Only one string is used per violin, hence the reason that three violins are needed. The volume is controlled by making the bow rotate faster for more volume, and slower for less.

Choosing the right violin bow is now different ... and suitability quick and easy. The Bow’s Bounce – make sure the bow ...

Violin strings used to be made from sheep guts. Makes sense, since the sound you get when you run a bow across a sheep has to be nicer than the sound you get when you try to play a cat.

Violin music and squeaky door hinges are both examples of the power of vibrating surfaces. Skip to Main Content. ... The ‘Stick-Slip’ Beauty of Bow and String. Share. Resize. Advertisement.

The bridge of a violin is curved, and thus the strings don't sit in line with one another as they do on a guitar. This allows violinists to vary the angle of their bow to isolate each of the ...

Another string to her bow-wow! Iris the dog howls along to her owner's violin practice. Iris the one-year-old pup was keen to sing along to her owner's violin practice ...

He drew a bow across the strings of the old instrument. Nothing in the violin’s appearance marked it as special, yet its sound was unlike anything Meineke had produced before. “It had a ...

The bow is coated with sticky resin and when it's moved across the strings, it vibrates them, making a sound. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed.