Street Viola Performance by Víctor Viola: Bach

Street Viola Performance by Víctor Viola: Bach Violin: The violin, viola, and cello were first made in the early 16th century, in Italy. Violins are likely to have been developed from a number of other string instruments of the 15th and 16th centuries, including the vielle, rebec, and lira da braccio. The history of bowed string instruments in Europe goes back to the 9th century with the Byzantine lira. The violin, also known as a fiddle, is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments.