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 ...

The fingers of the violin player are sixty-five in number, although more can be added if desired, to reach the extreme high range of the A and E strings. There is a finger for each note.

The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his ... Just after the eerie opening (with some of the strings muted, the rest shivering on the bridges of their instruments) the orchestral violins ...