it was played solo or in an orchestra
The violin is used to make music to people's ear's.
The violin mute has been in existence almost as long as the Violin itself has been. The earliest recorded use of the mute in a composition is in Lully's Armide, which is dated at 1686. The mute did not gain widespread use until the late classical and early Romantic period, roughly 1800.
I think that the violin are used in so many cultures because a lot of people used to play the violin. Also a long time ago they used to make the violin out of wood and used in orchestras and choirs.
In the 1800's , in Italy.
Horse hair is used to make violin bows.
the violin is used to clean out your rectum
iraq made the first violin in the world.
instruments that start with v include violin and viola.
The wood used to make the front of a violin is well seasoned maple.
The rebab (the origin of the violin) was invented most likely in what used to be Persia, but it was and is sometimes used in India.
Violins are usually categorised by the type of wood that was used to create it. there's a roth violin, there's a German Violin, there's a Stradivarious (in my opinion i don't think that's a type), there's a french violin (that's the type I currently have), There's the Suzuki violin, there are electric violins, there's baroque which is any violin that was used during the baroque period, and i hoped that helped!
It's the violin, piano is rarely used in orchestra pieces.