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The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1921
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1little 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:
3Lyre
4 |
5 |—- Crwth
6 |—- Crowd
7 |—- Rebec
8 |—- Geige
9 |—- Hurdy-Gurdy
10 |—- Marine Trumpet
11 |—- Troubadour's Fiddle one of two readings
12Monochord one of two readings
13 |—- Hurdy-Gurdy one of two readings
14 |—- Marine Trumpet one of two readings
15 |—- Troubadour's Fiddle one of two readings
16 |—- Viol (Viola da Gamba and Violone, or Double Bass)
17 |—- Lyra
18 |—- Lirone
19 |—- Viola d'Amore
20 |—- Violin
21 |—- (Also Tenor Violin, Violoncello, and Double Bass)
23The theory that the harp sprang full-fledged into Greece through Eastern sources seems much
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