Violin family
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The violin family of musical instruments was developed in Italy in the 16th century. At the time the name of this family of instruments was viole da braccio which was used to distinguish them from the
Violin, viola, and cello bow frogs (top to bottom)
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Cello front side
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Cello
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The violoncello, commonly abbreviated as cello, is a medium-low pitched bowed string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3
Violin family
…da braccio which was used to distinguish them from the viol family (viole da gamba). The standard modern violin family consists of the violin, viola, cello, and (possibly) double bass. Instrument names in the violin family are all derived from the root viola, which is a derivative of the Medieval Latin…
Cello close-up
Cello close-up with a bow.
A baroque cello strung with gut strings. Note the absence of fine tuners on the tailpiece.
Josephine van Lier plays a violoncello piccolo, a five-string variant of the Baroque cello, during a recording session of Bach's 6th Cello Suite.