Hungarian, Slovenian, and Romanian fiddle players are often accompanied by a three-stringed variant of the viola known as the kontra, or as well as double bass, with cimbalom and clarinet being less standard yet still common additions to a band.

The gravi-kora has been adopted by kora players such as Daniel Berkman, Jacques Burtin, Le Chant de la Forêt ( The Song of the Forest ), suite for kora, gravi-kora, flute and viola, and Foday Musa Suso, who featured it in recordings with jazz innovator Herbie Hancock, with his band Mandingo, and on Suso's New World Power album.

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

It is common enough ( and justifiable ) today for modern players of the viola da gamba to call their instruments violas and likewise to call themselves violists.

Composers, arrangers, and bandleaders have used sections with more or fewer players, and additional instruments, such as valve trombone, baritone horn / euphonium ( both of which are usually used in place of or with trombones ), vibes, bass clarinet, French horn, tuba, banjo, accordion and strings ( violin, viola, cello ).

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

Category: Italian classical viola d ' amore players

This last definition, which applies not only to singers but also to players of instruments who rely on their own skill to determine the precise pitch of the notes played ( wind instruments, fretless string instruments like violin or viola, etc.

However, in the viola da gamba, it is the reverse ; thus violinists, violists, and cellists look like they are " pulling " on the strong beats when they play, whereas gamba players look like they are " stabbing " on the strong beats.

The difference almost certainly results from the different ways in which the bow is held in these instrument families: violin / viola / cello players hold the wood part of the bow closer to the palm, whereas gamba players use the opposite orientation, with the horsehair closer.

Many archive documents testify that from 1585 to 1895 Brescia was the cradle of a magnificent school of string players and makers, all styled " maestro ", of all the different kinds of stringed instruments of the Renaissance: viola da gamba ( viols ), violone, lyra, lyrone, violetta and viola da brazzo.

The order of departure is: first oboe and second horn ( solos ), bassoon ( no solo ), second oboe and first horn ( solos ), double bass ( solo ), cello ( no solo ), orchestral violins ( solos ; first chair players silent ), viola ( no solo ).

The piece is scored for a small chamber orchestra of 13 players: flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, two horns, trumpet, two violins, viola, cello and double bass.

One must also consider that in the past, viola players were often violinists retreated in ranks, and as such, viola soloists were few until fairly recently.

Composers like William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Paul Hindemith were among the first to begin composing solo viola works for newer and more capable players.

In comparison with other electronically amplified string instruments, such as the electric violin, viola and cello, the EUB has been taken up by a wider range of players, perhaps because a traditional upright bass's size makes it challenging to transport when compared to smaller instruments in the family.

* The Road to Erzin ( 1999 ) – for viola, piano, alto saxophone, percussion ( 2 players ) & live electronic sound-processing.

For works that present a particular challenge for certain sections ( e. g., a complex, exposed passage for the viola section ), orchestras may have section rehearsals or sectionals in which a section of the orchestra ( e. g., the woodwind players or the double basses ) rehearse on their own under the direction of the Principal player in the section, or, in some cases, also with the conductor ( e. g., in the case of a very rhythmically-challenging piece ).

She is considered to be one of the world's finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of the 17th and 18th centuries.

* Pfohl, Ferdinand: 5 poems (" Moon-rondels, fantastic scenes from ' Pierrot Lunaire '") for voice and piano ( 1891 ); Marschalk, Max: 5 poems for voice and piano ( 1901 ); Vrieslander, Otto: 50 poems for voice and piano ( 46 in 1905, 4 more in 1911 ); Graener, Paul: 3 poems for voice and piano ( c. 1908 ); Marx, Joseph: 4 poems for voice and piano ( 1909 ; 1 of 4, " Valse de Chopin ", reset for voice, piano, and string quartet in 1917 ); Schoenberg, Arnold: 21 poems for speaking voice, piano, flute ( also piccolo ), clarinet ( also bass clarinet ), violin ( also viola ), and violoncello ( 1912 ); Kowalski, Max: 12 poems for voice and piano ( 1913 ); Prohaska, Carl: 6 poems for voice and piano ( 1920 ); Lothar, Mark: 1 poem for voice and piano ( 1921 ).

