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Summary: Sound is produced on a violin by dragging a bow across the string, which vibrates; then, the vibration travels through the bridge into the top plate. Find out how the sound churns out of the F hole in the violin with this free video from a professional violinist.
Fred Carpenter is an accomplished violinist who owns The Violin Shop. He started violin lessons at age 7, and began his professional music career at 17. He recorded his first solo...read more
"Today, we're going to discuss, how a violin produces sound. It starts with the bow dragging across the violin string, with the rosin giving friction, and making the string vibrate. After that, the vibration is sent through the bridge, into the top plate. The top plate's moving. There's a sound post within the instrument, in between the bridge foot, and the back. It transmits the vibrations back and forth, top to bottom. There's also a base bar, running the length of the top, under the other bridge foot, transmitting the vibrations in the top. So, you've got a whole system. The sound churns and it comes out the F holes. And, so, basically it, by the time you play a note here, it's gone through the bridge, through the sound posts, the back and the top are moving together. They're throwing out sound, and it's a beautiful thing."
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