Who made the first violin? Detailed answer

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Who made the first violin?

Did you know that out of more than a hundred musicians in a symphony orchestra, over thirty are violinists? The beauty of tone and the wide range of expression of sounds in the violin is considered better than any other instrument. The violin has survived many centuries in its development. Her story began in India. It was here that the bow was first used to play stringed instruments. And in the Middle Ages in Europe, a bow was played on various instruments.

One of them was the viola, which was probably brought to Europe in the XNUMXth century. Like the violin, the viola was placed on the performer's shoulder. Later, the viola changed under the influence of the old three-string violin (rebeca). It was an Arabic instrument that penetrated through Spain to the rest of Europe. A new group of instruments was born from the combination of a graceful viola body with a thin device of tuning pegs (a detail in musical instruments for tensioning and tuning strings) in a three-stringed violin (rebec).

The violin got its modern form between 1550 and 1600, and it is impossible to say who made the first instrument exactly as we know it today. The best violins were made in the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries. There were famous families of violin makers in Italy. Each had its own secrets, and fathers passed them on to their sons. The Amati family from the city of Cremona produced violins that had a rare melody and tenderness.

For a long time it was thought that no one could make a better violin. But Nicolo Amati had an outstanding student, whose name was Antonio Stradivari. He was called the master of masters, and he made a violin of high concert qualities, he managed to bring the sound of the instrument closer to the timbre of the human voice. Stradivari is said to have made 1116 instruments, and 540 of these continue to exist. Each is valued at a huge amount of money and is considered an outstanding work of art. The unsurpassed violinist of all time was Nicolò Paganini, who lived from 1784-1840.

Author: Likum A.

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When were dogs domesticated?

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, huge mammoths roamed the land covered with dense forests. People at that time lived in caves and dressed in the skins of wild animals. It was then that the dog became a friend of man.

But it didn't happen right away. At first, the dog followed the man during the hunt, picking up the remains of his prey. Then the man became her leader, since the instinct of the pack was very strong in dogs. Soon the dog became a man's assistant on the hunt and in the household. But all this happened long before the very first annals. Therefore, we can judge when this happened only by the remains of dogs and people found in the caves of the Stone Age.

An even earlier history of dogs goes back centuries and cannot be traced. Many scientists believe that dogs are the result of a mixture of wolves and jackals. Others say that only from wolves, others - from jackals or coyotes, and some say that even from a fox. But the most common theory is that modern dogs and wolves are descended from the same ancestor.

This theory helps explain the differences in size and appearance of various breeds of dogs, as well as their habits. When a dog turns three times before going to bed, it is an age-old need to settle down, because many years ago they slept in dens that were built from leaves or grass in the jungle. Another confirmation of the wild origin of dogs is the structure of their body, adapted for rapid movement and fight. All this, together with a keen sense of smell and excellent hearing, are the necessary qualities for a wild hunter.

Over time, when the annals of human history began to be kept, references to dogs appeared. There are images of them on Egyptian tombs, and they are already 5000 years old. The Egyptians considered the dog sacred, and when she died, the whole family went into mourning.

So since ancient times, dogs have been loved and revered by people almost all over the world. But there are also exceptions. Hindus still consider the dog unclean, and Mohammedans despise this animal.

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