Violin Forum/Message Board

Thanks Becky!

It sure is hard trying to learn without a teacher!

I've tried applying more pressure before but it only produced louder squeaks! Same thing happened when I glared at my left hand ...

Hi!

I'm currently working on Dvorak's Humoresque and I'm having trouble on the part where you have to legato from D (on A string) to open E where I always get a squeak everytime I do it (and I have ...

Thanks so much Shirley! I hope I'll manage to masterthose Wohlfahrt pieces before my students get any wiser than me!

Okay, that was a weird term but what I want to ask is how do you play those notes which are written like eighth/sixteenth/32nd notes but have white heads?
Plus, they are given twice their (black) val ...

I've seen a paper saying shoulder rests are necessary for certain people who are either too thin or have longer necks... But it also has a disclaimer for the effects it has on the tone.

I myself ha ...

Thank God i went through it barely unscathed!

Actually it turned out well since people were more interested by the fact that they are looking at a violin up close and were fortunately completely in ...

Just wondering, how do you play fifths that are not open strings? (i.e., E and B on the D and A strings)

Do you let your finger lie flat on both strings (which I tried and came up with a muffled no ...

Be sure when you go to play that your fiddle is in tune hitting
a string that is off will throw you & shake you up Pick up notes like a few bars of the tune or double stops in the key of th ...

the author's name is Delphin Allard. and I wonder if you have heard of him?

Also the text is in Spanish (as is every other century old books in the Philippines) so I'm bound to torment you with som ...

Finale is good and you can get to personalize the formats and even the instruments to be played. The simulation for strings is alright but I warn you to run for your life if you choose to play the sim ...

Incidentally, there is currently a chart-topping song in Ireland called "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" which is performed by U2 and numerous other performers, including Sinnead O'Connor and And ...

Yes gizmo- I agree that classical guitar seems the hardest instrument to learn to play by ear- or by note. Nothing about it seems natural.
It felt like I could play the fiddle the first time I trie ...

I must say you have a great nose for wonderful musicians Tim! (translation: I haven't heard of them.. Laughing

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Come on, you can learn to play anything if you really want to. Things would also be a ...

Just hear Maire Breatnach and i must say i got a Corrs dejavu with Angel's Candles!

By the way, are you a member of Lucia Micarelli's forum? I joined the one in luciamicarelli.com and so far I've b ...

As Ican see you have pretty strong feelings on Spanish music.. I know you don't have the system for proper youtube-ing but here's one worth watching...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Osunp09tktA