Five string violin

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The Five string violin is a descendant of the traditional four string violin. It consists of a violin-shaped body, neck and pegbox, slightly exaggerated to fit a fifth string.

The usual five string violin consists of the following strings: C, G, D, A, E to combine the strings of the violin and the viola as the traditional violin and viola share the three strings "G, D, and A" and the five string violin accommodates all three shared strings and a high E from the traditional violin and a lower C from the traditional viola; although some five string violins have G, D, A, E, B strings^{[citation needed]}, the higher B not coming from any other particular traditional string instrument; and some five string violins having the following strings: F, C, G, D, A^{[citation needed]} (which lacks the higher E string from the traditional violin, adds the traditional lower C from the viola and an F another perfect fifth lower).

The five string violin often comes in the form of an electric instrument or an electric acoustic instrument.

[edit] External links

• Article by Darol Anger
• Pictures of Casey Driessen's Silakowski 5-string violin