The violin, or fiddle, is my favorite wooden stringed instrument in the violin family.
it really is a cool instrument
Of all the regular used instruments in the family, it's actually the smallest and highest pitched!
oh really? i thought there might be a smaller one
Well there are some.  The violino piccolo and kit violin, but those are rarely used.
oh ok that makes sense
Violins are actually very important instruments in a wide range of different styles of music.