Violin among its unique features, like other members of the stringed instrument family, has a fretless fingerboard. Its strings are attached to the tuning pegs and to the tail which passes over the bridge and is held in place by the tension of the strings.
Music in Essen
The city of Essen has been the birthplace of various musicians, singers, and bands, some of the most important of which are:Gerd Albrecht (conductor),Peter Anders (Opera Leader),Peter Barez (pianist),Thomas Bimmel (composer, violinist and musicologist),Frank Blackfire (guitarist),Thomas Burchert (Singer and Composer),Maria Friesenhausen (soprano),Thomas Gabriel (Composer),Vasily Grassimes (musician and composer)