The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

The double bass is the only modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths, rather than fifths. The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert ...