Turning the screw on a modern violin bow causes the frog (heel) to move, which adjusts the tension on the hair. -  (Photo credit: Wikiped...

A doshpuluur, a traditional Tuvan instrument  (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Humans discovered a long time ago that music could be ...

Lute -  Photo  by  quinet In general, a lute is a stringed instrument that loosely resembles a guitar, but has a round body, a deep an...

Portrait of Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grappelli (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) What do the following have in common? symphony orchest...

The Beethoven String Quartet from the USA; Gustav Dannreuther (violin), Adolf Hartdegen (cello), Otto K. Schill (viola), Ernest Thiele (v...

Violin First Position Fingerings (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) If you just started playing the violin a few weeks ago, violin scales ca...

A violin (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A violin can be an intimidating musical instrument – it’s beautiful to look at and listen to but ...

Violin and bow. (Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) Learning how to play the violin can be a difficult but rewarding experience. Playing the vi...

Photo   by  Rod Waddington   The double bass is the largest string instrument that is played with a bow or plucked. It also has the lo...

Photo   by  CelloPics   The question whether the violin and viola players are the same - the answer is yes and no. Compared to the v...

Many people are unfamiliar to the instrument viola and can envision a viola to be a violin. But viola is a stringed instrument that looks ...

“That’s a fine lookin’ fiddle ya got there, kid.” I gritted my teeth into a forced smile and quietly thanked the old man at the bus ...

3-stringed viola (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "Audiences across the world enjoy various concerts through the year, each one diffe...

A girl playing violin in The Hague (Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) For violin intonation exercises, there are really thousands of possibili...