As someone who has studied and taught music for most of my life, this is one of my favourite topics to pair with one of my favourite hobbies….geocaching!
VIOLIN
The violin is an old instrument from the middle ages. The violin is held under the performer’s chin and the sound is made by drawing the bow across one of the 4 strings attached to the sounding board and the neck. The pitch is altered by depressing the string at various spots on the neck.
The violin is the predominant instrument in an orchestra and seems to have the most notes to play. In fact, one time the violinists in the Berlin orchestra went on strike for more pay, because they had more notes to play than any of the other musicians.
There are 3 other sizes of “violins” in the orchestra, the viola, the cello (which is held upright between the legs) and the string bass (which is usually taller than the performer), each have a progressively lower range.