SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...

Did you know that the modern violin was probably invented in the early 1500s in Northern Italy? The region is still known for its violin-making traditions. Though music has changed in the centuries ...

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Part four: The culmination of the early history of violin playing, 1700-1761. Introduction: the 'evolution of progress' theory, a summary view of the violin -- The violin and bow of the early ...