violin

Definition of violin in English English dictionary: A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; A violinist
The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.; A violin is a musical instrument. Violins are made of wood and have four strings. You play the violin by holding it under your chin and moving a bow across the strings. Lizzie used to play the violin. Bowed stringed instrument. The violin is the highest-pitched member of a family of instruments that includes the viola, cello, and double bass. It has a fretless fingerboard, four strings, and a distinctively shaped wooden body whose "waist" permits freedom of bowing. The violin is held on the shoulder and bowed with the right hand. It has a wide range of more than four octaves. It evolved in Italy in the 16th century from the medieval fiddle and other instruments. Its average proportions were settled by the 17th century, but innovations in the 18th-19th centuries increased its tonal power. With its brilliance, agility, and singing tone, the violin has been immensely important in Western art music, and it has the largest and most distinguished repertoire of any stringed instrument. From the mid-17th century it has been the foundation of the symphony orchestra, which today usually includes 20-26 violins, and it is also widely used in chamber music and as a solo instrument. It is played as a folk instrument in many countries, folk violins being often called fiddles; {n} a sweet musical instrument, a fiddle; A musical instrument with four strings of treble pitch played with a bow; bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow; A stringed instrument in which strings are drawn with a box or plucked in order to produce sound; {i} stringed musical instrument which has four strings and is played with a bow while held under the chin; The violin's four strings are set in vibration (usually one at a time) by drawing a bow across them with the right hand while the fingers of the left hand stop the strings, changing its vibrate length and thus the pitch; A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle; In the violin family, the treble instrument played under the chin
violin spider: (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) The recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles ), also known as fiddle-back or violin spiders, are a venomous genus of spiders known for their necrotic bite. They are members of the family Sicariidae, having formerly been placed in their own family, "Loxoscelidae"
violin lesson: a less in playing the violin
violin maker: someone who makes violins
violin section: the section of an orchestra that plays violins
Stroh violin: A violin that amplifies its sound through an attached metal resonator
electric violin: a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound
first violin: The lead or primary violin role in an orchestra or other ensemble, or in a musical composition, that typically contains the melody and is often more technically demanding than the second violin role. The first violin role is played by a first violinist, typically the best violinist in the orchestra
first violin: The leader of the violin section of a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster
second violin: The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violin's melody and generally less technically demanding
violins: The violin section of an orchestra
The violins played most strenuously, but no one attended to them.
violins: plural form of violin
kit violin: The kit violin, or kit (Tanzmeistergeige in German), is a stringed musical instrument. It is essentially a very small violin, designed to fit in a pocket — hence its other common name, the pochette fiddle. It was used by dance masters in royal courts and other places of nobility, as well as by street musicians up until around the 18th century. Occasionally, the rebec was used in the same way. They generally have three strings. Several are called for (as violini piccoli alla francese - small French violins) in Monteverdi's 1607 Orfeo
Stradivarius violin: {i} violin made by the Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari in the 17th-18th centuries and considered to be the finest in the world, Strad (Informal)
first violin: best violin player who sits in the front and closest to the conductor during an orchestral performance
playing the violin: making music on a violin
violinist: a musician who plays the violin
violinist: A person who plays the violin
violinist: A violinist is someone who plays the violin. someone who plays the violin
violinist: A player on the violin
violinist: {i} one who plays the violin; one who plays a kind of stringed musical instrument which is played with a bow
violins: plural of violin