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ЕВОЛЮЦИЯ НА СТРУННО-ЛЪКОВИТЕ ИНСТРУМЕНТИ
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOWED CHORDOPHONES

Author(s): Wesselin Karaatanassov
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, History of Art
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: violin; viola; violoncello; bouble bass; strings; da gamba; da braccio; d’amore; pomposa; bastarda; violone; fiddle; lyra; lirone; rabab; rebab; rebec

Summary/Abstract: This essay unveils the origins and development of the string group over the centuries in conjunction with the transformations of its species. Finding an eloquent answer to the question regarding bow instrument origins is often treated with extreme delicacy. Artifacts, despite their diversity, are often controversial. Тhe unambiguous definition of the raising point in the study of evolutionary processes is based on subjective generalization and indirect judgments, although bordering on speculations.