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| Where does the violin come from ? It could be traced back to the 9th century, with an Asian origin. 450 years later, the first basic string instrument was becoming the violin, an instrument with a very studied form thanks to the makers of stringed instruments' experience. | |||
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The first stringed instrument was the musical bow, a simple string tied to the two ends of an arched stick. But a good resonance was missing. | ||
| Later, a rounded sound-box was added to the instrument to imitate the resonance of a tortoise shell. The lyre was a very popular instrument used in feasting. Another evolution of the stringed instruments occured in all the world : they were played by rubbing the strings, contrary to ancient stringed instruments which were played by plucking the strings withe the fingers. |
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In the 11th century, we could find two major types of bow instruments in Europe. : those with a pyriform resonance box, and the flat-bodied, oval or elliptic instruments, which had a distinct neck. After having taken many forms like the vielle in the Middle Ages, the viola da gamba in 1500, finally the violin evolved from the viola da braccio. |
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| Through the ages, the violin took korm : each part of it has its own origin, and is the result of various questionings, always in order to give this complex instrument a real heart. | |||
