January 6 - January 12 Listening/Instrumental Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Violin

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-instrument/violin.aspx

Listening: 

Please listen to the examples on the page of the link. Also listen to these YouTube links: 

Violin (Bach's Chaconne for solo violin played by Itzak Perlman): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bVRTtcWmXI

Violin (Gershwin's "I loves you Porgy" from Porgy and Bess" by Joshua Bell)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb4BKsUvoRQ

Question: How are the pieces of wood held together in a violin (and other string instruments)? What voice type (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) is the violin usually associated with or compared to?