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violin Definition

vio·lin (vī′ə lin′)

adjective

designating the modern family of stringed instruments played with a bow, characterized by four strings tuned in fifths, a lack of frets, a somewhat rounded back, and f-shaped sound holes

noun

the smallest and highest-pitched instrument of this family, held horizontally under the chin, resting against the collarbone; fiddle

Etymology: It violino, dim. of viola, viola

violin Synonyms

violin

n.

  1. fiddle, violinette, crowd, crioth, rebec, gusla; see also musical instrument.

    Violinlike instruments include: viol, viola, violoncello, cello, double bass, string bass.

  2. Famous violins include: Cremona, Amati, Steiner, Klotz, Vuillaume, Forrest, Stradivarius, Guarnerius.

violin Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • play: Sophie Solomon began playing the violin at the age of two.
  • teach: From 1905 he taught the violin at the Institute of Musical Art in New York.
  • learn: He also wants to learn the violin which does not fill us with joy.

Preposition: in

  • orchestra: He was also principal second violin in the large orchestra at the magnificent Plaza cinema, the show-piece of Paramount pictures.

Adjective modifier

  • unaccompanied: She performed works for unaccompanied violin by J.S.Bach for the Bath Bach Festival in 2000.
  • electric: Electric violin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound.
  • 2nd: After we had all tuned up we were given parts, I was on 2nd violin along with Musns Dawkins, King and Butchers.
  • 1st: It's because everyone wants to play the 1st violin, but very few to play second fiddle!
  • solo: A brief climax slowly brings the music to a calm, rapt end, with the solo violin musing in glistening harmonics.

Modifies a noun

  • concerto: He presented the work to Joachim who was working with Brahms on details of his violin concerto.
  • sonata: Also in March he gave the first London performance of his violin sonata at the Wigmore Hall with the violinist Daniel Bell.
  • virtuoso: There will also be music from the dazzling young violin virtuoso Jack Liebeck.
  • bow: We would assume they were excited by a violin bow.
  • playing: Sue Aston's violin playing reaches out with such emotion that I felt I was listening to the soundtrack of life itself.
  • soloist: In addition to his busy worldwide schedule as music director and violin soloist Andrew Manze is a writer, teacher and broadcaster.

Noun used with modifier

  • Stradivarius: Others may take a moment to visit Cremona where the famous Stradivarius violins were made.
  • baroque: Revised version for baroque violin premiered by Mieko Kanno, Conway Hall, London, 7 May 1999.
  • solo: The Angel of History - violin paraphrase [ 1998 ] - solo violin.
  • bass: The neighbors in Make-Believe come together toy u s mail truck and show their creativity when they participate in a bass violin festival!
  • jazz: Heulwen Thomas is a classically trained violinist and music teacher who has turned her passions to the art of jazz violin and improvisation.
violin Quotes

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

—Butler, Samuel

To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink. For a shilling the Bruddersford United AFC offered you Conflict and Art.

—Priestley,J(ohn) B(oynton)

Electric guitars areanabomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric singer?

—Segovia, Andre¤  s