| An electric violin is an amplified violin that sends out a | | | | high-pitched squealing noises to come out of the |
| signal through an electrical pickup device. There are | | | | amplifier. |
| several different models of electric violins. Some are | | | | Most electric violins have a solid body design. The solid |
| standard acoustic violins with an electric pickup added | | | | body keeps the instrument from feeding back. Also, |
| to the bridge. Other types of electric violins are | | | | any necessary electrical equipment, such as any wiring |
| designed differently and only work properly when | | | | or batteries, is housed in the body. Since the electric |
| plugged in. Electric violins are often used to play | | | | violin is a relatively new invention, it has no standard |
| different types of music than standard acoustic violins. | | | | body shape or design, and makers are free to |
| The pickups of electric violins are important. Since | | | | experiment and invent new ways of designing the |
| electric violin strings are usually made of metal, either | | | | instrument. |
| magnetic or piezoelectric pickups are used to transmit | | | | Electric violins are usually used in different situations |
| the sound to the amplifier. This system is similar to the | | | | than acoustic violins. An electric violin is viewed as an |
| way electric guitars work. | | | | experimental instrument and is not found in classical or |
| Some people add an electric pickup to a standard | | | | traditional music, but is often used in avant-garde music. |
| acoustic violin so that it's signal can be transmitted to | | | | Guitar effects like reverb, chorus, and distortion can be |
| an amplifier. The problem with putting a pickup on an | | | | used to give the electric violin a unique, otherworldly |
| acoustic violin is that acoustic violins have a hollow | | | | sound. |
| wooden body that can create feedback when it is | | | | Electric violins are unique instruments with a sound all |
| played electrically. The resonance of the sound | | | | their own. Electric violins are perfect for musicians and |
| vibrating in the violin's body interferes with the sound | | | | composers who want to have their own individual |
| made by the strings and can cause annoying, | | | | sound. |