Fun Facts!

 Fun Fact #1
Did you know...The modern violin has been around for roughly 500 years; it was designed in the 1500s.

 Fun Fact #2
WOW!!! The violin speed record was set by playing Flight of the Bumblebee in 1 minute 6.56 seconds. That is 13 notes per second! Here is the link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkX0URELfQ

 Fun Fact #3
The violin is the most popular instrument among children. 


  Fun Fact #4
If a violinist is placed into an MRI machine, we can see that a much larger area of the brain - the right primary motor cortex - is devoted to his or her left fingers when compared with a non-violinist. Two or three times as large, in fact. Violinists also have more connections between the two sides of the brain which account for the better co-ordination they have between each hand compared with a non-violin player. Yay us!


 Fun Fact #5
Playing the violin burns 170 calories per hour. 


 Fun Fact #6
The smallest violin in the world is 37 millimeters long And took 7 years to make.


 Fun Fact #7
A violinist can use both sides of their brain better than non-violinists.


 Fun Fact #8
On May 16, 2006, Christie's, a London auction house, auctioned a Stradivarius called The Hammer for a record $3,544,000. It is the most anyone has ever paid at public auction for a musical instrument. The Stradivarius has been considered to be the best violin in the world.


 Fun Fact #9
The modern violin is made up of over 70 different pieces of wood.


 Fun Fact #10
The Rosin (that you put on the hairs of your bow) is made out of tree sap; Usually pine.


 Fun Fact #11
VIDEO FACT!!!






ALL OF THE FACTS CAME FROM THESE WEBSITES!!!
  http://www.life123.com/arts-culture/musical-instruments/violins/facts-about-violins.shtml
http://www.violinist.com/blog/Violinists2004/20068/5590/
http://makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_mmf_music_library/hey-kids-its-a-violin.htm




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