* Paul Hindemith-Sonata for viola & piano in F major, Op.

As for toccatas written for string instruments, the final movement of John Adams ' Violin Concerto is entitled " Toccare ," a possible reference to the origins of the word toccata ; and the first movement ( Schnelle halbe ) of Paul Hindemith's fifth Kammermusik ( a viola concerto ) is written as a toccata.

; Paul Mercer: violin and viola

* 1985 Three Pictures after Paul Klee for viola, oboe, horn, piano, vibraphone and double bass

Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher ( literally, " The swan-turner ", in reference to cooking over a spit ) is a concerto for viola and orchestra.

Steve Jansen ( drums ), Jakko M. Jakszyk ( nylon acoustic, electric guitars, and gu zheng ), Theo Travis ( saxophones and flute ), Sengul ( vocals on " Subhanallah "), Gill Morley ( violin ), Ellen Blair ( violin and viola ), Pete Lockett ( percussion ), Paul Lawford ( congas ), Steve D ' Agostino ( additional keyboards ), Sengul ( vocals on " Subhanallah ").

Gradually a regular line-up evolved around Simon Jeffes and Helen Liebman: Neil Rennie, who joined in 1975 on ukulele ; Geoffrey Richardson, who had joined in 1976 and co-wrote three pieces on Broadcasting from Home ( 1984 ), played viola, cuatro, guitar, clarinet, mandolin and ukulele ; Julio Segovia answered an advert in the Melody Maker and joined in 1978 on percussion ; Paul Street joined in 1984 playing guitar, cuatro and ukulele, leaving in 1988 ; Jennifer Maidman joined in 1984 on percussion, bass, ukulele and cuatro ; Steve Fletcher replaced Steve Nye in 1988 on piano and keyboards and Annie Whitehead, who had also appeared on Broadcasting from Home ( 1984 ), joined the live band in 1988 on trombone.

After World War I, he founded the Busch Quartet, which from the 1920 – 21 season included Gösta Andreasson, violin, Karl Doktor, viola, and Paul Grümmer, cello.

* Paul Chalfant – viola on $ how Bu $ ine $$

108 ( 1929 ; a revised version — a version for larger orchestra was premiered by Monteux, conducting, Paul Hindemith, viola in Amsterdam )

Déanta's line-up included Mairead Walls who was later replaced by Mary Dillon ( vocals, keyboard, guitar, harp ), Paul Mullan ( flute, whistles ), siblings Eoghan ( guitar, harp ) and Kate O ' Brien ( fiddle, viola ), and Clodagh Warnock ( bouzouki, fiddle, bodhran, percussion ).

His musical collaborations during this time included violinists Carl Flesch, Szymon Goldberg, Joseph Wolfsthal and Paul Hindemith, who played the viola in a string trio with Feuermann and Wolfsthal.

* Paul Cassidy, viola

Inside the Dreaming: Don Benedictson – bass, Marilyn Lerner – piano & keyboards, Andy Stochansky – percussion, Paul O ' Neill – guitars & mandolin, Gilles Fournier – upright bass, Lori Freedman – bass clarinet, Eli Herskovitch – clarinet, Dave Lawton – Trumpet, Sasha Boychouk – soprano saxophone, Richard Moody – viola, Larry Roy – guitar, Veronique Potvin – viola, Glenn Matthews – percussion

Raw Voice: Don Benedictson ( as db benedictson ) – bass, Rob Lee – drums, Paul O ' Neill – guitars, mandolin & synth, Darryl Havers – organs, Sasha Boychouk – saxophones, Marilyn Lerner – piano, Richard Moody – viola, Celso Machado – percussion, Paul Janzen – EWI, Gord Kidder – harmonicas, Monica Guenter – viola, Karen Moffat – violin, Christina Zacharius – violin, Leanne Zacharius – cello, Sal Ferraris – percussion, Bill Spornitz – penny whistle, Shane Nestruk – baritone saxophone, Rick Boughton – trumpets, Lori Freedman – clarinets, Murray Pulver – guitar, Norm Dugas – organ

