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GRADO 10°
In the late 1500s, in Italy, a man named Andrea Amati set out to create a
beautiful instrument. He ___1___ it should have an hourglass – shaped body
with four strings attached to it. It should also have a beautiful neck and
fingerboard. When it __2___ all put together, it would make beautiful music.
The instrument Amati created was called the violin and it went on to be one of
the ____3__ popular instruments of all time. Everyone loved the violin. Kings
and queens __4___ listening to it. Street musicians played it.
Composers __5___ music that featured it. Orchestras anyone __6__ wanted
could purchase a violin, Amati created a mold. This allowed him to created
many violins and still ensure each one __7___ the same shaped and quality as
the original.
The people who played the violin were called violinists. To ___8__ the violin,
the violinist rested his chin on the chin rest. Then he held the neck of the
violin in his hand. He drugs a stick, called a bow, ____9___ the strings to
make music. The bow was made of wood and horse hair. As the horse hair
____10___ across the strings, it caused them to vibration. The vibration was
how the strings made music.
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