វីយោឡុង: ប្រវត្តិ

ប្រវត្តិ 

thumb | 125px |left|Batchelder violin (USA)
ប្រភេទខ្សែរបស់វីយោឡុងនេះ ក៏អាចប្រើសម្រាប់កេះផងដែរ (ឧ. the Greek lyre). ឧបករណ៍តន្ត្រី Bowed ប្រហែលជា ផ្ដើមមានវត្តមានដំបូងគេនៅក្នុង equestrian វប្បធម៌នៃអាស៊ីកណ្ដាល, ជាភស្ដុតាង Kobyz () or kyl-kobyz ដែលជាវត្ថុបូរាណ Turkic, Kazakh string instrument ឬ Mongolian ជាឧបករណ៍ Morin huur:
អ្នកជិះសេះនៃប្រជាជនTurkic and Mongolian  ដែលមកពីខាងក្នុងនៃ ទ្វីបអាស៊ី ទំនងជាអ្នកកាន់ឧបករណ៍ហ្វីដដល មុនគេក្នុងពិភពលោក។ មានទាំងអស់ខ្សែពីរ គឺឆ្វេងនិងស្ដាំ ខ្សែរបស់ហ្វីដដលត្រូវបានបង្កើតឡើងអំពីខ្សែរោមសេះ ដែល​កូដ​ជាមួយ​នឹង​ដង​ផលិត​ពី​រោម​សេះ​ដូចគ្នា​ដែរ​ និង​ជារឿយៗរោមដែលគេប្រើប្រាស់គឺជារោមដែលឋិតនៅតំបន់ពីក្បាលសេះដល់ត្រឹមក។
ជារួម វីយោឡុង, វីយោឡា, និង សេឡូ គឺសម្រាប់កូតលេងរាល់ថ្ងៃ និងដែលដងរបស់វាគឺនៅតែបន្តផលិតអំពីសរសៃរោមរបស់សេះ រហូតទាល់តែជាកេរ្តិ៍មរតកនៃចរកជន ឬអ្នករសាត់អណ្ដែត។

It is believed that these instruments eventually spread to China, India, the Byzantine Empire and the Middle East, where they developed into instruments such as the erhu in China, the rebab in the Middle East, the lyra in the Byzantine Empire and the esraj in India. The violin in its present form emerged in early 16th-Century Northern Italy, where the port towns of Venice and Genoa maintained extensive ties to central Asia through the trade routes of the silk road. 

The modern European violin evolved from various bowed stringed instruments from the Middle East and the Byzantine Empire.Margaret J. Kartomi: On Concepts and Classifications of Musical Instruments. Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology, University of Chicago Press, 1990  It is most likely that the first makers of violins borrowed from three types of current instruments: the rebec, in use since the 10th century (itself derived from the Byzantine lyra and the Arabic rebab), the Renaissance fiddle, and the lira da braccio (derived from the Byzantine lira).  One of the earliest explicit descriptions of the instrument, including its tuning, was in the Epitome musical by Jambe de Fer, published in Lyon in 1556. By this time, the violin had already begun to spread throughout Europe.

The oldest documented violin to have four strings, like the modern violin, is supposed to have been constructed in 1555 by Andrea Amati, but the date is very doubtful. (Other violins, documented significantly earlier, only had three strings and were called violetta.)  The violin immediately became very popular, both among street musicians and the nobility, illustrated by the fact that the French king Charles IX ordered Amati to construct 24 violins for him in 1560. The oldest surviving violin, dated inside, is from this set, and is known as the Charles IX, made in Cremona c. 1560. The finest Renaissance carved and decorated violin in the world is the Gasparo da Salò (1574 c.) owned by Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria and later, from 1841, by the Norwegian virtuoso Ole Bull, who used it for forty years and thousands of concerts, for his very powerful and beautiful tone, similar to those of a Guarneri. It is now in the Vestlandske Kustindustrimuseum in Bergen (Norway). "The Messiah" or "Le Messie" (also known as the "Salabue") made by Antonio Stradivari in 1716 remains pristine. It is now located in the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford.

thumb|rithg|Detail of the San Zaccaria Altarpiece, Venice, by Giovanni Bellini, 1505.
The most famous violin makers (luthiers) between the 16th century and the 18th century include:

 The school of Brescia, beginning in the late 14th with liras, violettas, violas and active in the field of the violin in the first half of 16th century
 The Dalla Corna family, active 1510–1560 in Brescia and Venezia, Italy
 The Micheli family, active 1530–1615 in Brescia
 The Inverardi family active 1550–1580 in Brescia
 The Bertolotti Gasparo da Salò family, active 1530–1615 in Salò and Brescia
 Giovanni Paolo Maggini, active 1600–1630 in Brescia
 The school of Cremona, beginning in the half of 16 century vith violas and violone and in the field of violin in the second half of 16 century
 The Amati family, active 1500–1740 in Cremona, Italy
 The Guarneri family, active 1626–1744 in Cremona
 The Stradivari family, active 1644–1737 in Cremona

Significant changes occurred in the construction of the violin in the 18th century, particularly in the length and angle of the neck, as well as a heavier bass bar. The majority of old instruments have undergone these modifications, and hence are in a significantly different state than when they left the hands of their makers, doubtless with differences in sound and response. But these instruments in their present condition set the standard for perfection in violin craftsmanship and sound, and violin makers all over the world try to come as close to this ideal as possible.

To this day, instruments from the so-called Golden Age of violin making, especially those made by Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù, are the most sought-after instruments by both collectors and performers.  The current record amount paid for a Stradivari violin is £9.8 million (US$15.9 million), when the instrument known as the Lady Blunt was sold by Tarisio Auctions in an online auction on June 20, 2011.