The string quartet is an ensemble made up of four string instruments, two violins and viola and cello. The string quartet is the most prominent chamber music ensembles in classical music and is also s...
Before the late 1900s, double bass strings were usually made from gut, but since that period, steel strings have mostly replaced gut strings, due to the fact that steel strings keep their pitch much b...
Being one of the most popular instruments of the last five or so centuries, the violin is also one of the most amazing and detailed of string instruments. The modern violin is both an admired work of...