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a tiny eight-string thunderstorm that fits in your lap and rattles your ribs.
Doubled stringsEight strings in four pairs, tuned identically.
Violin twinTuned exactly like a violin, just plucked.
Italian rootsDescended from the lute via 17th-century Italy.
Tremolo trickRapid picking sustains notes a single pluck cannot.
Vivaldi fanHe wrote concertos for it in the 1700s.