument that's held to a player's neck and played with a bow. Nearly every string quartet includes at least one violin. The word violin comes from viola, from the Italian viola da braccio, which was a popular medieval instrument.
Definition of violin noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Violin definition: A stringed instrument played with a bow, having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth, an unfretted fingerboard, and a shallower body than the viol and capable of great flexibility in range, tone, and dynamics.
VIOLIN definition: 1. a wooden musical instrument that you hold against your neck and play by moving a bow (= special…. Learn more.
