Violin Music Instrument Graphic Abstract Design Colorful Art

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Violin Music Instrument Graphic Abstract Design Colorful Art

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Navin Joshi

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Painting - Mixed Media

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Violin Music Instrument Graphic Abstract Design Colorful Art

Cello
Clarinet
Clavichord
Conga drum
Contrabassoon
Cornet
Cymbals
Double bass
Dulcian
Dynamophone
Flute
Flutophone
Glockenspiel
Gongs
Guitar
Harmonica
Harp
Harpsichord
Lute
Mandolin
Maracas
Metallophone
Musical box
Oboe
Ondes-Martenot
Piano
Recorder
Saxophone
Shawm
Snare drum
Steel drum
Tambourine
Theremin



The modern day style violin was first made near the start of the European Renaissance in the 1500s. Prior to that there had been other stringed instruments that used a bow to vibrate the strings such as the lyra and the rebec from the middle ages.

First Violin

It is thought that the first violin to have four strings and closely resemble the modern violin was built by Italian Andrea Amati in 1555. The violin became very popular and the King of France at the time, Charles IX, had Amati build him 24 violins. The oldest surviving violin is one of these 24 violins and is called the Charles IX.

Cremona, Italy

Andrea Amati built his violins in Cremona, Italy where he and his sons would also apprentice some of the world's finest violin makers. As a result, Cremona is the home of the violin and the place where the world's greatest violins were crafted.

Famous Violin Makers

Over the next 100 years the violin would become a very popular instrument throughout all of Europe. The construction and art of building violins would reach its peek in the 1600's with the two most famous violin makers, the Guarneri and the Stradivari family of violin makers (also called luthiers). They were both located in Cremona, Italy and both learned from the Amati school of violin craftsmanship. These musical instruments are still considered the best ever made. They are very much in demand by the top violinists in the world and a Stradivari violin, nicknamed The Hammer, sold for $3.5 million in 2006.

A cappella - One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Accelerando - A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accessible - Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Adagio - A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Allegro - A direction to play lively and fast.
Atonal - Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Baroque - Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form.
Beat - The unit of musical rhythm.
Cadence - A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadenza - Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto, featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Cadenza - Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Canon - A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds, backwards, or inverted.
Cantabile - A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantata - Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Capriccio - A quick, improvisational, spirited piece of music.
Carol - A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Castrato - Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Cavatina - A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Chamber music - Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chant - Singing in unison, texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Choir - Group of singers in a chorus.
Chorale - A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chord - 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord progression - A string of chords played in succession.

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