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Viola..
When was it first made and who made it?Adjustments made
Viola pics
Best viola players and interesting facts.
How to play the viola?
Viola info
The viola is played by drawing the bow and plucking your fingers. The viola is held under your chin like a violin.You need to know the notes of the strings very well.You may want to have a sheets of notes representing the song to guide you. Finally you will be ready to go and sound amazing.
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family.The viola is slightly larger than the violin. Like the violin, sound is produced by drawing the bow across one of the four strings or by plucking the string with your finger.
The viola was first made in the early 16th century, in Italy. Andrea Amati was one of the first ones to make violas, small and large ones. Now the viola have more violas with sharper edges.
Some of the viola players are Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak and Glinka.
Violas are similar to violins in their body shape and in the technique used to play them. Violas are larger than violins, therefore they use thicker strings and are tuned differently.The viola's highest string is A,D, G and the lowest string is C.