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violin

[vahy-uh-lin] / ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn /
NOUN
musical instrument
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As a child, John Forté was a violin prodigy from a bad part of Brooklyn who earned a scholarship to an exclusive private high school in the Northeast.

From Los Angeles Times

Clearwater said that during her tenure, she would often join her fellow performers onstage to sing backing vocals or play a violin solo.

From Los Angeles Times

Albert Einstein provides a famous example -- one of the most important physicists, who was also deeply engaged with music and played the violin from an early age.

From Science Daily

Across the street, there was once a home where twin girls played violin for their neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times

All of the 15 performers are highly skilled in their own artistic disciplines, but the boundaries are blurred—instrumentalists sing, singers play violins and percussion, and everyone commits vigorously to movement.

From The Wall Street Journal