who was the first person who made the violin
Violin The first makers of violins probably borrowed from various developments of the Byzantine lira. These included the rebec;[13] the Arabic rebab; the vielle (also known as the fidel or viuola); and the lira da braccio[11][14] The violin in its present form emerged in early 16th-century northern Italy. The earliest pictures of violins, albeit with three strings, are seen in northern Italy around 1530, at around the same time as the words "violino" and "vyollon" are seen in Italian and French documents. One of the earliest explicit descriptions of the instrument, including its tuning, is from the Epitome musical by Jambe de Fer, published in Lyon in 1556.[15] By this time, the violin had already begun to spread throughout Europe.