Sounds Of The Violin

Brianna Geegbae Instrument Project March 5, 2015 (I choose this instrument because I used to play for a while in jr. high but never knew the history of the string instrument. Doing this project gave me the opportunity to learn more about it. I hope you do too!)

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Cited Works

Ahn, Jun Sung, youtube. Feb 13, 2013. March 3, 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rW35YTKYq8&list=PLLyBDdIWhtYG3UqGLL7mXjE_BePCntUyP)

Estrella, Espie. The history of the violin. abouteducation.com.Web.apr 2012.March 2015. 

Get-tunedin.com. history of the violin. Web. Jan.2015. March 3, 2015

deltasd.bc.ca. Violin History. Web. Feb. 2011. March 3,2015

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Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man - Jun Sung Ahn Violin Cover

This is Jun Sung Ahn's Violin Cover of Bruno Mars song When I was Your man

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The Earliest Noted Violinist

During the 17th and 18th centuries is when the art of violin making has reached his peak. Italian violinist Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri as well as the Austrian Jacob Stainer are most noted during this period. The Violin wasn't limited to many people it was an instrument that just became popular within time. During the renaissance era were the first to hear the sounds of the strings and the violins' prestige continued to rise during the Baroque period, making it more notable by such celebrated figures in music as Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Parts of the Violim

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What a violin looks like now in the 21st century

At one point in time it was a two-stringed instrument called a Rebab

and the Rebab was reformed from the Rebec 

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Hornbostel and Sachs classification number

321.322-71

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What Is A Violin

It is believed that the Violin was originated in the early 1500s in Italy. This instrument was evolved from the fiddle and rubec. Considered a string instrument the violin was formed in the medieval period.