Violin overview

How do you tune a violin?

in fourths

Note scale

Highest E

Lowest note G

GDAE from low to high

Uses

Solo, or in orchestra

Genres

Concerti, sonata, classical works and pop songs as a recording, rarely jazz

Famous violinists

Paganini

Heifetz

Itzhak Perlman

Giuseppe Guarneri

• Italian violin maker from 1700s

• Expensive violins

• Played by virtuosi

Violin sizes

1/32 smallest

4/4 adult

Purpose of chinrest

• Posture

• connects violin to lower half of body

Purpose of mute

For smoother sound

Purpose of rosin

Sound production

Examples of solo concertos

Bach

Mozart

Beethoven

How to lean violin

Lessons

Etudes aka books for students

Luthier

Violin maker and maintainer

Modern day violinists

Joshua Bell

Hillary hahn

Where from

Italy specifically Cremona

Come up

From renaissance