viola
IPA: vaɪˈoʊɫʌ
noun
- (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
- A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
- A person who plays the viola.
- (music) An organ stop having a similar tone.
- (music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
- (music) A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
- A female given name from Latin
- A town in Arkansas
- A town in Delaware
- A village in Illinois
- A city in Kansas
- A hamlet in New York
- A town in Tennessee
- A village in Wisconsin
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Examples of "viola" in Sentences
- It was the violin, not the viola.
- I decided to play the viola in the orchestra.
- The viola is the tenor voice in the violin family.
- The violas account for the density of the accompaniment.
- Then, in 1978 the second violin and viola left the group.
- As one knowns the violins' tuning is one fifth above the the viola.
- His first venture into the world of music was the study of the viola.
- In the central duet violins and violas play the melody of the chorale.
- He attended the Academy of Music in Vienna, and later played the viola.
- The viola largely disappeared from pop music at the start of the big band era.
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