What's In A Name?

[Violione]

OK I've been a member of this wonderful forum for a little while now and the number 2 question I always get is: "WTF does Violione mean and how do you pronounce it?" Only one member other than my wife has known the answer to this question and that was Cello, who is also a professional musician. So here is a brief synopsis of the etymology of VIOLIONE:

VIOLIONE (Vee-a-Lone-eee) Italian

Violione is how the rest of the world (De, Sp, It, Pg, Fr) pronounces or spells Violin.

It is also the original name given to the Bass Gamba during the 14th & 15th centuries; this was the predecessor to the modern Cello and/or String Bass.

Some String Basses today still retain the flat back and square bouts and shoulders of the original Gamba body shape.

Learn something new every day!

Now get it right!

 

[Dr. Rich]

I knew that.... Some guy explained it to me in Hill City, South Dakota this summer.... Hey Jay!

 

[thompsonian]

Well.......I woulda never thunk of that. Learn somethin new everyday!

 

[daviddowns2000]

Is it violione, or violone, and what is the difference?

 

[Fencer]

Next time we meet, don't be surprised to find that the only name you are addressed by is "Hey You"

 

[sonicspeed]

you may play a (Vee-a-Lone-eee) but you look like you play a banjo

i think i will just call ya Jay next time i see ya

 

[Bungie]

Thanks for clearing that up Valvoline.

 

[Scab]

That was the gayest thing I've ever read.

 

[uctofeej]

Oh, the irony. A Homer J. Simpson icon and a fancy European spelling of violin...

That was the gayest thing I've ever read.

Really, that's what you vote gayest?

 

[luvtoride]

Hey punk, I knew what a violione is since I read your profile.... & I ain't a dang musician... unless you want to count the guitar. I can pluck out a mean "Smoke on the Water" chorus on one string.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Next time we meet, don't be surprised to find that the only name you are addressed by is "Hey You"

gunny! :lol:

...and I play a violin/fiddle.

 

[v65]

Violin.

What's that?

 

[tstaff]

Violin.

What's that?

 

[wheatonFJR]

Violin.

What's that?

That's what it usually looks like after I play it.

 

[v65]

Violin.

What's that?

That's what it usually looks like after I play it.

That's what the whole string section looks like if I am playing in the horn section!

 

[sonicspeed]

i thought that was a fiddle

 

[johnny80s]

That was the gayest thing I've ever read.

+1 on that Scab. It's good to know naming my bike Fat Tony is now number 2 on your list. :clapping:

 

[Violione]

Oh, you guys and gals are too funny, it's not even Friday and I got a dog pile on that one. LOL Maybe I should just call myself mudd, or fiddleolione? Mudd works, yep, that will do it. Bungie, I liked the Valvoline, that was creative! Now that I have made an :******: of myself; I just had to get this cleared up. I get a lot of PM's about my handle and I thought I could clear this up by a post; I was very wrong in many ways. I shall now crawl in my hole and hide. LOL!!

Keep them coming,

Jay a.k.a Violione, Valvoline, Mudd, GayestThing I've Ever Read, etc...

 

[Fred W]

Clear as mudd