noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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case
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The edge of the violin case cut into her leg.
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Musicians were so desperate to hear Michelangeli that they borrowed violin cases and sneaked in through the stage door.
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She came out of Miss Lucchesi's gate holding her violin case as if it were a weapon.
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She had a satchel by her feet and a violin case on her lap.
concerto
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Bach's violin concertos have been well-treated on record, but this new version from Hyperion using period instruments is exceptional.
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David Oistrakh recorded the Brahms and Tchaikovsky violin concertos many times.
lesson
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It frees him from the awkward contortions of hand and wrist that make violin lessons and practice all too necessary.
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Born and raised in Tokyo, Komuro started violin lessons at age 3 and began learning keyboards in elementary school.
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And I've got to have violin lessons .
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play
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William With a goat playing a violin .
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Later, he taught himself to play the violin and cello, all on the stage at Millers.
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Jeanne played the violin more than competently.
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Everyone who could play the violin was summoned to come and play for a camp officer, this witness recalls.
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In his spare time he became more and more interested in amateur dramatics, as well as teaching himself to play the violin .
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He loved music and spent hours playing the violin , although not well.
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I just thought you might like to know about playing the violin .
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Brown learned to play guitar, violin , harmonica, piano, mandolin, viola and drums.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cacophony of violins, clarinets and trumpets fills the air.
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And the sound of Beethoven's Second Romance for violin and orchestra, coming from the stereo speaker in his bedroom.
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Born and raised in Tokyo, Komuro started violin lessons at age 3 and began learning keyboards in elementary school.
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He holds his violin low down, the bow fastidiously poised above it.
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Not a note seems superfluous in this essay for flute, clarinet in A, vibraphone, piano, violin and cello.
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She was too wound up, too much on edge, her nerves as taut as violin strings.
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While the woodwind and low strings were reasonably well replicated, the violins, timpani and brass left much to be desired.