The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal confession: it was ‘too emotional’, Elgar admitted, adding that he loved it nonetheless. The Spanish ...

Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G ...

The average violin bow weighs around 60 grams ... more flexible bows deliver much smoother, legato notes. Given the ...

How about some violin? Sure, it's most often considered an orchestral instrument, and doesn't exactly emit the gritty, sexy type of sound rock bands are typically looking for. But the violin is ...