I was responsible mainly for violin and piano tuition, but my position as String teacher also included teaching the viola and cello. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
But, truthfully, I don’t think the viola is a bluegrass instrument. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Crawford and Sheriff Bob] Reference
When I woke up, I called the viola player/composer Max Savikangas and said these words to him. From Wordnik.com. [Opera Today] Reference
Victor Borge said that the only difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to the Future: the U.S.-Canada Relationship] Reference
Her comment was that she wished her viola was a Strad. From Wordnik.com. [Somehow Good] Reference
We agreed that the viola is the more full-bodied of the two instruments. From Wordnik.com. [Two Days After the Wedding] Reference
Yesterday, the viola was the instrument I heard more than usual, and it was lovely, full, warm, and balanced with the others. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Katomar: I'm not French thanks for the heads up on 'viola'. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: The Path to 9/11] Reference
You wrote viola which is a musical instrument when you ment voila!. From Wordnik.com. [Add a little gel… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
A "viola" is a bowed string instrument, somewhat larger than a violin. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
Meanwhile, Big Pharma and Big Healthcare all paid lots of money and "viola" they filled the seats at the table. From Wordnik.com. [Mosquito Blog] Reference
HOFFMAN: Do you really want to talk about the viola?. From Wordnik.com. [Financing the Classics: Beethoven's Benefactor] Reference
HOFFMAN: Well, there is one really terrific viola patronage story. From Wordnik.com. [Financing the Classics: Beethoven's Benefactor] Reference
(Soundbite of music) Ms. KASHKASHIAN: Now it's me - for the viola. From Wordnik.com. [Kim Kashkashian's Vocal Viola] Reference
So I had about 10 days to learn the viola before the first rehearsal. From Wordnik.com. [Turtle Island Quartet: Bending Musical Lines] Reference
(Soundbite of music) SIEGEL: And then it's a duet, viola and accordion. From Wordnik.com. [Kim Kashkashian's Vocal Viola] Reference
MONTAGNE: Did that person play the viola or play a different instrument?. From Wordnik.com. [The Venerable Juilliard, Turning 100] Reference
(Soundbite of viola) (Soundbite of laughter) HOFFMAN: Etcetera, etcetera. From Wordnik.com. [The Importance of the Bow] Reference
He said that the viola part wasn't big enough and flashy enough for the viola. From Wordnik.com. [Financing the Classics: Beethoven's Benefactor] Reference
She started out playing viola -- an instrument to which her voice was often compared. From Wordnik.com. [Transition] Reference
The other day, I found myself rummaging through a closet, searching for my old viola. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Jerry Kupchynsky With The Orchestra He Built] Reference
Beethoven five, the slow movement, the viola and celli are together playing the tune. From Wordnik.com. [Guiding the N.Y. Philharmonic's 'Inner Voice'] Reference
If piano can play the bass role, Lawry eases into Hersch's "Canzona" like a cello or viola. From Wordnik.com. ['Live' With The Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra] Reference
He then asked if there were any cancellations, and viola -- the "no" had turned into a "yes.". From Wordnik.com. [Arielle Ford: Why Authors Must Ignore the "No"] Reference
"Nay; the king prefers the blue eyes of France," spoke up the cardinal's fool, he of the viola. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
And in this song by Manuel De Falla, the piano imitates a guitar, and the viola, a gypsy singer. From Wordnik.com. [The Lyrical Quality of Violist Kim Kashkashian] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "Archduke Trio") MONTAGNE: Let's talk about your instrument, the viola, Miles. From Wordnik.com. [Financing the Classics: Beethoven's Benefactor] Reference
Instruments in which the strings are set into motion by bowing -- violin, viola, violoncello, double bass. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
He once dreamed of becoming a full-time musician, like his older brother Timothy, who plays viola in the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Coffeehouse Stories: Being tested in Fairfax] Reference
Solomon grew up in Philadelphia and attended a performing-arts high school, where she played viola and violin. From Wordnik.com. [In venture with Temple U., Park Service combats looming shortage of rangers] Reference
MONTAGNE: Yes, because … (Soundbite of laughter) MONTAGNE: … I bet you know the great patrons of the viola. From Wordnik.com. [Financing the Classics: Beethoven's Benefactor] Reference
Later, while teaching at LSU, he played viola with the school's symphony and the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [A. Bruce Gaarder, Andrew M. Saunders, Douglas Henderson] Reference
He also learned, thanks to his mother, three musical instruments, including the flute, violin, and the viola da gamba. From Wordnik.com. [Seishin] Reference
Musician Patinka Kopec writes of learning to play the violin and viola in an effort to bring joy into her parents 'lives. From Wordnik.com. ['Survival Of The Spirit'] Reference
No longer able to play the viola, she now provides training to people with disabilities who want help navigating Second Life. From Wordnik.com. [Getting a Second Life—in an online health community] Reference
C. Boyce, Troy, Pa., a hand-inking printing press (chase, 3x5), 6 fonts of type and outfit for a B flat or E flat cornet or viola. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Here Maneri, son of jazz iconoclast and educator Joe Maneri, bows unexpected sounds out of his violin and viola, some through distortion. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Talents] Reference
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