Scan 84
The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1906
28 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1The Heart of Music
3little instrument to such a point that, by the help of a movable bridge which cut off aliquot parts on the one string, they could obtain all the intervals of a scale in exceptionally true tones. The Greek name for the monochord, was a combination of μόνος (single) and χορδή (a string), and the instrument formed a very important factor in the education of the young Greeks. The deduction, therefore, of Edward John Payne and others, that the monochord was one of the legitimate parents of the violin, seems a little far-fetched. Mr. Payne's table of the violin's antecedents is as follows:
5Lyre
6 |
7 |—- Crwth
8 | |—- Crowd
9 | |—- Rebec
10 | |—- Geige
11 | |—- Troubadour's Fiddle
12 | | |—- Viol (Viola da Gamba and Violone, or Double Bass)
13 | | | |—- Lyra
14 | | | |—- Lirone
15 | | | |—- Viola d'Amore
16(no line here) one of two readings
17 | | |—- Hurdy-Gurdy one of two readings
18 | |—- Marine Trumpet one of two readings
19 | |—- Monochord one of two readings
20 | | |—- Violin
21 | | |—- (Also Tenor Violin, Violoncello, and Double Bass) one of two readings
22 | |—- Hurdy-Gurdy one of two readings
23 | |—- Marine Trumpet one of two readings
24Monochord one of two readings
25 | | | |—- (Also Tenor Violin, Violoncello, and Double Bass) one of two readings
27The theory that the harp sprang full-fledged into Greece through Eastern sources seems much
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