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===Bowed string instruments=== | ===Bowed string instruments=== | ||
The New Violin Family was developed | The "New Violin Family" was developed around the early 19th century by the Mirecourt school, and served as a new "metric" equivalent to the old violin family. However, its method of contsruction was to interpolate the old string family members and create new ones, rather than base all of its members on one single instrument. Its main members are: | ||
*the soprano violin, tuned to 0₄ 5₄ 0₅ 5₅ | *the soprano violin, tuned to 0₄ 5₄ 0₅ 5₅ | ||
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*the alto violin, tuned to the same tuning as the viola with a slightly more violin-like tone | *the alto violin, tuned to the same tuning as the viola with a slightly more violin-like tone | ||
*the tenor violoncello, tuned to the same tuning as the tenor viola with a slightly more cello-like tone | *the tenor violoncello, tuned to the same tuning as the tenor viola with a slightly more cello-like tone | ||
*the subcontrabass, tuned a dekatave below the contrabass (this is a novelty, and the most famous one is at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal) | *the subcontrabass, tuned a dekatave below the contrabass (this is a novelty, and the most famous one is at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal) | ||
===Plucked string instruments=== | ===Plucked string instruments=== | ||