The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his ... Just after the eerie opening (with some of the strings muted, the rest shivering on the bridges of their instruments) the orchestral violins ...

Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G ...

"Ah but also the tighter the stringis the higher the note it makes." So on this violin if I pluck this string then listen to the sound it makes. So the pitch of a note dependson three different ...

From a collection of bows hung on music stand in his living room, Tom Carlson carefully pulls one out, tightening the ribbon of horsehair until taut. Next, he turns to a row of violins sitting ...

Choosing the right violin bow is now different ... more flexible bows deliver much smoother, legato notes. Given the ...