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Fiddle :: Fiddle (n.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

Virtuoso :: Virtuoso (n.) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player..

Kit :: Kit (n.) A small violin.

Violoncello :: Violoncello (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin..

Neck :: Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board..

Guitar :: Guitar (n.) A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers..

String :: String (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme..

Barwood :: Barwood (n.) A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work..

Violinist :: Violinist (n.) A player on the violin.

Recital :: Recital (n.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital..

Rebec :: Rebec (n.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow..

Undulation :: Undulation (n.) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin..

Sonata :: Sonata (n.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc..

Violine :: Violine (n.) A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and foliage of the violet (Viola)..

Tubby :: Tubby (a.) Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin..

Timbre :: Timbre (n.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial..

Pizzicato :: Pizzicato () A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.).

Rosin :: Rosin (v. t.) To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin..

Part :: Part (n.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc..

Viola :: Viola (n.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass..

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