Violin Family Instruments - A Showcase

Violin family instuments are a family of instruments that produce sound by pulling a rosined horsehair bow across the strings to produce sound in proffessional orchestras.

The violin family of instruments make up the string section of an orchestra, which is the most numerours section and can be considered to be the workhorse of the orchestra. You can learn more about the Violin Family on their Wikipedia page at the preceding link.

It is easy to choose a violin family instrument by looking at what role each one plays and choosing the one you like most. Standard instruments seen in the violin family are ...

• Violin
• Cello
• Double Bass

All classical orchestras and schools across New Zealand and the world utilise string instruments. This means wherever you go to orchestras, you will find string instruments.

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