Violino Piccolo
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The violino piccolo (also called the ''Diskantgeige'', ''Terzgeige'', ''Quartgeige'' or ''Violino alla francese'' and sometimes in
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as the Piccolo Violin) is a small
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period. Most examples are similar to a child's size
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in size, and are tuned a
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(B3–F4–C5–G5) or a fourth higher (C4–G4–D5–A5). The most famous work featuring violino piccolo is the first
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. The best-known violino piccolo is the Brothers Amati example in the National Music Museum, in
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. By modern measurements, the body is size, the neck size, and the head corresponds to that of a size instrument. The string length is the equivalent of a violin stopped a minor third from the nut, which corresponds with its normal tuning of a third higher than a violin. It's notated in E flat. This Amati violin also has fingerboard widths similar to that of a board cut a third shorter, which in view of the other measurements implies a clear conceptual relationship to the -sized violin. When the construction of the violin changed as the
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period began, it became possible to play many higher-pitched violin parts on a standard violin, and the piccolo was no longer considered necessary. Violins of similar tuning have been built in modern times (specifically the soprano violin of the
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) but have not yet been accepted as standard.


See also

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Rabeca chuleira The rabeca or rabeca chuleira is a fiddle originating in Portugal, commonly used in Portugal, Northeastern Brazil, where it is most commonly used in Brazilian forró music, and Cape Verde. It is descended from the medieval rebec. History The rab ...
, a short-scale Portuguese fiddle *
Pochette (musical instrument) The pochette is a small stringed instrument of the bowed variety. It is essentially a very small violin-like wood instrument designed to fit in a pocket, hence its common name, the "pochette" (French for ''small pocket''). Also known as a pocket ...


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Violino Piccolo – Mark SheadThe Violino Piccolo in the Leipzig Orbit, 1650-1750
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