Wiped string sonata instrument, ib hom suab paj nruag suav hauv tsev neeg nkauj laus ncas, muaj qhov zoo sib xws thiab cov qauv rau nkauj laus ncas, nrog cov duab loj me ntsis. Qhov thib tsib degree tuning yog c, g, d1, a1, thiab qhov ntev ntawm lub cev yog feem ntau 42.5 centimeters. Lub suab ntawm viola yog tuab dua, sov dua, thiab puv dua li lub violin. Nws ntiv tes thiab nyo hau yog tib yam li cov nkauj laus ncas. Lub viola pib nrog C uas qis dua qhov chaw C los ntawm ib qho octave, nrog rau txhua txoj hlua sib nrug los ntawm lub sijhawm thib tsib, ua raws li C, G, D, thiab A sau ntawv, uas yog tsib degrees qis dua lub violin thiab yim degrees siab dua. tshaj cello.
Lub violin yog qhov ntxov tshaj plaws niaj hnub violin los qhia thiab saws. Nws plaub txoj hlua yog C, G, D, thiab A, uas yog tsib degrees qis dua lub violin thiab yim degrees siab dua cello. Sib nrug los ntawm nws tus kheej qhov loj me kuj sib txawv.
Rau lub sijhawm ntev, viola tsuas yog ua haujlwm los txhawb cov ntses bass thaj tsam ntawm cov suab paj nruag orchestral, ua si qhov kev sib haum xeeb ntawm lub suab sab hauv. Nws tsis yog txog thaum lub sijhawm tam sim no uas cov suab paj nruag tseem ceeb lossis cov kab lus dhau los pib ua si, thiab qee zaum nws kuj tau ua ib qho cuab yeej solo. Nws lub suab zoo me ntsis ua rau tib neeg muaj kev tu siab thiab hnyav. Txawm hais tias lub viola tsis muaj lub suab sov thiab mos ntawm lub violin, nws muaj qhov tshwj xeeb qhia thiab lub suab zoo heev.
Tus thawj coj ncaj qha ntawm viola hauv ib pab pawg yuav tsum yog Viola d'amore, ib hom viola uas ua si ntawm lub xub pwg zoo li violin. Bach siv Amogu violin hauv ob peb ntawm nws cov nkauj tseem ceeb Mass. Kuv tus kheej ntseeg tias thawj qhov kev nce qib ntawm viola yog thaum Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) tau muab tso rau hauv ib qho qauv quartet. Cov violists ntawm lub sij hawm classical, tshwj tsis yog rau Stamitz, tej zaum Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Mozart's concerto symphony rau violin thiab viola (Sinfonia Concertante KV364) yog suav tias yog ib qho ntawm cov thawj coj ntawm viola.
Nyob rau hauv lub neej yav tom ntej, ntau tus kws sau nkauj nto moo kuj tseem yuav ua si lub viola, xws li Beethoven (uas ua si viola ntawm Boen Opera House thaum nws hluas), Schubert, Mendelssohn (uas ua si thawj viola hauv nws txoj hlua nto moo octet premiere), Paganini ( rau qhov uas Dawb Liao tau sau lub viola concerto "Harley hauv Ltalis"), thiab Max Reger (1873-1916). Pom tseeb, viola tsuas yog lawv "sideline" - lawv feem ntau yog pianists lossis violinists lawv tus kheej.
Thaum lub sij hawm Romantic, lub viola maj mam tau txais kev saib xyuas, thiab qee tus neeg tsis muaj hlua kuj tau sau nkauj rau viola: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) tau sau ob lub viola sonatas, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) tau sau ntau tus lej. ntawm viola passages nyob rau hauv nws symphonies - txawm ib tug Straware viola twb renamed Mahler. Lwm cov kws sau nkauj viola tseem ceeb suav nrog Bella Bartok (1881-1945), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), William Walton (1902-1983), thiab Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975).
