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  2. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a 7/8 violin has a scale of about 317 mm, a 3/4-size instrument a scale of 307 mm, a half-size one 287 mm, and a quarter-size one 267 mm. 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 and 1/32 and even 1/64 violins also exist, becoming progressively smaller, but again in no proportional relationship. (A full-size instrument is described as 4/4.)

  3. Violin construction and mechanics - Wikipedia

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    A 3/4 violin is 335 mm (13.2 in), and a 1/2 size is 310 mm (12 in). Rarely, one finds a size referred to as 7/8 which is approximately 340 mm (13.5 in), sometimes called a "ladies' fiddle." Viola size is specified as body length rather than fractional sizes. A 'full-size' viola averages 400 mm (16 in), but may range as long as 450 or 500 mm (18 ...

  4. Violin - Wikipedia

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    A 3 ⁄ 4 violin's body length is 335 mm (13.2 in), and a 1 ⁄ 2 size is 310 mm (12.2 in). With the violin's closest family member, the viola, size is specified as body length in inches or centimeters rather than fractional sizes. A full-size viola averages 40 cm (16 in). However, each individual adult will determine which size of viola to use ...

  5. Fingerboard - Wikipedia

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    The length, width, thickness and density of a fingerboard can affect timbre. Most fingerboards can be fully described by these parameters: w 1 — width at nut (close to the headstock) w 2 — width at half of scale length (if fretted, usually the 12th fret) h 1 — profile height (thickness) at the nut; h 2 — profile height (thickness) at ...

  6. Bow (music) - Wikipedia

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    A cello bow. In music, a bow (/ b oʊ /) is a tensioned stick which has hair (usually horse-tail hair) coated in rosin (to facilitate friction) affixed to it.It is moved across some part (generally some type of strings) of a musical instrument to cause vibration, which the instrument emits as sound.

  7. Bow frog - Wikipedia

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    The frogs of a violin bow, viola bow and cello bow Close-up of frog of a violin bow (K. Gerhard Penzel) Frogs of the French and German double bass bows. The bow frog is the end part of a stringed musical instrument's bow that encloses the mechanism responsible for tightening and holding the bow hair ribbon.

  8. Curved bow - Wikipedia

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    The BACH.Bow for Cello. The curved bow for string instruments enables string players to control the tension of the bow hair in order to play one, two, three and four strings simultaneously and to change easily among these possibilities. The high arch of the bow allows full, sustained chords to be played and there is a lever mechanism that ...

  9. File:Violin first position fingering chart.svg - Wikipedia

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    {{Information |Description=Violin first position fingering chart, with "training wheels" tapes for 1st, high 2nd, and 3d fingers. |Source=self-made |Date= |Author= Just plain Bill SVG generated from PNG made by Just plain Bill 14: 14:46, 5 November 2006: 475 × 975 (48 KB) Mets501: A first position fingering chart for the violin.