"Octave Violin" redirects here. See also Tenor violin.
A Baritone violin is a member of the violin family and has two specific meanings:
a violin tuned an octave below conventional violin tuning (G2–D3–A3–E4). This is commonly accomplished by stringing a standard violin with heavy gauge strings, sometimes specially manufactured for this purpose. Oversize instruments with the same range and tuning also exist and are known as tenor violins.[1]
the third largest member of the violin octet family of instruments, with the same tuning as a cello (C2–G2–D3–A3) but larger in size.[2]
Baritone violin
Classification
Bowed string instruments
Playing range
Related instruments
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass
The most commonly available strings for converting a standard violin to the baritone range are manufactured by Thomastik under the brand "Octavgeige." Performers on the baritone violin commonly use amplification to overcome the limited projection and sonority inherent with a lower range on a relatively small bodied instrument. In modern playing, it is more common to find the baritone violin in a jazz, newgrass, or experimental ensemble than in a classical setting. Some well known performers on the baritone violin include Jean-Luc Ponty, Svend Asmussen, and Darol Anger.
^Anger, Darol. "Another Voice: The Baritone Violin". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-18.
^"The New Violin Family Association". Archived from the original on 25 April 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-18.
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