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The instruments of the modern orchestra & early records of the precursors of the violin family, with over 500 illustrations and plates;, 1910
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1CHAPTER XXII.
3The Viola.
5This member of the Violin family is a little larger than the violin, and the remarks as to construction, possibilities and origin, apply equally to the viola—its compass lies a fifth below that of the violin, the four strings being (1) A; (2) D; (3) G; (4) C.
7The alto clef, the C clef on the third line, is used in notation, except in the high register for which the G clef is used.
9Compass. The practical compass of the viola is from or higher, according to the capabilities of the performer.
11Quality of Tone. The sound of the strings of the viola is a peculiarly telling and melancholy in accent, the tone of the upper register, forming the link between the 'cello and violin, is most used in the orchestra.
13The viola has been much neglected and long unappreciated by musicians, who were content to use it to double, an
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