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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), as the first known violin maker because there exists documentation of two violins he created between 1542 and 1546.

 Types Of Violin:

The violin has changed over its lifespan for several different reasons, which has produced a variety of different types of instruments. Violin types can be roughly categorized into three groups: violins that vary in size, violins that vary because of genre, and violins that vary because of the time period.

Different Types Of Violin By Size:
 Violin differs in their sizes depending on how much your arm can hold it. It comes in many sizes above 1/16th include the 1/10th, 1/8th, 1/4 or 'quarter-size', the 1/2 or 'half-size' and the 3/4 or 'three-quarter' size. 

Types of Violin By Size

It is very easy to identify which type of violin suits on you, just you have to keep one of its back end under your left cheek and rest he back of the violin along the left under-arm. If you reach the top of the scroll then that size is best for you.

Different Types of Violin by time
Violins have been categorized by the time they have been invented. 

• Pre-Baroque Stringed Instruments

Before the violin was invented, several other stringed instruments similar to the violin were used. The lira of the Byzantine Empire was held upright, but the lira de braccio (viol for the arm) was held against the chin like a violin. The three-stringed violetta, which also pre-dates the violin, was also held under the chin. The viol again was similar and became popular at around the same time as the violin. Sometimes these instruments are occasionally referred to as types of early violins; however they are all separate instruments in their own right.

• Baroque Violin

The forefather of the classical/modern violin, this violin was the first standardized instrument made in the 16th century. The Baroque violin has a shallower angle of the neck, which is also usually thicker to support the tension of the strings, although the string tension is lower than on a classical violin. As more advanced crafting techniques allowed for the range of the violin to be extended in the 18th century, many of these original Baroque instruments were altered to fulfill these new standards.

• Classical Violin (Also referred to as the Modern violin or the Acoustic violin).

The classical violin was developed in the late 18th and early 19th century as new techniques became available to increase the string tension and therefore the range and sound projection of the violin. The classical violin has a more slender neck, higher string tension, and is the benchmark or standard violin upon which others are assessed. 

Classical Violin

• Stroh Violin

The Stroh violin, sometimes called the horn-violin or violinophone, was developed by John Stroh in the late 19th century. The Stroh violin uses a horn rather than a soundbox to produce sound, giving it a much different timbre to an acoustic violin. Stroh violins can make a much louder sound than the traditional acoustic violin. The Stroh violin is similar to the Romanian horn violin; however, the horn on the Romanian horn violin is narrower. The horn violin has never been as popular as the traditional acoustic violin due to its relatively high cost and thinner, harsher sound.

Stroh Violin

• Electric Violin

The electric violin is a violin that produces sound electronically. There are many different styles of electric violin, and as no soundbox or f-holes are needed to produce sound, many forego the traditional aesthetics of the classical acoustic instruments. Electric violins were sold as early as the 1930s, with musicians being known to use pick-ups on violins before this date also. The sound from electric violins can be distorted through the process of amplification, which is helpful in some genre playing.

• Semi-Electric (Also known as Electric-Acoustic or Violin with Pick-Up)

A semi-electric violin is essentially a violin that produces sound acoustically which is also fitted with a pick-up so that the sound can be electronically amplified. This kind of sound retains more of the original acoustic feel than fully electric violins, which will not sound particularly loudly when not plugged into an amp (much like the electric and bass guitars). Pick-Ups are relatively easy to add to classical violins, however, some set-ups require the modification of the violin (for example, a hole being made in the body of the violin so a 'plug-in' can be inserted).

Different Types of Violin by genre

Violin can also be categorized in genres: fiddle & 5-string

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