What is the Difference Between the Violin and the Viola?
In this first video, Adie explains the differences between the violin and the viola, then plays them both back-to-back for sound comparison.
Pieces used as examples:
1.) Violin: Boccherini, String Quintet Op. 11 No. 5: 3rd movement "Minuet"
2.) Viola: Schubert, "Arpeggione" Sonata: 1st movement
3.) Violin: Vivaldi, Violin Concerto Op. 3 No. 6: 1st movement
4.) Viola: Hindemith, "Der Schwanendreher": 1st movement
5.) Violin: Elgar, "Salut d'Amour"
6.) Viola: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement
Intro music composed and performed by Dominic Muller