Karol and Antoni Szafranek Secondary and Tertiary State School of Music

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Karol and Antoni Szafranek Primary and Secondary State School of Music
Państwowa Szkoła Muzyczna I i II stopnia im. Karola i Antoniego Szafranków
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Address
Powstańców Śląskich 27
Rybnik , 44-200
Poland
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School type Music College
Founded 1933
Founder Karol Szafranek, Antoni Szafranek
Status Public
Headmistress Romana Kuczera
Age range 6-25
Website

Karol and Antoni Szafranek Secondary and Tertiary State School of Music, pol. Państwowa Szkoła Muzyczna I i II stopnia im. Karola i Antoniego Szafranków is a specialist music school located in Rybnik, Silesian Voivodship, Poland. The school was founded in 1933 by brothers Karol and Antoni Szafranek, eminent musicians, alumni of conservatories in Germany, France and Poland.

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Education

The school, as is typical of state music schools in Poland, trains children and adolescents on two levels:

Graduates of the school may enter music universities.

Areas of study

Piano musical instrument

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Violin bowed string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths

The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings tuned in perfect fifths, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow.

Viola bowed string instrument

The viola (; Italian pronunciation: [ˈvjɔːla]) is a string instrument that is bowed or played with varying techniques. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth above) and the cello (which is tuned an octave below). The strings from low to high are typically tuned to C3, G3, D4, and A4.

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