Sin & Other Salvations: Murray Pulver – guitars, mandolin & additional vocals, Daniel Roy – drums & percussion, Don Benedictson – bass, Bill Spornitz – soprano saxophone, Richard Moody – violin & viola, Marc Arnould – organ, Ron Halldorson – pedal steel, Pierre Guerin – bouziki & mandolin, Kevin Breit – national steel guitar, Marilyn Lerner – piano, Paul Balcain – tenor saxophone, Lindsay Bart – Irish wooden flute, additional vocals: Sunny Breaks, John Schritt & Sam Baardman

Kammermusik No. 6, for example, is a concerto for the viola d ' amore, an instrument that has not been in wide use since the baroque period, but which Hindemith himself played.

Hindemith was preparing the London premiere of Der Schwanendreher when he heard news of the death of George V. He quickly wrote this piece for solo viola and string orchestra in tribute to the late king, and the premiere was given that same evening, the day after the king's death.

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.

The viola da gamba is occasionally confused with the viola, the alto member of the modern violin family and a standard member of both the symphony orchestra and string quartet.

In addition to the Symphonie fantastique, some other orchestral works of Berlioz currently in the standard orchestral repertoire include his " légende dramatique " La damnation de Faust and " symphonie dramatique " Roméo et Juliette ( both large-scale works for mixed voices and orchestra ), and his concertante symphony ( for viola and orchestra ) Harold en Italie, several concert overtures also remain enduringly popular, such as Le Corsaire and Le Carnaval romain.

About this time, James Grieve developed the viola and Dr. Charles Stuart developed the violetta, both smaller, more compact plants than the pansy.

He continued to write for unusual groups throughout his life, producing a trio for viola, heckelphone and piano ( 1928 ), a sonata for double bass and a concerto for trumpet, bassoon, and strings ( both in 1949 ), for example.

Intricately carved head at the top of the peg box are common on both viols and viola d ' amores as well ( although some viols lack them ).

Some of his clarinet and viola concertos are among the finest there are and a welcome addition to the not so ample concerto repertoire for both instruments.

With the Melos Ensemble he recorded chamber music for both woodwinds and strings, such as Ravel's Introduction and Allegro along with Osian Ellis ( harp ), Gervase de Peyer ( clarinet ), Emanuel Hurwitz and Ivor McMahon ( violin ), Cecil Aronowitz ( viola ) and Terence Weil ( cello ).

Sigiswald Kuijken and Ryo Terakado have both recorded the complete suites on this " new " instrument, known today as a violoncello or viola da spalla ; reproductions of the instrument have been made by luthier Dmitry Badiarov.

Six of the partitas require scordatura tunings, including those for viola and two violas d ' amore ; Biber utilizes the full potential of the technique, including all possibilities for complex polyphony: some of the pieces are in five parts, with both of the melodic instruments carrying two.

* Beethoven's Duo for viola and cello, WoO 32, is subtitled " mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern " (" with two of obbligato eyeglasses ") which seems to refer to the necessity, at the first performance, of spectacles for both Beethoven and his cellist.

* Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Sonata No. 1 and Clarinet Sonata No. 2 ( both 1894 ), which can also be played by a viola

Possibly due to the second organ being under repair, he switched the continuo instrument to harpsichord in Coro II, reinforced the continuo group in Coro II with a viola da gamba, and inserted a ripieno soprano in both movements 1 and 29.

** Sonata in F ( 1901 – 2 ); both composed for Hermann Ritter's viola alta

She incorporated finger-style " fanning ," with both flamenco style percussion and fret tapping techniques, as well as using double open tunings, viola tunings, and traditional Russian guitar ( 7 strings ).

** Viola Concerto ( three versions-1942, 1964, both for viola and strings, 1945 for larger orchestra ) ()

This view is corroborated by his instrument choices, being proficient in both viola da gamba and euphonium.