{"id":763,"date":"2021-11-08T08:56:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/musicblog\/?p=763"},"modified":"2021-11-08T08:56:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T13:56:25","slug":"music-november-8-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/musicblog\/2021\/11\/08\/music-november-8-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Music – November 8 – 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

21-22 – Gen Ed – Week of 11\/8 – 11\/12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instrument of the Week<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The String Family<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Violin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The violin<\/strong>, sometimes known as a fiddle<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, is a wooden chordophone (string instrument<\/a>) in the violin family<\/a>. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano<\/a>) in the family in regular use.[a]<\/sup><\/a> The violin typically has four strings<\/a>, (some can have five<\/a>), usually tuned in perfect fifths<\/a> with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow<\/a> across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato<\/a>) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition<\/a>, both in ensembles (from chamber music<\/a> to orchestras<\/a>) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music<\/a>, including country music<\/a>, bluegrass music<\/a>, and in jazz<\/a>. Electric violins<\/a> with solid bodies and piezoelectric pickups<\/a> are used in some forms of rock music<\/a> and jazz fusion<\/a>, with the pickups plugged into instrument amplifiers<\/a> and speakers to produce sound. The violin has come to be incorporated in many non-Western music cultures, including Indian music<\/a> and Iranian music<\/a>. The name fiddle<\/em> is often used regardless of the type of music played on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The violin was first known in 16th-century Italy<\/a>, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries to give the instrument a more powerful sound and projection. In Europe, it served as the basis for the development of other stringed instruments used in Western classical music, such as the viola<\/a>.[1]<\/sup><\/a>[2]<\/sup><\/a>[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Violinists and collectors particularly prize the fine historical instruments made by the Stradivari<\/a>, Guarneri<\/a>, Guadagnini<\/a> and Amati<\/a> families from the 16th to the 18th century in Brescia<\/a> and Cremona<\/a> (Italy) and by Jacob Stainer<\/a> in Austria<\/a>. According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts to explain or equal it, though this belief is disputed.[4]<\/sup><\/a>[5]<\/sup><\/a> Great numbers of instruments have come from the hands of less famous makers, as well as still greater numbers of mass-produced commercial “trade violins” coming from cottage industries in places such as Saxony<\/a>, Bohemia<\/a>, and Mirecourt<\/a>. Many of these trade instruments were formerly sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co.<\/a> and other mass merchandisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The components of a violin are usually made from different types of wood<\/a>. Violins can be strung with gut<\/a>, Perlon<\/a> or other synthetic, or steel strings. A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier<\/a> or violinmaker. One who makes or repairs bows is called an archetier<\/em> or bowmaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N. Paganini Caprice no. 5 | Sumina Studer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sumina Studer, 19 years old, plays Niccolo Paganini’s Caprice no. 5 from his 24 caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 in November 2016 at the Konzerthaus Berlin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley – Violin cover<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the song my parent\u2019s danced their first dance at their wedding.  They were high school sweethearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musical Fact Of The Week<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is the Most Popular Instrument to Play?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n