Violin - Viola - Cello - Contrebasse

Violin family:

Violin: Pochette (kit, sardino), Five string violin, Violino piccolo

Viola: Vertical viola, Viola pomposa, Violatta, Viola profonda, Tenor violin

Cello: Bass violin, Baritone violin, Cello da spalla, Cellone

Contrebass: Violone, Octobass

The violin family is a group of musical instruments developed in Italy in the 16th century. Members of the "standard" violin family today include the viola, bass viola, and bass viola. violin), middle violin (cello or violoncelle), and grand violin (contrabass or doublebass).

The names of members of the violin family come from the Italian viola, which in turn comes from the medieval Latin vitula (meaning "stringed instrument"). The violin is "small viola", while the type of instrument called violone has a name meaning "big viola" or accompaniment violin, and the violin (violoncello or cello) is "small viola". Note that the violin does not belong to the modern violin family - its place has been replaced by the viola - a type of instrument that has the combined characteristics of the violin and the viol family.

In Vietnamese, the name of this family is violin because the player must use a bow to make the strings vibrate to create sound.

Members of the violin family may have originated from similarly structured instruments such as the lira da braccio and the Byzantine lyre.