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Topic: Viola (disambiguation)


  
  Viola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The viola (in French, 'alto'; in German 'Bratsche') is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass) and double bass.
The viola bow is slightly shorter (74.0 rather than 74.5 cm) than that of the violin, with a wider band of horse-hair, particularly noticeable near the frog (or 'heel' in the UK).
Violas are tuned by turning the pegs near the scroll, around which the strings are wrapped.
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 viola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The viola is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass.
Music for the viola differs from that for the violin and cello in its use of the alto clef, otherwise little used in the orchestra.
Violas and violists are often the target of the musical equivalent of the blonde joke.
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 Viola: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The viola is similar in materials and construction to the violin (violin: Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow) but is larger in size and more variable in its proportions.
In addition, the viola bow is slightly longer that that of the violin, with a wider band of horse-hair, particularly near the frog (the end of the bow gripped by the hand).
Violas and violists are often the target of the musical equivalent of the blonde joke (blonde joke: a joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of...
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 Viola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The viola is a stringed Musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the Violin family, between the upper lines played by the lighter violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the heavier Cello (bass) and Double bass.
In addition, the viola bow is slightly shorter than that of the violin, with a wider band of horse-hair, particularly near the frog (or 'heel' in the UK).
Violas are tuned by twisting the pegs in the scroll, around which the strings are wrapped.
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 Viola - Wikipedia
The viola is a stringed musical instrument which is part of the violin family.
The viola is approximately 2 inches longer than the violin (and wider proportionally), and is played in the same manner.
The viola plays notes on the alto clef, and has 4 strings tuned in fifths: C (the lowest), G, D and A - these are tuned exactly one fifth below the violin.
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 Viola explained   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Category:String instruments Alternate uses: Viola (disambiguation) The viola is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass.
The viola is played by using the right hand to draw the bow at right angles across one of the strings, near the bridge, causing the string to vibrate.
Pitch is controlled by selecting the string that the bow contacts (by altering the vertical angle of the bow), and by regulating the sounding length of that string by pressing it down onto the fingerboard with one of the fingers of the left hand.
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 Viola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The viola is similar in materials and to the violin but is larger in size and variable in its proportions.
The viola is almost completely limited to classical music and even so is less often for solo concerti and sonatas than the violin and the cello.
In string quartet the function of the viola is to its function in the orchestra usually in the inner harmonies.
www.freeglossary.com /Viola   (1032 words)

  
 PK/CDPages/Disambiguation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Disambiguation is apt: at a time when "ecstatic jazz" has become a marketing label for empty bluster, this quartet's concentration on precise quarter-tones produces a new, if sombre, light.
The verb "disambiguate" is defined in Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as follows: "to establish a single semantic or grammatical interpretation for." If applied to this disk, then, the title suggests that Pandelis Karayorgis is attempting to define his music in a single interpretation.
While Maneri steals the show in “Disambiguation” as he covers the viola's range with remarkably rapid passagework, Malaby's technical wizardry on the tenor saxophone is nothing short of amazing as he jumps from guttural high notes to rich, soulful low ones.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Viola (disambiguation)
Viola is a fairly uncommon female given name.
Viola is a surname used primarily by some of Spanish descent.
Roberto Viola, for instance, was briefly President of Argentina.
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 Viola Did You Mean viola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The viola, properly called alto viola is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the lighter violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the heavier cello (bass) and double bass.
In addition, the viola bow is slightly longer than that of the violin, with a wider band of horse-hair, particularly near the frog (or 'heel' in the UK.
Johannes Brahms wrote two greatly admired sonatas for viola and piano, his Opus 120 (1894); these were, however, originally written for the clarinet.
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 Viola (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viola is a football player from Brazil present in the World Cup 1994.
Viola is the word for purple in Italian.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viola_(disambiguation)   (216 words)

  
 Trio - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The word is also used in chamber music to mean a grouping of three instrumentalists or any piece written for such a grouping.
The most common forms of trio in classical music are the piano trio (piano, violin and cello) and the string trio (violin, viola and cello).
Triplets, three humans sharing the same gestational period are called triplets and are usually all born within a short period of time.
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 viola information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The viola is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines playedby the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass.
The viola is almost completely limited to classical music, andeven so is less often used for solo concerti and sonatas than the violin and the cello.This is often attributed to its sound, which, being mellower and less brilliant and flexible than that of the violin, is lesssuited to continuous solo use or virtuoso display.
This is probably the result of the mostly obsolete practice in nineteenth- and earlytwentieth-century orchestras of demoting to the viola section violinists who lose their playing ability as a result of age orlack of practice.
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 Bill Viola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The viola is a stringed musical instrument whichserves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by theviolin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass.
The viola is played by using the right hand to draw the bow at rightangles across one of the strings, near the bridge, causing the string to vibrate.
Pitch is controlled by selecting the stringthat the bow contacts (by altering the vertical angle of the bow), and by regulating the sounding length of that string bypressing it down onto the fingerboard with one of the fingers of the left hand.
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 TWELFTH NIGHT (PLAY) FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Viola, in turn, falls in love with the Duke, who believes that Viola is male.
The play ends in a declaration of marriage between the Duke and Viola, and Olivia and Sebastian, though the marriage is never actually seen.
Among other interesting touches, its portrayal of Viola and Sebastian's arrival in Illyria is reminiscent of news footage of asylum seekers.
www.collegebiz.net /Twelfth_Night_(play)   (816 words)

