MUSIC-UA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bartolomeo Cristofori, Antonio Stradivari, Portative Organ
25 Sep 2016
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All string instruments are made of wood and are hollow. All have four strings, and all of them use a bow. The longer the string the lower the pitch. Violin first violins were invented in 1550 in brescia, italy antonio stradivarius made the best violins. Bigger than violin, and makes a deeper sound and a richer timbre than the violin. The viola uses alto cleft. cello tuned an octave lower than the violin. The string quartet is the most important in chamber music. They teach violin 1, violin 2, viola and cello. Keyboard instruments800-1600: portative organ, pipe organ, harpsichord, virginals1706- : bartolomeo cristofori invents the fortepiano the immediate ancestor of the modern day piano. 1820"s erand and pleyl piano factories in paris important builders today: Piano is a percussion instrument because it produces the sound in a special way. When you press a key, you activate a hammer which presses down on a string.
