The tárogató, also called the töröksíp or Turkish pipe, is a type of wind instrument often played in Hungarian folk music. The modern version of the tárogató was created to resemble the original instrument, but the two are believed to share few similarities.
The Stroh violin, also called the Stroviol, is a stringed musical instrument that uses a metal resonator and horn attached to its body to make the sound louder. The name Stroviol refers to a violin, but other instruments, such as the viola, cello, double bass, ukulele, mandolin, and guitar, have also been changed to include the amplification device. Johannes Matthias Augustus Stroh, an electrical engineer from Frankfurt, created the instrument in London in 1899.
The Stroh violin, also called the Stroviol, is a stringed musical instrument that uses a metal resonator and horn attached to its body to make the sound louder. The name Stroviol is another way to refer to a violin, but other instruments, such as the viola, cello, double bass, ukulele, mandolin, and guitar, have also been changed to include this amplification device. Johannes Matthias Augustus Stroh, an engineer from Frankfurt, invented the instrument in London in 1899.
The octobass is a very large and rare string instrument played with a bow. It was first created around 1850 in Paris by the French instrument maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798–1875). The instrument has three strings and is a larger version of the double bass.
The double bass, also called the upright bass, acoustic bass, bull fiddle, Bass Fiddle, string bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched stringed instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (except for rare instruments like the octobass). It has four or five strings and is built between the designs of the gamba (viol) and the violin family. The bass is a regular part of the orchestra’s string section, which includes violins, violas, and cellos.
The pardessus de viole is the instrument in the viol family that makes the highest sound. It is a bowed string instrument with five or six strings and a neck that has frets. The pardessus was first made in the early 1700s and was often played by women, especially in places where French was spoken.
The term “violone” (pronounced in Italian as [vi.oˈloːne, vjo-]) refers to several large, bowed musical instruments that belong to the viol or violin family. The word “-one” means “large” in Italian. A violone may have six, five, four, or even three strings and can sometimes have frets.
The term “bass violin” is the modern name for large string instruments from the 16th and 17th centuries that belong to the violin family, such as the viola da braccio. These instruments were the direct ancestors of the modern cello. Bass violins were usually larger than the modern cello but were often tuned to the same musical notes or sometimes one note lower.
The viola pomposa (also called the violino pomposo) is a five-stringed viola that was created around 1725. There are no exact size rules for all instruments called by this name, but in general, the pomposa is slightly wider than a standard viola (which explains the Italian word “pomposa,” meaning “proud” or “grand”). It uses four strings tuned like a regular viola (C-G-D-A) and adds a high E string, usually from a violin.
The viola d’amore (pronounced [ˈvjɔːla daˈmoːre, viˈɔːla -]; Italian for “viol of love”) is a 6- or 7-stringed musical instrument with additional sympathetic strings, which was commonly used during the Baroque period. It is played under the chin like a violin.