  
 Viola - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The viola (in French, 'alto'; in German 'Bratsche') is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass) and double bass.
Image:Playing viola.jpg While it may appear to be similar to the violin's, the technique required for playing viola has subtle but important differences.
Image:Viola peg strings.jpg Image:First position.png Violas are tuned by turning the pegs near the scroll, around which the strings are wrapped.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Viola   (2271 words)

  
 Viola disambiguation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Look for Viola disambiguation in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
Look for Viola disambiguation in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
Check for Viola disambiguation in the deletion log, or visit its deletion vote page if it exists.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/viola__disambiguation_   (145 words)

  
 Pandelis Karayorgis - Disambiguation: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Nothing here stands out of the ordinary: the pianist's tumbling lines, Maneri's deep viola lines, the rhythm section playing in and out often at the same time.
Unpretentiously, like it is their everyday bread and butter, they pour their hearts and souls into Karayorgis' post-bop themes (that Monk signature again in the opening theme of "Three Plus Three"), break down their sound into every possible combination of players to show everything they can do, and bring it softly "Home" in the end.
Disambiguation [+] is the work of professionals still thrilled by what they do.
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 viola notes - 2nd viola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Viola da Gamba and Lute fretboard note spellers D and G viol tuning
Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin and Viola, K. Program notes and related information about Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major … response in himself to the sound of the viola and the spirit it evoked.
VIOLA ODORATA - KEY-NOTES TO THE MATERIA MEDICA by HENRY N …
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 Pandelis Karayorgis : Disambiguation - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
This recording session involving leaders Pandelis Karayorgis and Mat Maneri along with their supporting cast (Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, and Randy Peterson -- all musicians they had both worked with before) was put together hastily.
It falls to the jazzmen's credit that Disambiguation sounds so unforced and rehearsed, and flows so naturally.
Disambiguation is the work of professionals still thrilled by what they do.
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 BUILDERS - Builder Contractor Services, Builder Supply, Boat Builder - Shopping, Services and Information at ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The play ends in a declaration of marriage between the Duke and Viola, Toby and Maria, and Olivia and Sebastian, though the marriage is never actually seen.
The company convinces Malvolio that Olivia is secretly in love with him, and writes a letter in Olivia's hand, asking Malvolio to wear yellow stockings cross-gartered, be rude to the rest of the servants, and to smile under all circumstances.
Olivia, saddened by Viola's attitude to her, asks for her chief steward, and is shocked by a Malvolio who has seemingly lost his mind.
www.buildersiworld.com /wiki-Twelfth_Night_(play)   (952 words)

  
 how do i tune a viola - 2nd viola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alternate uses: Viola (disambiguation)The viola is a stringed musical instrument which … 3 Tuning.
… A viola d'amore manuscript in scordatura tells the violinist how to tune his viola d'amore and where to put his fingers, but not what note to expect.
VIOLA: It gives a very echo to the seat Where Love is throned.
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 Violin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, cello and double bass.
The lowest string (and hence the lowest note) is the G just below middle C/, then in ascending order D, A and E. Sheet music for a violin almost always uses the G clef (treble clef).
A string quartet similarly has parts for first and second violins, as well as a viola part, and a bass instrument, such as the cello or, rarely, the Double bassbass/.
www.infothis.com /find/Violin   (4752 words)

  
 Viola - OneLook Dictionary Search
Viola, viola : Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
Viola, viola : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
Phrases that include Viola: viola da gamba, viola d'amore, viola damore, viola da braccio, genus viola, more...
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 Bass guitar - ExampleProblems
For other uses of the term see Bass (disambiguation).
Image:Jazz bass photo.jpg Bass Guitar refers to an electric or acoustic stringed instrument with a similar appearance to the guitar, but with a larger body, commonly 4 strings, longer scale neck and tuned an octave lower in pitch than a guitar.
The instrument is a descendant of the double bass (a cousin of the violin and viola da gamba) and shares design attributes of the electric guitar and features in common with a range of other bass instruments.
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 Elko   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
Then I spent viz., two trebles, two tenors, and two basses (see note in North's called the 'viola da gamba', because it was held between the legs.] So home, and from thence to Mr.
Hawly bed, but much troubled with my nose, which was much swelled.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
This is a list of disambiguation pages or redirects with "(disambiguation)" in the title.
Links to these pages don't need disambiguation, as they are done exceptionally and on purpose.
Ireland Information Guide:Links to disambiguating pages lists other disambiguation pages.
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 Alignment by Maximization of Mutual Information - Viola (ResearchIndex)
Abstract: This report describes research done at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Support for the laboratory's artificial intelligence research is provided in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense under Office of Naval Research contract :N0001494 -01-0994.
Paul Viola was also supported by USAF ASSERT program, Parent Grant:F49620-93-1-0263.
citeseer.ist.psu.edu /viola95alignment.html   (291 words)

  
 Papers and talk slides
Grammars are a powerful technique for modeling and extracting the structure of documents.
Unlabeled data has shown promise in improving the performance of a number of tasks, e.g.
In this thesis, we focus on two segmentation tasks, named-entity recognition and Chinese word segmentation.
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