Folk music and fiddling Violin

the fiddler hins anders ersson painted anders zorn, 1904

like many other instruments used in classical music, violin descends remote ancestors used folk music. following stage of intensive development in late renaissance, largely in italy, violin had improved (in volume, tone, , agility), point not became important instrument in art music, proved highly appealing folk musicians well, spreading widely, displacing earlier bowed instruments. ethnomusicologists have observed widespread use in europe, asia, , americas.

in many traditions of folk music, tunes not written memorized successive generations of musicians , passed on, in known oral tradition.