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Fingering Scales for the Violin
How Does a Violin Produce Sound
How Does a Violin Work
How to Build a Violin
How to Clean a Violin Bow
How to Hold the Violin
How to Play the Violin
How to Start to Play the Violin
How to String a Violin
How to Tune a Violin
How to Use a Violin Bow
Parts of a Violin
Violin Polishing
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Summary: A violin works by dragging a horse hair bow across a violin string. Find out more about how friction produces sound on a 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 discus how does a violin work? First of all with a bow quite well. So what we'll do is we'll get a violin bow with horse hair and you add rosin for grip, for friction. Put a little rosin on the bow. And then the bow is drawn across the violin string. I'm trying not to do this too loud. To the sound post, into the back, the base bars moving. You get sound through the F holes depending on the amount of force you're putting into the bow how loud it gets. So if I want to play very softly, it's a very light touch. So the physics of the violin thing is whether you're pizzicato or bowing, it's the friction of the string moving through the body of the violin, not the F hole. That's how it works."
eHow Article: How Does a Violin Work
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