well to entertain people, or in the old times, for classy parties. Then again for the enjoyment of being able to play an instrument therefor you get a job as a teacher, or just to play at parties or whatever so you can get payed.
The violin, like any instrument's purpose is to make music. The violin is most often used to play Classical Music, such as Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart. The violin is traditionally used in Orchestras and string Quartets, but jazz groups, rock bands, Celtic groups, and Country groups also frequently use the violin to add to the musicality, sound, and tone of their music.
: Yes, actually: in the very late Renaissance. It would have been around 1585 when the violin pattern started to really develop. After that, it became kind of standardized. And it really took off during the Baroque era. The Baroque era started somewhere around 1600. In the very last part of the 1500's, the violin started to emerge. At the time, the instrument most like it was the viol but the violin was still very different. (Currently, the viol is now what one would call the Viola de Gamba.) Instruments in the viol family were more sleek, and plaintive and soft. Then somebody invented an instrument that became more brilliant, with a brighter sound. No one actually knows who invented the first violin, but there were a few people experimenting with patterns to make it. Then, at the beginning of the Baroque era, two things happened: Opera and the violin family took off. Through the Baroque era, they become more and more and more popular. This was called the Golden Period for violin making. It was Stradivari's time, and with that, high quality violins were being sold, so composers wrote a lot of music for the violin. Bach, Handel, Corelli, and so many Baroque composers that we don't even know about wrote music for the violin. Most people have never heard of so many composers that have awesome classical music. One of the first great violin makers was Amati. I actually had a teacher who owned an Amati
to have another awesome instument to play music with
So that musicians can have a string instrument which can be played to produce medium to very high musical notes.
To play music, both for the enjoyment of the players themselves and to entertain other people.
the violin wasn't so much invented as developed, as it syrted off very different from how it is today and changed, bit by bit to the instrument we now know.
The violin has always been a musical instrument since it was first introduced in the 9th century.
The violin makers made violins for the same reason a shoemaker would make shoes. It was their profession, they earned their living by making violins.
It sounds like an instrument. It plays notes. It's a violin. Go look at violin solos.
No Eli Whitney did not invent the violin, but Eli Whitney did make his own violin when he was 12 years old.
it usually depends on the violin in question, but the violin can make a multitude of sounds ranging from melodic, to lively fiddle music, to even rock.
You can't.
Horse hair is used to make violin bows.
It sounds like an instrument. It plays notes. It's a violin. Go look at violin solos.
No Eli Whitney did not invent the violin, but Eli Whitney did make his own violin when he was 12 years old.
The violin is used to make music to people's ear's.
The violin doesn't, the violinist makes the music.
it usually depends on the violin in question, but the violin can make a multitude of sounds ranging from melodic, to lively fiddle music, to even rock.
It depends on your electric violin. A hollow-body violin with an acoustic pickup (basically, a traditional violin with a microphone built into it) will make sound just like a standard acoustic violin. A solid-body electric violin will make sound without an amp...but unless you're the violin player, you won't hear it.
The wood used to make the front of a violin is well seasoned maple.
You can't.
because its smaller and short
Horse hair is used to make violin bows.
When you see someone refer to a "violin outfit," it means they are talking about both the violin and the bow. This sometimes includes the case as well. When purchasing a violin online, you want to make sure you're buying a violin outfit with a case, and not just a violin by itself.
They make them with actual horse hair