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Certificates Courses: Advanced Music
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The violin is essentially a bowed instrument with four strings that are plucked to create music. The shape of the body of the violin is almost like an hour glass. The violin comprises of various components like the soundboard, also known as the top plate / table / belly, maple ribs, two end blocks, a neck, a bridge, a sound post, four strings and various fittings, that includes a chinrest, which may attach directly over the tailpiece
The violin plays a profound role in chamber music, orchestral music, opera, ballet, and the solo repertoire. Orchestral scores are written with violin sections one and two; the classical quartet has two violins (and one viola and one cello). The first chair, first violin in an orchestra (called concertmaster, even if female) plays a key leadership role in the group, secondary only to the conductor, and works with the principle players who sit first chair in the second violin, viola, cello and bass sections.
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