There are different opinions about the origin of violin. Some people think that the violin's predecessor is the tortoise shell piano, others say that it evolved from an ancient Arab bowstring instrument named "Rebab", while French scholar Soman thinks that the violin may have evolved from the ancient English bowstring instrument "Crotat". When was the first violin made? This question seems meaningless now, but according to its name "Violino", its function is different from that of viola, so it can be judged that this instrument was adopted before the middle of16th century. It must be admitted that this new musical instrument mentioned from 1520 is destined to replace all similar or identical musical instruments that appeared before and at the same time, which is really credible.
Primitive period
/kloc-in the 6th century, violin performance was limited to the first three high-pitched strings (G string was only used occasionally), the neck and fingerboard were much shorter and wider than those in modern times, and the holding posture was completely different (the violin was leaned against the left side of the chest).
/kloc-In the 6th century, the use of violins can be roughly divided into two categories: singing accompaniment and playing dance music. When accompanied by music, violinists and singers share a music score, while when playing dance music, they improvise instead of using music score. Because the violin can move its playing position at will, it is most suitable for making dance music. At that time, the violin music was a civilian instrument, and the nobles all played the violin, which was extremely indifferent to the violin. The development of European violinists in this period was mainly in Italy, and excellent talents were also produced in France and Austria. The famous opera composer Monteverdi was originally a string player. In his works, he often gives excellent performances to the violin. The effect of vibrato and left-handed plucking is often used in works, and the change of strength is also controlled in phrases. 16 15 years, in the works of violinist marini, two-tone, three-tone chords, four-tone chords and fast-tone groups appeared. Fiddler farina 1625' s works surprised later composers, such as striking the strings with a bow, plucking the guitar and pressing the bridge hard. In 1665, the violin range is applied to the three octaves in Fezzini's music. The famous violinist Vitaly's Chacon Dance is well known to every violinist, and the application of various bow techniques of violin has reached a quite mature stage.
The French-Austrian violin music is deeply influenced by Italian performance because of its geographical location. Although French players surpass Italian players in the application of skills, Italian-style singing is beyond the reach of German and Austrian players. The representative of the old Austrian violinist is Shu Meizhe. In his 1664 sonata, there are some techniques such as arpeggio, flying shield bow and disyllabic.
The representatives of French violin school are Bieber, Valscher and westhoff. Bieber's violin skill really surpassed that of Italy at that time. He widely used chord playing skills, and at the same time applied scordatura for the first time, and his playing style became more and more brilliant. In his published work 1676, Wascher includes the application of the seventh position, pause, quick string change and chord. Westhoff, on the other hand, shows repeated three-tone chords on both sides in his works, and also uses arpeggios extensively.
Overview of violin playing history