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The Violin family of Instrument s was developed in Italy in the 17th Century . The modern violin family consists of the Violin , Viola and Cello , along with the Double Bass . While the Violin , Viola and Cello are true members of the ancestral violin family, the Double Bass's origins are disputed. It is sometimes taken to be part of the Viol family, due to its sloping shoulders, its tuning, and its sometimes flat back. Others say that these features are arbitrary, and point to the internal construction of the double bass, which is proportionately identical to the violin's, as a more weighty piece of evidence than the external features. Instrument names in the ancestral violin family are all derived from the root ''viola'', which may have come from the Medieval Latin word ''vitula'' (meaning "stringed instrument). A ''violin'' is a "little viola", a ''violone'' is a "big viola" or a "bass viola", and a ''violoncello'' (often abbreviated ''cello'') is a "small violone" (or, literally, a "small big viola"). (The '' Violone '' is not part of the modern violin family; its place is taken by the modern double bass.) The instruments of the ancestral violin family may be descended in part from the Lira Da Braccio . |
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