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What is the Violin? The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the pochette, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violin Who Invented the Violin? The modern violin is about 400 years old. Similar string instruments have been around for almost 1000 years. By the time the modern orchestras started to form in the 17th century, the violin was nearly fully developed.  Most scholars credit Andrea Amati of Cremona (c. 1511-1577...

What is Guitar? The Guitar is a musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is  a type of  chordophone , traditionally constructed from wood and strung.  It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously pressing the strings against the frets with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, using the hollow chamber of the guitar (for an acoustic guitar) or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.  Guitar Who Invented the Guitar? Adolph Rickenbacker  was the inventor of modern Guitar.  He was a Swiss-American electrical engineer who co-founded the Rickenbacker guitar company along with George Beauchamp and Paul Barth.  George Delmetia Beauchamp was an American inventor of musical instruments. He is known for designing the first electrically amplified stri...