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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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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.
4violin bow
5A 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.
7violin-clef
8The 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.
10violin, keyed
11See piano-violin.
13violin-principal
14A stop on the organ composed of narrow pipes producing a tone similar to that of the violin.
16violin, tenor
17One 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.
19violinata (vē-ō-lē-nā'-tä) It. n.
20A violin composition, or a work for some other instrument, in which the violin is imitated.
22Violinboden (fē-ō-lēn'-bō'-dēn) Ger. n.
23The back of the violin.
25Violinbogen (fē-ō-lēn'-bō'-khēn) Ger. n.
26Violin bow; fiddle-stick.
28Violinconcert (fē-ō-lēn'-kōn'-zert') Ger. n.
29Violin concerto. Equivalent to Violinkonzert.
31Violindecke (fē-ō-lēn'-dēk'-ē) Ger. n.
32The belly of the violin.
34Violine (fē-ō-lē'-nē) Ger. n.
351. Violin; fiddle.
362. An organ stop sounding like the violin.
38Violinhaare (fē-ō-lēn'-hā'-rē) Ger. n.
39The hair of the violin bow.
41violini unisoni (vē-ō-lē-nē oo-nī-sō'-nē)
42The violins in unison.
44violonaro
45violinier (vē-ō-lēn-yā) Fr. n.
46violinista (vē-ō-lē-nēs'-tā) It. n.
47One who plays upon the violin.
48Violinkasten (fē-ō-lēn'-kās-tēn) Ger. n.
49Violin case.
50Violinkonzert (fē-ō-lēn'-kōn-tsārt) Ger. n.
51Violin concert.
52violino (vē-ō-lē'-nō) It. n.
53Violin. Abbr. viol., vl., vno., vo.
54violino-alto (vē-ō-lē'-nō-äl'-tō) It. n.
55Formerly a small tenor viol used for playing the alto part in harmonies and for accompanying the alto voice.
56violino picciolo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pīt-chē-ō'-lō) It. n.
57violino piccolo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pīk'-kō-lō) It. n.
58violino pochetto (vē-ō-lē'-nō pō-kēt'-tō) It. n.
59A small violin tuned a fourth or a fifth higher than the ordinary violin; a kit or pocket fiddle, formerly used by dancing masters.
60violino pomposo (vē-ō-lē'-nō pōm-pō-zō) It.
61Literally, grand violin: a viola with a fifth string added. The strings are tuned C, G, A and E.
62Violinsaite (fē-ō-lēn'-zī'-tē) Ger. n.
63Violin string.
64Violinschlüssel (fē-ō-lēn'-shlūs'-sēl) Ger. n.
65Violin-clef.
66Violinspieler (fē-ō-lēn'-shpēl'-ēr) Ger. n.
67Violin player; violinist.
68Violinsteg (fē-ō-lēn'-stākh) Ger. n.
69Violin-bridge.
70Violinstimme (fē-ō-lēn'-shtīm'-mē) Ger. n.
71A part for the violin.
72Violinzeichen (fē-ō-lēn'-tsī'-khēn) Ger. n.
73See violin-clef.
74violinzoli (vē-ō-lēn-tsō'-lē) It. n.
75A stop on the organ situated in the swell, and producing a tone greatly resembling that of the violin.
76Violon (fē-ō-lōn') Ger. n.
771. The contrabass viol, or double-bass.
782. A pedal stop on the organ.
79Equivalent to violone (It.).
80violon (vē-ō-lōn) Fr. n.
81Violin.
82violonar (vē-ō-lō-nār') Fr. n.
83A name which the French have recently applied to the double bass. See also double bass.
84violonaro (vē-ō-lō-nār-ō) Fr. n.
85A large double bass, tuned an in-
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