Violin vs Chinrest - What's the difference?
violin | chinrest |
(musical instruments) A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers.
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(music) A violinist.
(music, lutherie) A shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc. attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.
As nouns the difference between violin and chinrest
is that violin is (label) (string instrument) while chinrest is (music|lutherie) a shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.violin
English
(wikipedia violin)Noun
(en noun)- The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.