Violin Forum/Message Board

Thanks.

I've heard better examples. For instance, it's better to play the snipped version first becaise when you play the full version it's much more of a surprise.
Also the sythsized sound s don' ...

It's a funny thing. While I was working at B&F the guy who runs Mark O'Connor's fiddle camp came in. We set him in a room up with a Strad, and he was in hog heaven. He said that he'd be absolutely ...

Not the hobo kind!

I've read a number of times in different places on these forums that the start of an instrument's note, referred to as a "transient" is profoundly impactful on how we r ...

And 'good' means different things to different players and listeners. I increasingly find that not to be the case for the people I work with. In fact, most people seem to like the same thing, basicall ...

What's circular about saying that if you do things right they come out right? It sounds like a very direct statement of the objectives of process to me, and pretty much the way things are done in the ...

Of course the same comment can be made for sound post adjustments-if you made the instrument right it wouldn't need any adjustments.

Or if you made the instrument right you'd be Stradivarius two. ; ...

Hi E,

The demonstration I heard at Oberlin was originally done at a Paris Acoustics Institute. Sorry I don't recall the details of the organization

However, take a look at this web site for some ...

I would compare it to a series of sound post adjustments that are cumulative.
Althougfh occasionally there can be very dramatic changes the core sound remains the same.
Again, the qustion is: would ...

OY! I forgot about Sam. Compton. Sad

Oded

Michael is a fantasic teacher!
But how do know that the friends you make there wil be LIFELONG?

Wink

Oded

Just thinking out loud now. First let me say that there are as manyways to make violin as there are people.
The question that occurs to me is if you are trying to change the sounded of your violin t ...

Regarding the issue of the varnish changing the sound. I apply a primary coat which reduces the effect of the varnish. I also know what to expect acoustically from my varnish, so I adjust accordingly. ...

Sam Z apparently believes you can't change the tone via outside adjustments, where that's exactly what Oded says he does.

I'm quite certain that Sam does not believe that sound cannot be changed vi ...

Nevermind misread qustion.

OK

This site is tending to fall into the "I asked Papa, but I didn't get what I wanted, so now I am asking Mama" mould.

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Might be helpful if you described the problem you're ...