A violin has how many strings?
Violin Violin The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments are known, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings tuned in perfect fifths, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden
Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) Czarnacki (conductor), Southwest German Chamber Orchestra (Pforzheim), recorded 1996, AG 69 Alberto Lysy (violin), Camerata Lysy (Gstaad), 1999, Claves 509213 Mayumi Seiler (violin), Richard Hickox (conductor), City of London Sinfonia, recorded 1991, VCL 2-61504 Liviu Prunaru (violin), Concertgebouw Kammerorchester, Avrotros Klassiek, 2016. Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) The Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor was composed by Felix Mendelssohn at the age of thirteen. It has three movements, Allegro–Andante–Allegro, and performance duration is approximately 22 minutes. Mendelssohn was considered by many of his time to be a prodigy comparable only to the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.