Still Waters Posted May 22, 2018 #1 Share Posted May 22, 2018 The inventors of the violin wanted the instrument to imitate the human voice, music historians have claimed in a new study. The violin is an ancient instrument and was initially developed in its modern form in northern Italy in the early 1500s. Researchers at National Taiwan University have assessed that key design features of early violins were chosen to emulate the human voice. https://news.sky.com/story/earliest-violins-imitated-human-vocals-says-study-11381497 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted May 22, 2018 #2 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I always had the opinion that the Mongolian violin was older and the instrument was invented by Eastern Iranians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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