There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The cello looks like a violin - but bigger. You couldn't ...

The double bass is the only modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths ... The double-bass is a much larger version of than a cello, and sounds vastly different as a result. - The double ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger ... than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which ...