Profile of the Violin

Name:

Violin

Family:

String

How to Play:

By rubbing the bow across the strings. Violins can be played while seated or standing.

Types:

Some of the instruments belonging to the violin family are: Viola, Cello and Double Bass.

First known Violin:

The violin evolved from the Rebec and the Lira da braccio. In Europe, the earliest four stringed violin was used in the first part of the century.

Famous Violinists:

Some of the most famous violinists are: Arcangelo Corelli, Giovanni Baptiste Viotti, Nicolo Paganini, Arnold Schoenberg, Felix Mendelssohn, Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Schubert and Gioacchino Rossini.