How the first folk violin appeared? /experiment/

In this video I will show experimentally my version of the origin of the first violin. To conduct the experiment, I made two hunting bows, arrows and an arrow quiver. Many thousands of years ago, ancient people acquired a hunting bow, which was made from a tree branch, and to carry and store arrows, ancient people used a quiver, which was made mainly from wood. Ancient people noticed that when shooting a bow, sound was produced. People also noticed that if they take two bows and rub the string of one bow against the string of another bow, a drawn-out sound will arise, and if they place one bow on a quiver, the sound will intensify. Ancient people tied a quiver to a bow and the first bowed musical instrument appeared. To expand the range of this musical instrument and make it more convenient to play, the ancient masters abandoned the hunting bow and attached a handle with four pegs and a neck to the hollow quiver. A tailpiece was secured to the bottom of the quiver and 4 strings were pulled. This is how the first folk violin appeared.
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