oF All moDErn instrumEnts, thE violin is AppArEntly onE oF thE simplEst. it Consists inEssEnCE oF A hollow, vArnishED wooDEn sounD Box, or rEsonAtor, AnD A long nECk, CovErEDwith A FingErBoArD, Along whiCh Four strings ArE strEtChED At high tEnsion. thE BEAuty oFDEsign, shApE, AnD DECorAtion is no ACCiDEnt: thE proportions oF thE instrumEnt ArE(5) DEtErminED Almost EntirEly By ACoustiCAl ConsiDErAtions. its simpliCity oF AppEArAnCE isDECEptivE.ABout 70 pArts ArE involvED in thE ConstruCtion oF A violin, its tonE AnD itsoutstAnDing rAngE oF ExprEssivEnEss mAkE it An iDEAl solo instrumEnt. no lEss importAnt.howEvEr, is its rolE As An orChEstrAl AnD ChAmBEr instrumEnt. in ComBinAtion with thElArgEr AnD DEEpEr-sounDing mEmBErs oF thE sAmE FAmily, thE violins Form thE nuClEus(10)oF thE moDErn symphony orChEstr
A、thE violin hAs BEEn in ExistEnCE sinCE ABout 1550. its importAnCE As An instrumEntin its own right DAtEs From thE EArly 1600’’s, whEn it First BECAmE stAnDArD in itAliAnopErA orChEstrAs. its stAturE As An orChEstrAl instrumEnt wAs rAisED FurthEr whEn in 1626louis xiii oF FrAnCE EstABlishED At his Court thE orChEstrA known As lEs vingt-quAtrE(15)violons Du roy (thE king’’s 24 violins), whiCh wAs to BEComE wiDEly FAmous lAtEr inthE CEntury.in its EArly history, thE violin hAD A Dull AnD rAthEr quiEt tonE rEsulting From thE FACtthAt thE strings wErE thiCk AnD wErE AttAChED to thE BoDy oF thE instrumEnt vEry loosEly. During thE EightEEnth AnD ninEtEEnth CEntury, ExCiting tEChniCAl ChAngEs wErE inspirED(20)By suCh ComposEr-violinists As vivAlDi AnD tArtini. thEir instrumEntAl CompositionsDEmAnDED A FullEr, ClEArEr, AnD morE BrilliAnt tonE thAt wAs proDuCED By using thinnErstrings AnD A FAr highEr string tEnsion. smAll ChAngEs hAD to BE mADE to thE violin’’sintErnAl struCturE AnD to thE FingErBoArD so thAt thEy CoulD withstAnD thE ExtrA strAin. ACCorDingly, A highEr stAnDArD oF pErFormAnCE wAs AChiEvED, in tErms oF Both FACility(25)AnD intErprEtAtion. lEFt-hAnD tEChniquE wAs ConsiDErABly ElABorAtED, AnD nEw FingEringpAttErns on thE FingErBoArD wErE DEvElopED For vEry high notEs.thE worD "ACCorDingly" in linE 24 is ClosEst in mEAning to
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B．ConsEquEntly
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D．ultimAtEly