violin

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violin

Summary

violin is a type of musical instrument[1]. violin ranks in the top 10% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,918 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • violin received the Instrument of the Year[3].
  • violin's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4].
  • violin is a type of necked box lute played with a bow[5].
  • violin is a type of bowed string instrument[6].
  • violin is part of violin family[7].
  • violin's Commons category is recorded as Violins[8].
  • violin's said to be the same as is recorded as fiddle[9].
  • violin's Unicode character is recorded as 🎻[10].
  • violin comprises scroll[11].
  • violin comprises fretboard[12].
  • violin comprises pegbox[13].
  • violin comprises bridge[14].
  • violin comprises fine tuner[15].
  • violin comprises tailpiece[16].
  • violin comprises chinrest[17].
  • violin comprises neck[18].
  • violin comprises f-hole[19].
  • violin comprises Q1181897[20].
  • violin comprises sound box[21].
  • violin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Violins[22].
  • violin's Commons gallery is recorded as Violin[23].
  • violin's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický[24].
  • violin's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[25].
  • violin's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • violin's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

Body

Definition and Type

violin's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4]. Recorded subclass of include necked box lute played with a bow[5] and bowed string instrument[6].

Use and Application

Components include scroll[11]; fretboard[12]; pegbox[13], a musical instrument part[28]; bridge[14]; fine tuner[15], a musical instrument part[29]; and tailpiece[16]. violin is part of violin family[7]. violin's used by is recorded as violinist[30].

Recognition

violin received the Instrument of the Year[3].

Why It Matters

violin ranks in the top 10% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,918 views/month).[2] violin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] violin is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did violin receive?

Honors received include Instrument of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . zeit.de. zeit.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → evio
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', '
    Sitelink count → 170
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4969]]: [[Q11291499]], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790846661412"
  2. 9w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-বেহেলা.wav
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  3. 11w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → scroll, fretboard, pegbox +8
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  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4XTML
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  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → violin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: violin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289967157|violin (#289967157)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008570-housle
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  7. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19602, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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