Converse of object

• play: He plays a viola made by Homer Clark in 1982.

• study: She has a degree in music, and has studied the viola.

• make: He plays a viola made by Homer Clark in 1982.

• hear: You think you hear the violas, but it's really the second violins.

• teach: I was responsible mainly for violin and piano tuition, but my position as String Teacher also included teaching the viola and cello.

• include: These include viola, double bass, bassoon, french horn and tuba.

Converse of subject

• play: Sir James, the father, is played by solo viola.

Adjective modifier

• principal: I have been principal viola in the Sinfonia of Birmingham for some years.

• electric: William Breeze brings the track to a fitting end with layered electric viola rising to crescendo.

• new: All instrumentalists are welcome, although new violas, oboes and brass are particularly welcome.

Modifies a noun

• gamba: A bass viola da gamba, the precursor to the cello, which dates from around 1680, is also up for grabs.

• d'amore: It may have been intended as a viola d'amore but, when found to be too large, was finished as a treble viol.

• da: A bass viola da gamba, the precursor to the cello, which dates from around 1680, is also up for grabs.

• concerto: What's the most popular recording of the William Walton viola concerto?

• joke: Stephen: " Do you know any good viola player jokes?

• player: A good viola player, a bad viola player or an oasis?

Noun used with modifier

• solo: Sir James, the father, is played by solo viola.

• bass: A bass viola da gamba, the precursor to the cello, which dates from around 1680, is also up for grabs.

Preposition: in

• orchestra: In 1859 he began to earn a living playing the viola in an orchestra.

• century: Lionel Tertis Lionel Tertis is almost solely responsible for the rise of the viola in the twentieth century.