They are also thought to have pioneered the modern alto format of viola, in contrast to older tenor violas, but this stating is not correct since Gasparo made violas from altos of 39 to tenors of 44, 7 cm.

It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass.

It is uncertain whether the instrument is a descendant of the viola da gamba or of the violin, but it is traditionally aligned with the violin family.

He states that, while the exterior of the double bass may resemble the viola da gamba, the internal construction of the double bass is nearly identical to instruments in the violin family, and very different from the internal structure of viols.

The double bass is closest in construction to violins, but has some notable similarities to the violone ( literally " large viol "), the largest and lowest member of the viola da gamba family.

There is a small body of works written for piano quintet with the instrumentation of piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

Mozart's Clarinet Quintet is similarly a piece written for an ensemble consisting of 2 violins, a viola, a cello and a clarinet, the last being the exceptional addition to a " normal " string quartet.

Another common type of Western art music quartet is the piano quartet, consisting of violin, viola, cello, and piano.

This is the predecessor of the modern-day violin, viola, and violoncello ( cello ).

Currently, the most common tuning fork sounds the note of A = 440 Hz, because this is the standard concert pitch, which is used as tuning note by some orchestras, it being the pitch of the violin's second string, the first string of the viola, and an octave above the first string of the cello, all played open.

It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, cello, and double bass.

The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin.

For a child who needs a smaller size, a fractional-sized violin is often strung with the strings of a viola.

The Tertis model viola, which has wider bouts and deeper ribs to promote a better tone, is another slightly ' non-standard ' shape that allows the player to use a larger instrument.

A person who plays the viola is called a violist or a viola player.

* The viola is held in the same manner as the violin, however due to its larger size, some adjustments must be made to accommodate.

The viola, just like the violin, is placed on top of the left-hand shoulder between the the shoulder and the left side of the face ( chin ).

* The viola is generally strung with heavier strings than the violin.

The profile of the rectangular outside corner of a viola bow frog generally is more rounded than on violin bows.

Each string of a viola is wrapped around a peg near the scroll and is tuned by turning the peg.

Lionel Tertis, in his transcription of the Elgar cello concerto, wrote the slow movement with the ' C ' string tuned down to B flat, enabling the viola to play one passage an octave lower.

The viola d ' amore was normally tuned specifically for the piece it was to play-cf.

In scordatura, one imagines that one is playing a violin ( or in some cases a viola, where alto clef is used ) tuned in the normal fifths.

Other possible instruments for the suite include a version of the violoncello piccolo played on the arm like a viola, as well as a viola with a fifth string tuned to E, called a viola pomposa.

It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola ( C-G-D-A low-to-high ), a fifth lower than a mandolin.

The majority of Tenney's mature works ( post-1964 ) are instrumental pieces, often for unconventional instrumental combinations ( e. g. Glissade for viola, cello, double bass and tape delay system ( 1982 ), Bridge for two pianos eight hands in a microtonal tuning system ( 1982 – 84 ), Changes for six harps tuned a sixth of a tone apart, 1985 ) or for variable instrumentation ( Critical Band, 1988, In a Large Open Space, 1994 ).

The arpeggione is a six-stringed musical instrument, fretted and tuned like a guitar, but bowed like a cello, and thus similar to the bass viola da gamba .< sup > photo </ sup > The body shape of the instrument, is however more similar to a medieval fiddle than either the guitar or the bass viol.

* Mozart wrote the solo viola part for his Sinfonia Concertante a semitone lower, with the viola strings to be tuned a semitone higher to D, A, E, B.

More commonly, low note of the médio is tuned in unison to the high note of the Gunga, and likewise for the viola to the médio.

In its standard chamber version Tehillim is scored for four women's voices ( one high soprano, two lyric sopranos and one alto ), piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, two clarinets, six percussion ( playing small tuned tambourines without jingles, clapping, maracas, marimba, vibraphone and crotales ), two electric organs, two violins, viola, cello and bass.

Other instruments called " tenor violin " were tuned a step lower: F C G D ( a fifth below the viola ).

The violotta is tuned an octave below the violin, and possesses a timbre between that of the viola and cello.

The < em > solo </ em > viola part is written in D major instead of E flat major, and the instrument tuned a semitone sharper ( scordatura technique ), to give a more brilliant tone.

Track 1 consists of mainly organ, whereas track 2 seems to use the same organ exactly with some added viola played by William Breeze.

Larger works that incorporate the double bass include Beethoven's Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20, one of his most famous pieces during his lifetime, which consists of clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and bass.

Shaker Loops ( for string septet ) ( 1978 ): A " modular " composition for three violins, one viola, two cellos, and one bass, with a conductor.

These include the Otto Erdesz ' cutaway ' viola, which has one shoulder cut out to make shifting easier ; the ' Oak Leaf ' viola, which has two extra bouts ; viol-shaped violas such as Joseph Curtin's ' Evia ' model, which also utilizes a moveable neck and a maple-veneered carbon fibre back, to reduce weight: violas played in the same manner as cellos ( see vertical viola ); and the eye-catching " Dalí-esque " shapes of both Bernard Sabatier's violas in fractional sizes-which appear to have melted-and David Rivinus ' ' Pellegrina ' model violas.

There are a few Baroque and Classical concerti, such as those by Telemann ( one of the earliest viola concertos known ), Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Carl Stamitz.

The viol ( also known as the viola da gamba ) is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed musical instruments developed in the mid-late 15th century and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

The film's bestselling soundtrack features performances by Jordi Savall, one of the best-known modern viola da gamba players.

Schoenberg has also attracted at least one parodist: in 1924, Hans Eisler published Palmström ( Studies on 12-tone Rows ), in which a Sprechstimme vocalist, singing texts by Christian Morgenstern, parodies the musical lines of Pierrot to the accompaniment of flute ( or piccolo ), clarinet, violin ( or viola ), and violincello.

The most famous include two concertos for horn, which are still part of the standard repertoire of most horn soloists ; a Violin Concerto in D minor ; the Burleske for piano and orchestra ; the tone poem Don Quixote for cello, viola and orchestra ; the well-known late Oboe Concerto in D major ; and the Duet-Concertino for bassoon, clarinet and orchestra, which was one of his last works ( 1947 ).

The sînekemani (" breast fiddle ") is one of the members of the viol family, which was very popular in Western Europe, and known in almost all the countries of Europe by its Italian name, viola d ' amore, meaning " love fiddle.

Lionel Tertis, CBE ( 29 December 187622 February 1975 ) was an English violist and one of the first viola players to find international fame.

As a travelling virtuoso on the violin, the viola and viola d ' amore Stamitz often accepted short-term engagements but never managed to gain a position adequate to his abilities with one of the European princes or in one of the prestigious orchestras of his time.

His output of compositions also includes concertos for violin and viola, a chamber concerto for piano, winds and percussion, at least one other opera ( Herr von Hancken ), and much chamber music, including a trio for clarinet, cello and piano.

Although he had begun to compose at the age of 17, Fritsch regards as his first real composition the Duett für Bratsche ( Duet for Viola ), for viola and tape, which had a succès de scandale when he performed it at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse in 1962 — one newspaper review called him a kühner Kratzer ( audacious scraper ) ( Schürmann 1976, 20 ).