The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the pochette, but these are virtually unused. Most violins have a hollow wooden body, and commonly have four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and are most commonly played by drawing a bow across the strings. The violin can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow.

बेला या वायलिन (violin) विश्व के सबसे लोकप्रिय वाद्ययंत्र में से एक है जिसका प्रयोग पाश्चात्य संगीत से लेकर हर तरह के संगीत में किया जाता है।तारवाले वाद्ययंत्रों में बेला सबसे छोटा, परंतु ऊँचे तारत्ववाला वाद्ययंत्र है।