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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1violin
2ebony an inch in height, cut with small grooves for the strings and placed between the peg-box and finger-board to raise the strings a bit above the finger-board. At the lower end of the violin is the tailpiece, a concave piece of ebony pierced along the upper edge by holes through which the strings pass. This is not screwed or glued to the violin but is secured by a loop of gut fastened to the tail pin and held in place by the tension of the strings.
3violin bow
4A rod of light wood having parallel hairs strained along its length between raised ends. It is drawn across the violin strings and causes them to vibrate, thus producing the sound.
5violin-clef
6The G clef on the second line of the staff; also called the treble clef. Formerly in French violin music the G clef was placed on the first line.
7violin, keyed
8See piano-violin.
9violin-principal
10A stop on the organ composed of narrow pipes producing a tone similar to that of the violin.
11violin, tenor
12One name used to designate the viola because it takes the third or tenor part in the stringed quartet, the other members being the first and second violins and the violoncello.
13violinata (vē-ō-lē-nā'-tā) It. n.
14A violin composition, or a work for some other instrument, in which the violin is imitated.
15Violinboden (fē-ō-lēn'-bō'-dēn) Ger. n.
16The back of the violin.
17Violinbogen (fē-ō-lēn'-bō'-khēn) Ger. n.
18Violin bow; fiddle-stick.
19Violinconcert (fē-ō-lēn'-kōn-zert') Ger. n. one of two readings
20Violinconcert (fē-ō-lēn'-kōn'-zert') Ger. n. one of two readings
21Violin concerto. Equivalent to Violinkonzert.
22Violindecke (fē-ō-lēn'-dēk'-ē) Ger. n.
23The belly of the violin.
24Violine (fē-ō-lē'-nē) Ger. n.
251. Violin; fiddle.
262. An organ stop sounding like the violin.
27Violinhaare (fē-ō-lēn'-hā'-rē) Ger. n.
28The hair of the violin bow.
29violini unisoni (vē-ō-lē-nē oo-nī-sō'-nē)
30The violins in unison.
31violonaro
32violinier (vē-ō-lēn-yā) Fr. n.
33violinista (vē-ō-lē-nēs'-tā) It. n.
34One who plays upon the violin.
35Violinkasten (fē-ō-lēn'-käs-tēn) Ger. n.
36Violin case.
37Violinkonzert (fē-ō-lēn'-kōn-tsārt) Ger. n.
38Violin concert.
39violino (vē-ō-lē'-nō) It. n.
40Violin. Abbr. viol., vl., vno., vo.
41violino-alto (vē-ō-lē'-nō-äl'-tō) It. n.
42Formerly a small tenor viol used for playing the alto part in harmonies and for accompanying the alto voice.
43violino picciolo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pīt-chē-ō'-lō) It. n.
44violino piccolo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pīk'-kō-lō) It. n.
45violino pochetto (vē-ō-lē'-nō pō-kēt'-tō) It. n.
46A small violin tuned a fourth or a fifth higher than the ordinary violin; a kit or pocket fiddle, formerly used by dancing masters.
47violino pomposo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pōm-pō-zō) It.
48Literally, grand violin: a viola with a fifth string added. The strings are tuned C, G, A and E.
49Violinsaite (fē-ō-lēn'-zī'-tē) Ger. n.
50Violin string.
51Violinschlüssel (fē-ō-lēn'-shlūs'-sēl) Ger. n.
52Violin-clef.
53Violinspieler (fē-ō-lēn'-shpēl'-ēr) Ger. n.
54Violin player; violinist.
55Violinsteg (fē-ō-lēn'-stākh) Ger. n.
56Violin-bridge.
57Violinstimme (fē-ō-lēn'-shtīm'-mē) Ger. n.
58A part for the violin.
59Violinzeichen (fē-ō-lēn'-tsī'-khēn) Ger. n.
60See violin-clef.
61violinzoli (vē-ō-lēn-tsō-lē) It. n.
62A stop on the organ situated in the swell, and producing a tone greatly resembling that of the violin.
63Violon (fē-ō-lōn') Ger. n.
641. The contrabass viol, or double-bass.
652. A pedal stop on the organ. Equivalent to violone (It.).
66violon (vē-ō-lōn) Fr. n.
67Violin.
68violonar (vē-ō-lō-nār') Fr. n.
69A name which the French have recently applied to the double bass. See also double bass.
70violonaro (vē-ō-lō-nār-ō) Fr. n.
71A large double bass, tuned an in-
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