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VIBRANT VIOLINS the sound waves go out the F holes. The F holes make the sound go out that direction. from notes on the violin and the sound waves go into the body of the violin. After the sound waves go into the body, they go into the sound posts. Sound posts is like the “soul” of the violin. It is placed for the optimal sound. It’s purpose is to bring vibrations from the top plate to the bottom plate. After the sound waves go into the body, they have to come out. They come out of the F holes. The sound waves go out of the F holes so the audience can hear. What Makes The Sounds? To start, in the violin there are a lot of different sounds. Some sounds can be loud or quiet. It is from pressing harder or lighter on the strings with your bow. When a violinist presses their finger on one of the strings it makes a different sound because of the length of the string left. The different pitch of the sound is from the thickness of the string, or the string’s tension. Violin strings also give different sounds depending how thick or thin they are. When a bow is drawn across the strings they vibrate. Sometimes different sounds could be because of the way you are feeling. It could be light or dark or sweet or bitter. It could be played many different ways. Violin sounds could be shy, sensitive, loud, quiet or confident because of the music. What Famous People Play Violin? There are many people that are famous violinists. One of them is the world’s best violinist. His name is Itzhak Perlman. (It-zak Purl-min) He has played many famous pieces. Another violinist is Hilary Hahn. She started playing when she was almost four! Sarah Chang was a child prodigy and now is thirty-eight years old. Another one is Joshua Bell. He is fifty years old now. Second of all, the violin makes vibrations to make the sounds. Violins make vibrations that makes sound waves. The different sounds are A lot of famous people played violin and some you might not believe. Albert Einstein played the violin but never fell in love with it until he SOURCES “Connolly Music”How Your Violin Produce Sounds www.connollymusic.com “Parts of the Violin” Get Tuned get-tuned.com “Quora” How is Sound Produced by a Violin? www.quora.com “Ranker” List of Celebrities Who Play Violin-Ranker www.Ranker.com “Take Lessons Blog” Violin takelessons.com “Violinist” Describing Violin Sound www.violinist.com -47-