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樂器介紹

小提琴是一種表情豐富的弦樂器，它除了能表達優美如詩般的情感外，亦能拉奏出澎湃、扣人心弦的氣勢。在大部份的管弦樂曲中，小提琴均擔當一個相當重要的位置。

小提琴的前身是十五世紀的古提琴"viole da braccio"，一種放在肩上用肩上用弓拉奏的弦樂器。至於製造小提琴的發源地，最著名的首推十六世紀意大利的克來摩納(Cremona)。當地的著名小提琴製造家包括意大利人阿瑪娣(Niccolo Amati 1596-1684)、史塔第發利(Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737)與瓜內里(Giuseppe Guarneri 約1666-1740)。

演奏小提琴除了用弓拉奏之外，間中亦以手指彈撥弦線，這技巧稱為撥弦("pizzicato")。

The prominence of the violin in Western music rests on its singular qualities, among them an expressiveness ranging from soft lyricism to extreme dramatic excitement, a soulful and sensitive timbre, crescendos and diminuendos unequaled by other instruments.

In the Renaissance and Baroque periods, there were 2 main types of bowed string instruments: "viola da gamba" (leg viols) and "viole da braccio" (arm viols). The latter, held against the shoulder when played, is the immediate forerunner of the violin.

From 1600-1750, Cremona was the centre of violin making, where notable violinmakers included Niccolo Amati (1596-1684), Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) and Giuseppe Guarneri (1666-c. 1740).

Besides playing with the bow, the violin can also be played by plucking the strings with the first finger of the right hand - a technique known as "pizzicato".

(Sources from Music Office)