Violin

Violin

The Violin, viola, nad cello were first made in the early 16th century, in Italy. The earliest evidence for their existence is in paintings by Gaudenzio Ferrari from the 1530s, through Ferrari’s instruments had only three strings. The Academie Musicale, a treatise written in 1556 by Philibert Jambe de Fer, gives a clear description of the violin family much as we know it today. The violin is a stringed musical instrument comprising four strings tuned a fifth apart. It is the smallest and highest-tuned
member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, cello and double bass. The lowest string (and hence the lowest note) is the G just below middle C, then in ascending order D, A and E.