The violin is an instrument as classical and modern as you want to play it. Learning to play it can provide musical culture. The violin is mostly used in classical music, but nowadays this instrument has also been used in different musical styles such as folk, jazz, rock, pop, and techno.
Do you know what pizzicato is? It is a musical technique that consists of pinching with your fingers the string you want to make sound, the violin has 4 strings and is the smallest of this family which allows it to reach the highest notes, the bow used to fret the strings is a curved stick made of wood and a ribbon made of horsehair, or synthetic materials nowadays.