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Where was the violin from?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The violin originated from a medieval instrument called the rebec, commonly used in Europe for about 700 years (and still used in France until the 20th century). It had a pear-shaped body and was played more or less in the same fashion as the modern violin.The rebec itself came from an earlier still instrument, the rebec, which was introduced to Europe from the Muslim world by the Moors in Spain. The rebec is still a very common household object in North Africa and the Middle East.

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16y ago

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