Vibgyor Yelahanka would like to share some unknown facts about the musical instruments. Every instrument that we use has some history that has various facts which would surprise us. Vibgyor Yelahanka shares with you some unknown facts about a Violin.

1. Vibgyor Yelahanka Band is back
again!

2. Vibgyor Yelahanka would like to share some unknown facts about the musical instruments. Every
instrument that we use has some history that has various facts which would surprise us. Vibgyor
Yelahanka shares with you some unknown facts about a Violin.
Here are some interesting and unknown facts about a violin you might have ever known. The
term violin comes from the Medieval Latin word vitula, which means a stringed instrument. A
modern violin was designed in the 1500’s by Andrea Amati, and is typically comprised of maple
wood.
Vibgyor Yelahanka discovered that playing the violin burns approximately 170 calories per hour.
Violins are known to come in a variety of different sizes to suit every player’s height and size. If
you are looking to teach your child to learn a violin, Vibgyor Yelahanka suggests you can start
learning violin at a young age with a 1/32 or 1/16 size. The most expensive violin in the world was
made by Giuseppe Guarneri in 1741. The bows of a violin contain 150 to 200 hairs which can be
made up of a variety of materials including nylon and horse hair.
Vibgyor Yelahanka found out that the violin strings were first made of sheep gut (commonly
known as catgut), which was stretched, dried, and twisted. Other materials violin strings have
been made out of include: solid steel, stranded steel, or various synthetic materials, wound with
various metals, and sometimes plated with silver.
You would be surprised to know that the world’s largest playable violin was constructed by 15
dedicated violin makers from Markneukirchen, Germany. It is 4.27 meters tall and 5.22 meters
wide and sounds 3 times lower than a conventional violin.

3. To all those who love playing a violin, have you ever thought that what would you do when you
don’t have regular strings available for your violin? Well, Vibgyor Yelahanka has found you a
solution. You can separate strands of hair and glued them together to create a similar feel to metal
wound strings. It is kind of strange and also very impressive at the same time!
Hope this was beneficial for those who love playing musical instruments. Vibgyor Yelahanka will be
back soon with some other interesting facts to share with you. Till then take good care of
yourselves!