SHORT HISTORY OF
THE VIOLIN FAMILY
DEMONSTRATION OF
DEMONSTRATION OF
A EHRU
DEMONSTRATION OF
A REBEC
DEMONSTRATION OF
A VIELLE
MEDIEVAL FIDDLES
Rachel Barton Pine plays early
string instruments for the first time:
the medieval box fiddle, the medieval vielle,
and the renaissance (1500's-style) violin.
David Douglass, artistic director of the King's
Noyse and the Newberry Consort and
one of the foremost practitioners of
these instruments, jams with her
on rebec and renaissance viola.
VIOLA DA GAMBA
The Viola da Gamba and the Cello:
Musical Cousins
BAROQUE VIOLIN
The Baroque Violin and the Modern Violin:
Similar, but very Different