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Electric violin
Front, back and headstock detail of a Leo Fender's Electric Violin
Classification
Bowed string instrument
Related instruments
Violin
An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. It can also refer to a violin fitted with an electric pickup of some type, although "amplified violin" or "electro-acoustic violin" are more accurate then.
An electricviolin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be...
instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music, and in jazz. Electricviolins with solid...
The violin, viola and cello were first built in the early 16th century, in Italy. The earliest evidence for their existence is in paintings by Gaudenzio...
Jazz violin is the use of the violin or electricviolin to improvise solo lines. Early jazz violinists included: Eddie South, who played violin with Jimmy...
of sounds and possibilities matching that of the electric guitar, electric bass and electricviolin. Also, five-string and six-string models (not generally...
after the advent of electric instruments, such as the electric guitar, electricviolin, electric organ and synthesizer. Acoustic string instrumentations...
guitarist until middle school, when he discovered his proficiency on the violin. He studied with Isidor Saslav, then concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony...
including Chad Quist, Joel Hoekstra, and even Kate Russo Thompson on electricviolin as 2nd guitarist. In 1999 the band released the album Do What You Love...
Some electric guitars Most bass guitars Electric upright bass Some Electric ukuleles Few electric mandolins Most electricviolins Most electric sitars...
use electric guitar for the high range, and thus deploy violin only exceptionally. Nevertheless, some rock musicians have experimented with violin in a...
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have...
electrically amplified instruments like the solid body electric guitar or the electricviolin, and the piano which uses only a sound board instead. Drumhead...
Goodman (born March 16, 1949) is an American violinist known for playing electricviolin with The Flock and the jazz fusion ensemble Mahavishnu Orchestra. Jerry...
touring group which performs hybrid orchestral arrangements using electricviolin and electric bagpipe. These collaborations are distinctive for their use of...
musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he was known primarily for playing the electricviolin and mandolin, as well as the harmonica, keyboards, glockenspiel, and...
classical and jazz violin at Indiana University. Before relocating to the New York City area in 1998, he recorded a jazz fusion cd Electric/Blue, playing primarily...
asked if U2 had any need for a violin on their next album. Wickham spent half a day in the studio recording an electricviolin track that became the final...
Jean-Luc Ponty – electricviolin, five-string electricviolin, violectra, bells; grand piano on "Nostalgic Lady" Allan Holdsworth – lead electric guitar Daryl...
Lance D'Boyle (drums); Richard Famous (guitar/vocals); Nil (tapes/bass/electricviolin); and Bernhardt Rebours (bass/synthesiser/piano). Poison Girls formed...
York's Carnegie Hall. He made his recording debut in 1984 with Elgar's Violin Concerto. His subsequent recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with the...
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