The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin ... Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes C, G, D and A. The sound is made when ...

His 15th-century sketches indicate something between a harpsichord and a cello, where spinning wheels of horsehair run along the strings. He named it the "viola organista." Leonardo never did ...

This was the case with his Piano Quartet in G minor Opus ... while the other strings move around with great melodic freedom. The opening melody in C minor by the violin and viola is undoubtedly ...