From Billy Joel’s inability to resist a good Beethoven melody to Lady Gaga’s sampling of rhapsodic violin solos, here are the greatest examples of classical samples in pop. In 19 cases ... riff is ...

But the violin is capable of fitting in with more genres than you might think, including rock ‘n’ roll. Below, we’ve compiled 40 of the best instances of violins being used in rock songs.

Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G ...