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- A chinrest is a shaped piece of wood (or plastic) attached to the body of a violin or a viola to aid in the positioning of the player's jaw or chin on...
- small ensemble, chamber music, and art songs. Spohr invented the violin chinrest and the orchestral rehearsal mark. His output spans the transition between...
- violin, which is out****ed with gut strings, a Baroque-model bridge and no chinrest, is by an unknown German maker and dates from circa 1790. With this violin...
- soundpost, four strings, and various ****ings, optionally including a chinrest, which may attach directly over, or to the left of, the tailpiece. A distinctive...
- guitar, double b****, and cello fingerboards; tailpieces; tuning pegs; chinrests; and bow frogs. Many plectrums, or guitar picks, are made from ebony....
- usually a chinrest, either attached with the cup directly over the tailpiece or to the left of it. There are many variations of chinrests: center-mount...
- mortise the neck to the body after completely ****embling the body. The chinrest was invented in the early 19th century by Louis Spohr. The results of these...
- left shoulder and the jaw, often ****isted by a semi-permanently attached chinrest and detachable shoulder rest. If held properly under the chin, the violinist...
- made possible new bowing techniques. In 1820, Louis Spohr invented the chinrest, which gave violinists more freedom of movement in their left hands, for...
- Tamestit: Widmann in London (playing techniques) on YouTube tapping the chinrest fingerboard tapping pizzicato (glissando, chord) bow tuning the instrument...