Friday, October 19, 2012

Begin To Learn Violin By Its Part


The Violin can be a bit intimidating at first. Beside its characteristic which is beautiful and delicate looking body, it has almost 70 parts on it. But for beginners, there’s only a few main parts that you should know at least before you start to learn violin. Even if you get to know the names of the most important parts of your violin, you still need to tune it before you start to play. But for now, let’s get to know the main parts of the violin, in order to crack your confidence the next time you open your violin case.

Back – The ‘back’ is one of the most important parts of the violin. It’s arched for strength and tone power. Sometimes it made from two pieces of wood.

Bass bar – The bass bar reinforces the strength of the violin’s top and enriches the tone of the lower notes.

Body – The ‘waist’ looking of the violin body, actually is a necessary indentation. Its function to make the bow freely move across the strings without bumping the body itself.

Bridge – Just like guitar, the bridge function is almost the same – it holds the strings to transfer the vibrations to the main body for amplification. It’s shape slightly rounded to enable the player to bow on one string at a time.

Front View


Back View

Chinrest – Its function to rest your jaw and hold the violin with the player left hand. Most violin place the chinrest at lower left of the body. But it can be custom made like the size to match your neck length and jaw to make the player comfortable when playing.

F-holes – The openings on either side of the bridge. They’re called f-holes because they’re shaped like the letter F.

Fingerboard – Smooth piece of ebony that’s glued on top of the neck of the violin.

Neck – The long piece of wood to which the fingerboard is glued.

Nut – Function to stops the strings from vibrating beyond the pegbox.

Pegbox – The rectangular part of the scroll immediately adjoining the nut and the fingerboard.

Pegs – Shaped for ease of turning and fitted into round holes in the pegbox. The player turns the peg to tighten or loosen each string when tuning the violin.

Purfling – The purfling is both decorative and functional because it protects the main body from cracks by accidental bumps or falls.

Ribs – The side of the violin.

Saddle – Protects the body from becoming damaged and prevent rattling sound.

Scroll – The scroll forms the very end of the pegbox. Occasionally, you meet a violin with a lion’s head scroll or some other fanciful shape.

Sound post – Enhances the volume and tones of the violin by transferring the sound vibrations to the back of the instrument after the bow makes a string sound near the bridge.

Strings – Often made with silver or aluminum ribbon spiraling smoothly around gut or synthetic core material.

Tailpiece – A flared-shaped piece of wood into which the top end of each string is attached.

Top – The top is very important to the character and quality of the violin’s sound as well as to its general appearance.

Fine tuners – Small metal screws fitted into the tailpiece and used for minor tuning adjustments.

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