in which century was this instrument first came into existence?
9th century
Fiddle
9th century
what is 'donegal fiddle tradition' all about? It is the way of playing the fiddle that is traditional in County Donegal, Ireland. can you describe that 'playing' object you mentioned? It is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.
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Fiddle [SEP] History
The medieval fiddle emerged in 10th-century Europe, deriving from the Byzantine lira (Greek: "λύρα", Latin: "lira", English: "lyre"), a bowed string instrument of the Byzantine Empire and ancestor of most European bowed instruments. The first recorded reference to the bowed lira was in the 9th century by the Persian geographer Ibn Khurradadhbih (d. 911); in his lexicographical discussion of instruments he cited the lira (lūrā) as a typical instrument of the Byzantines and equivalent to the rabāb played in the Islamic Empires. Lira spread widely westward to Europe; in the 11th and 12th centuries European writers use the terms "fiddle" and "lira" interchangeably when referring to bowed instruments.