Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical tradition and in many varieties of folk music, however they are also frequently ...

Western classical music here is nothing new - in the late ... In Chennai (Madras) I visited a classical music shop that has been selling instruments and scores since the 1840s.

It is a transposing instrument and is typically notated one octave higher ... and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used in a range of other ...