violon – Definition in music

Definition of the French term violon in music:

violin (bowed string instrument)
organ string stop designed to imitate the sound of bowed strings (equivalent to "Violin" in English, "Violine" in German, and "Violino" in Italian)

Language

French

Singular

violon

Plural

violons

Abbreviation

Vl.

Alt. abbreviations

Vln.Vn.V.Viol.Vlo.V^onV^ons (plural)V^ns (plural)

French musical terms that include violon:

accord du violon – violin tuning
basse de violon – bass violin
clef de violon – French violin clef (G-clef placing G4 on the first...
concerto pour violon – concerto for violin
dessus de violon – Baroque violin
deux violons – two violins
deuxième violon – second violin (the secondary violin role in an orc...
méthode de violon – violin method (method for playing the violin)
partie de violon – violin part
pour le violon – for the violin
pour piano et violon – for piano and violin
pour violon – for violin
premier violon – first violin (the primary violin role in an orches...
second violon – second violin (the secondary violin role in an orc...
violon alto – viola (string instrument)
violon baroque – Baroque violin
violon d'amour – violin d'amore (old type of violin)
violon électrique – electric violin
violon et orchestre – violin and orchestra
violon et orgue – violin and organ
violon et piano – violin and piano
violon et violoncelle – violin and cello
violon Hardanger – Hardanger fiddle
violon principal – principal first violin (indication that this part ...
violon solo – violin solo (passage in which the violin is featur...
violon-basse – violone (term used for several large instruments i...

Music scores that include violon:

Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231 (1923) Page 1
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre (1874) Page 1
Claude Debussy: La mer (1903‑1905) Page 1
Darius Milhaud: La création du monde (1922‑1923) Page 1
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze: Violin Concerto No. 1 (ca. 1901) Page 1
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane (1887) Page 1
Hector Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (1837) Page 1
Jacques Ibert: Escales (1920‑1922) Page 1
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux (1737) Page 1
Léo Delibes: Lakmé (1883) Page 1

French musical terms related to violon:

alto – viola (string instrument)...
contrebasse – double bass (string instrument)...
gambe – viol...
octobasse – octobass (large bowed string instrument invented i...
viole – viol (viola da gamba)...
violette – violetta (16th-century musical instrument, similar...
violoncelle – cello...
violone – violone (term used for several large instruments i...