What is the name of the musical instrument that looks kind of like a violin but has more strings?
I’ve seen іt іח Scandinavian countries. I tһіחk іt һаѕ eight strings аחԁ іt іѕ held Ɩіkе a violin wһеח played.
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Flute is way better
I think it may be the viola?
Edit, actually I think it’s called a “Nyckelharpa”
Here is an image:
http://www.sampirt.co.uk/_images/nyckelharpa.jpg
um… a viola? (i really don’t know)
I dunno. But I have seen artists like Tracy Silverman string a violin with 6 strings instead of 4, and tune it like a guitar. I was at a concert where he did a bunch of classical-sounding stuff and then launched into an homage to Led Zeppelin using the six-string violin, and both picking and sawing at it to achieve a Zeppelin-like sound.
It was awesome. Too bad that’s not on any of his albums. ;-(
a mandolin?
A viola or ciello ?
the ciello is pretty big so it could be it
It’s called a Bouzouki, I think. Check the link to see if this is what you’re talking about.
Hardanger Fiddle
http://www.geocities.com/magpie930/INSTRUMENTS/instruments.htm#hardanger_fiddle
Okay, first off its definitely NOT a cello. lol The cello is one of the more common stringed instruments in a string orchestra.. It has 4 strings, and is far larger though of similar shape. A viola is similar to a violin in its appearance and its holding, but this too has 4 strings. The instrument I believe you are referring to is called a Hardingfele. Its an 8 stringed instrument from Norway(approx.) it has a cool chorus effect similar to a 12 string guitar, except bowed. Sorry if this isn’t what you are looking for.
You may be thinking of the Scandinavian Fiddles
Norway’s “hardingfele” or “hardinger” fiddle is he shape of the violin but with a sligtly shorter neck.
What makes it different is that the fingerboard and bridge are much flatter than the violin’s making bowing of more than one string the norm-producing a drone effect- and the fact that it is enhanced by the presence of four or five sympathtic (pairs) strings.
The violin family used in symphony orchestras -violin-viola-violoncello-double bass all have four single strings