Violin or fiddle is one of the most elegant and meaningful of traditional instruments. The violin usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the second highest pitch string instruments of the violin family, which includes the viola, cello, and double bass. The player produces sound by drawing a bow across one or more strings on the violin, and plucking the strings. Violin can be played in a wide range of musical genres, such as Baroque music, classical, jazz, country music, bluegrass, folk and etc. Violin was invented from Italy in the early 1500s, it evolved from the Renaissance fiddle and rebec, and they are both bowed string instruments from the medieval period. The Renaissance fiddle originates from around the 16th century, …show more content…
And the violin bow had been invented by Francois Tourte (1747-1835), who had made many significant contributions to the development of the bow, and he is considered to be the most important figure of develop the bow. Bow is a stick with a ribbon of horsehair strung between the tip and frog at each end. The bow hair are traditionally comes from the tail of a male horse, but some of the cheaper bows are using synthetic fiber. There are three different period of the bow, which Baroque, Classical, and modern. The Baroque bow was able to allow the player to bow with greater degree of response than fiddle and rebec bows, and adjust the sound. During this period, typical bows have different shapes and designs, each bow become an expression of artist’s craftsmanship. By the late 18th century, classical bows are stronger, with the metal underside, which have helped to stabilize the weak points of the Baroque bow. Since the 20th century, the modern bow is made of mathematical applications. It stronger, improving the mounting for wider, thicker horsehair. Some are not made of hardwood anymore, which made of fiberglass and carbon fibers. The bow weight, height and balance allowed the player to produce power and the greatest in the higher
* One major advance was the creation of composite bows. Around 2,800 B.C. people began blending different materials together to create better bows. The Egyptians of these times had long composite bows capable of shooting an arrow up to 400 yards!
Fievel hears the violin which makes him think he has found his Papa. But, what Fievel really hears is a recording being played by the gramophone. This was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison.
The first viol instrument was thought to be created in Spain around the fifteenth century, becoming standardized
It is believed that the Irish brought to the region the fiddle and the pipes. It is believed that the first stringed instrument, the dulcimer was brought by the Germans, Norwegians, Swedish and French. The dulcimer became known as the 1“Hog Fiddle” or “Music Box”.
Though little remains of the tillers or prods of these early Roman crossbows, at least one nut has been found intact. This nut is cylindrical, with fingers cut into the top to hold a string, and a seer notch cut into the underside. It is center-bored for an axle. The cuts are more severe than on later examples, thus making the nut flatter than those found on more modern pieces. This artifact, with its easily recognizable geometry, proves the technical similarities between these and much later crossbows. One other artifact is a turned knob that is thought to be the handle end of the tiller. Depictions in column carvings and stone reliefs at Solignac France help confirm this speculation. These images show short, carbine-type tillers with lathe turned handles fitted with massive prods, often stylized in keeping with artistic representation of the period. These prods were not likely to be the severe recurves shown in these depictions. They were more probably simple wooden straight bows. It is likely that at least some of these were of simple composite construction, as the horn or horn and wood composite technology was kn...
Crossbows are a highly effective weapon for hunting and war even in today's standards. The first records of crossbows are from China in the 6th century BC. The knowledge then spreads slowly to the west into Europe during the time of the Roman Empire, the greatest empire of all times. The crossbow remained the favored weapon of war and hunting in Rome until the 15th century when gunpowder was also introduced from China.
The Harpsichord was first introduced around the 14th century. The definite origins of the harpsichord are unknown, but the first reference to the Harpsichord was made in Burgundy in 1450. The baroque era is highly recognised for its flamboyant, exaggerated and grandeur presentation. The music represented these elements through the use of ornamentation, which diminished when the classical era began. The music also focused on a more expressive, rather than perfected method.
Before the pianoforte was brought into existence, the keyboard instrument of the orchestra was the harpsichord. The timbre of the harpsichord was much different than that of the pianoforte, this being primarily because of the harpsichord’s strings being plucked, whereas the piano’s strings
The simple longbow was the foundation of entire empires. That being said, shooting a traditional bow generates a strong sense of nostalgia for those with an interest in history. Furthermore, the traditional bow does not suffer from the "next best thing" syndrome. You do
The major classes of musical instruments used in the High and Late Renaissance include plucked strings, bowed strings, brass, double reeds, other winds, keyboards, and percussions (McGee, 1985). Lutes, drums, and trumpets were often used, but the instruments that were especially popular during the Renaissance include the bass viol, treble viol, viola, violin, tenor sackbut, cornetto, bass sackbut, curtal, tenor shawm, bass recorder, and harpsichord (McGee, 1985).
It finally happened in Florence in 1709, Cristofori’s new instrument was named by a poet and journalist named Scipione Maffei, “gravicembalo col piano e forte” (roughly “harpsichord with soft voice” in English). Eventually, it was shortened to pianoforte, and finally just piano. As soon as its first appearance, Cristofori’s piano became popular among the musicians because its ability to make music in more loudness and varying tones. (Pianonet. 2017) Cristofori was undoubtedly a great inventor as he solved many of the technical problems that continued to puzzle other piano designers for decades. However, his design was highly complex and the material he used was rather costly, causing many of its features to be dropped by the later models until the modern makers picked them up again in recent
Along with the sword, there are many different variations of the bow, from long to short, various bow strengths and material makes. The two parts of the bow were the bow body and its string. The sting from the bow was usually made with fibers of plants that were strong and non-elastic, such as hemp, (Alchin, 2018). The make of the arrow and the design it has can also affect its usefulness in battle. An obvious example of differing design is the longbow and crossbow used in the armies of Medieval Western Europe. These longbows were made up to 6 feet long and were made with a variety of woods from oaks to ash, (Kaiser, 1976). Crossbows were also a projectile type weapon that was used during this period. A form of composite bow, it was used along with shorter and stockier versions of arrows, called bolts. Made by combining both wood and iron pieces, the crossbow could achieve higher draw strengths than the normal longbow, thus proving to be a dangerous weapon against knights in heavy
After years, instruments started looking more and more like the guitar. The first instrument that started to look like the guitar was around in the 1200s-1300s. It was found in Mediterranean Europe. Sources refer to this as this as the guitarra latina. Two of the earliest forms after the guitarra latina are the lute and the vihuela. The lute is a small instrument that is shaped somewhat like a pair. It had twelve strings and a very short neck. The vihuela is shaped more like a guitar. It is larger and also has twelve strings (Chapman).
The bow and arrow dates back to thousands of years ago, it is estimated that they were found anywhere from 18,000BC to 25,000BC. They were used all over the world but the first arrowhead was discovered in Africa. There are many kinds of bows, the most common are the longbow and the recurve, there were many different styles created by several cultures during different times in history. In the Stone Ages, drawings discovered in caves illustrated many simple segment bows with many different shapes; flat, paddle-shaped bows were shot by Andaman Islanders. Some bows were made with wood like elm and yew, while others were made with many different materials like animal bones, horns and tendons; this was called the composite bow. The composite bow could either be made of wood and other materials or be made completely from different materials. In China, composite bows were comprised of newly harvested and dried bamboo. Scientists suggest that the bow originated from spear throwers and in between 18,000BC and 25,000BC fire was used to make stone arrowheads harder and feathers were added to make them more accurate.
Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy during the 17th -18th centuries, and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in Naples became a common type in the19th century. The original instrument was the mandola (mandorla is almond in Italian and describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in the 15th century from the lute. Later, smaller mandola was developed and became known as a mandolina.