以下是引用qq1993在2008-1-27 18:39:00的发言:
应该是源于意大利的一个名叫克雷蒙娜的小镇啊

也许是对的。随便从网上找了一下,看到下面一段。虽然小提琴最早是意大利人发明的(如果是对的),但它的起源是中亚类似于马头琴的乐器。这说明为什么弓毛是马尾做的原因。有意思。
The earliest stringed instruments were mostly plucked (e.g. the Greek lyre). Bowed instruments may have originated in the equestrian cultures of Central Asia, an example being the Mongolian instrument Morin huur:
Turkic and Mongolian horsemen from Inner Asia were probably the world’s earliest fiddlers. Their two-stringed upright fiddles are strung with horsehair strings, played with horsehair bows, and often feature a carved horse’s head at the end of the neck. ... The violins, violas, and cellos we play today, and whose bows are still strung with horsehair, are a legacy of the nomads.[2].
It is believed that these instruments eventually spread to China, India, and the Middle East, where they developed into instruments such as the erhu (China) and rebab (Middle East), and esraj (India). The violin in its present form emerged in early 16th century in Northern Italy, where the port towns of Venice and Genoa maintained extensive ties through the trade routes of the Mongol Empire. |