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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-nä'-tä) 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.
20Violin concerto. Equivalent to Violinkonzert.
21Violindecke (fē-ō-lēn'-dēk'-ē) Ger. n.
22The belly of the violin.
23Violine (fē-ō-lē'-nē) Ger. n.
241. Violin; fiddle.
252. An organ stop sounding like the violin.
26Violinhaare (fē-ō-lēn'-hā-rē) Ger. n.
27The hair of the violin bow.
28violini unisoni (vē-ō-lē-nē oo-nī-sō'-nē)
29The violins in unison.
30violonaro
31violonier (vē-ō-lēn-yā) Fr. n.
32violinista (vē-ō-lē-nēs'-tā) It. n.
33One who plays upon the violin.
34Violinkasten (fē-ō-lēn'-käs-tēn) Ger. n.
35Violin case.
36Violinkonzert (fē – ō – lēn' – kōn-tsārt') Ger. n.
37Violin concert.
38violino (vē-ō-lē'-nō) It. n.
39Violin. Abbr. viol., vl., vno., vo.
40violino-alto (vē-ō-lē'-nō-äl'-tō) It. n.
41Formerly a small tenor viol used for playing the alto part in harmonies and for accompanying the alto voice.
42violino picciolo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pit-chē-ō'-lō) It. n.
43violino piccolo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pīk'-kō-lō) It. n.
44violino pochetto (vē-ō-lē'-nō pō-kēt'-tō) It. n.
45A small violin tuned a fourth or a fifth higher than the ordinary violin; a kit or pocket fiddle, formerly used by dancing masters.
46violino pomposo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pōm-pō-zō) It.
47Literally, grand violin: a viola with a fifth string added. The strings are tuned C, G, A and E.
48Violinsaite (fē-ō-lēn'-zi'-tē) Ger. n.
49Violin string.
50Violinschlüssel (fē – ō – lēn'-shlüs'-sēl') Ger. n.
51Violin-clef.
52Violinspieler (fē-ō-lēn'-shpēl'-ēr) Ger. n.
53Violin player; violinist.
54Violinsteg (fē-ō-lēn'-stākh) Ger. n.
55Violin-bridge.
56Violinstimme (fē – ō – lēn' – shtīm – mē) Ger. n.
57A part for the violin.
58Violinzeichen (fē-ō-lēn'-tsī'-khēn) Ger. n.
59See violin-clef.
60violinzoli (vē-ō-lēn-tsō-lē) It. n.
61A stop on the organ situated in the swell, and producing a tone greatly resembling that of the violin.
62Violon (fē-ō-lōn') Ger. n.
631. The contrabass viol, or double-bass.
642. A pedal stop on the organ. Equivalent to violone (It.).
65violon (vē-ō-lōn) Fr. n.
66Violin.
67violonar (vē-ō-lō-nār') Fr. n.
68A name which the French have recently applied to the double bass. See also double bass.
69violonaro (vē-ō-lō-nār-ō) Fr. n.
70A large double bass, tuned an in-
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