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violin

[ vahy-uh-lin ]

noun

  1. the treble instrument of the family of modern bowed instruments, held nearly horizontal by the player's arm with the lower part supported against the collarbone or shoulder.
  2. a violinist or part for a violin.


violin

/ ˌɪəˈɪ /

noun

  1. 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. It has two f-shaped sound holes cut in the belly. The instrument, noted for its fine and flexible tone, is the most important of the stringed instruments. It is held under the chin when played. Range: roughly three and a half octaves upwards from G below middle C
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

violin

  1. The most familiar and highest-pitched instrument of the strings . A typical symphony orchestra has more than two dozen violinists.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of violin1

1570–80; < Italian violino, equivalent to viol ( a ) ( viola 1 ) + -ino diminutive suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of violin1

C16: from Italian violino a little viola, from viola 1
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It was a Black New Orleans band with horns and background singers and a violin player — not Juilliard violin but like a janky New Orleans violin.

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Their vacation schedule brings them together in spring, summer, fall and winter — in that order, in the story — a plan that conveniently allows for Vivaldi’s well-known violin concerti to fill up the soundtrack.

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The violin was used to play the hymn Nearer My God To Thee as the ship went down.

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Kajoba said his parents pushed him academically, but he spent a lot of his youth learning to play piano, violin and the harp while enjoying after school and weekend drama clubs.

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Stephanie Gutierrez, who led the investigation, said the instrument appeared unharmed, but a specialist paid for by a private party would inspect the violin to confirm its condition.

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