Introduction to violin:
It is a stringed instrument. There are four strings in all. The friction between the strings and the bow produces vibration, and then the vibration is transmitted to the back plate through the sound column in the resonance box, and the resonance generated by these components produces harmonious and bright piano sound. The piano body (resonance box) is about 35.5 cm long and consists of a curved panel, a back panel and a side panel.
Panels are usually made of soft spruce; The back plate and side plate are made of maple and peach, which are hard. The head and neck of the piano are all maple, and the fingerboard is ebony. Violin is widely spread all over the world and is the most important instrument in the string group of modern orchestras.
It occupies a very important position in instrumental music, is the pillar of modern symphony orchestra, and is also a solo instrument with difficult playing skills. It is called the world's three major musical instruments together with piano and classical guitar.
The origin of stringed instruments can be traced back to ancient times. Music historians hold various views on the origin of violin, some think it originated in ancient Greece, some think it originated in North Africa, some think it originated in India, and some think it originated in Western Europe.
The favorite musical instrument of Apollo, the legendary god in ancient Greece, is Lyra. The lyre is somewhat similar to the harp in appearance. Put a string on the resonance box and play it with your fingers, which is often used for poetry reading and music. Many experts believe that the lyre is the ancestor of many modern stringed instruments such as violin, harp and guitar.
The ancient Greek lyre should belong to plucked stringed instruments according to its category, and it was not played with a bow. Bow string playing is generally believed to have been invented by Asians. Legend has it that in Sri Lanka 5000 years ago, a monarch named Rivana hollowed out cylindrical wood to make a stringed instrument called Rivana Si Long.
This musical instrument spread all over the world with trade and gradually evolved into various stringed instruments. Indians and Persians used to keep horses as livestock, so they made bow hair from ponytails. For example, Kemange in Persia used ponytail as bow hair, wood as bow rod, and the strings were mounted on a circular resonance box, pressing the bow and pressing the strings to make sound.