- violin, fiddle - bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
--1 is a kind of bowed stringed instrument, string
--1 has parts: chin rest; fiddlestick, violin bow
--1 has particulars: Amati; Guarnerius; Stradavarius, Strad