I. The violin is an important historical instrument even used by the kings of France and prince of Hungary. This instrument evolved from Asia with the instrument fithele. The word fiddle derives from the word fithele. Although the fithele evolved from Asia, it was mostly used by Europeans in the ninth century. The violin, however, did not come into its full form until the Renaissance period,1500s to 1600s. During the Renaissance period, the violin’s original design underwent many changes, including how long the neck is. At first, the violin’s neck was much shorter, but Antonio Stradivari made it longer so that it produced a deeper sound that was not as squeaky. Another thing that evolved were the strings. the strings were first made of catgut,
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Sarah Chang is more recent born in the 1980s and still alive, she was a Korean immigrant who played a tiny one sixteenth size violin as a kid. She was so good she was hired at age eight to play in a professional concert.
IV. Because of how versatile the violin is a key part of the orchestra and usually where the violin is found. It is also the main part of most music played by an orchestra
A. The orchestra, like most things, did not develop quickly. It took the better part of the 1700s and 1800s in Rome
1. There are many requirements of an orchestra one that the instruments are mainly part of the violin family, and that the stringed instruments play more than one part
B. The violin gives its name to almost all the other instruments in the violin family; violin, viola, violoncello, bass.
C. Music and notes were mostly memorized throughout the history of music nor were they standardized until after the Renaissance period.
1. Music has been around since thirty-two thousand B.C.
2. Most western music has been influenced by Greek music, music means an art directed by the muses.
3. Octaves, 8 note series, were created by Pythagoras using two different sized hammers on a rock and the difference in pitch created the octave.
4. The strings of a violin are tuned in perfect fifths G, D, A,
Sarah Chang is more recent born in the 1980s and still alive, she was a Korean immigrant who played a tiny one sixteenth size violin as a kid. She was so good she was hired at age eight to play in a professional concert.
IV. Because of how versatile the violin is a key part of the orchestra and usually where the violin is found. It is also the main part of most music played by an orchestra
A. The orchestra, like most things, did not develop quickly. It took the better part of the 1700s and 1800s in Rome
1. There are many requirements of an orchestra one that the instruments are mainly part of the violin family, and that the stringed instruments play more than one part
B. The violin gives its name to almost all the other instruments in the violin family; violin, viola, violoncello, bass.
C. Music and notes were mostly memorized throughout the history of music nor were they standardized until after the Renaissance period.
1. Music has been around since thirty-two thousand B.C.
2. Most western music has been influenced by Greek music, music means an art directed by the muses.
3. Octaves, 8 note series, were created by Pythagoras using two different sized hammers on a rock and the difference in pitch created the octave.
4. The strings of a violin are tuned in perfect fifths G, D, A,