Violin

The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type... Wikipedia

  • Other names:  Fiddle
  • Hornbostel–Sachs classification:  321.322-71, (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow)
  • Developed:  Early 16th century
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