COUNTING THE BEAT - Violin

This week we have been learning about, violin's. Violins are a stringed instrument, that is played with a bow. The violin is a very very classical instrument that has been around for years, and in this blog post I will be talking about it and going into detail...

There are 5 types of violins, 

1. The first type of violin is, the violin the violin is the most basic violin you can get but there are meany different sizes for different people.

2. The viola is a bit bigger than the violin, no to much difference between the violin.

3. The cello the cello is a much more bigger violin, and bigger for people with bigger arms and hands. All of the violins have two f holes which are like sound holes but shaped like an f.

4.The double bass, the double bass is the biggest and lowest toned violin, it is much more bigger in size than all the other violins, this violin is usually played in lower beats and for people with bigger hand and arm sizes.

5. Electric violins, electric violins are well normal violins but they are electric and needs and amp, a bit like an electric guitar, it also has no sound holes

3 glossary words...

The strings, strings are very important on the violin because that where you strum  your bow against, it is also located on the neck of the violin...

The bow, the bow is a long piece of wood with strings at the bottom of it and to make it play against the strings you need this thing called rosin, which make it play well against the strings on the violin...

The f holes, the f holes are important to echo the sound out of the violin, the sound goes into the f holes and echos - vibrates out of the violin...

Here is a great violin player called Soo - Been Lee...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVBbbXn6qlo