1 : I Wish I Could Play The Violin!
If I could play equally expressive on a synth or guitar, I would simply do that. But somehow it seems that even after 100s of years of progress, mankind have still not found a better (more versatile) form of expressive range than bowed strings.
1 : I Wish I Could Play the Violin!
I did not like the ever so popular Dominants at all on my student violin; easy to play, but kind of sounded the same no matter what on that violin. They seem to work well on proper instruments.
Okay, probably I would play the clarinet, because I think they have some seriously fun and juicy orchestra solos. For example, in that one scene in the Nutcracker, just before the snow starts falling. And then there's the beginning of the second movement of Shostakovich's first symphony. Actually, you could make an argument for just about any instrument of the orchestra being a wild joy ride based on this 2006 recording of Shostakovich 1 II by the London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev : =AFGoOgnW5IA. Man!
I have played concerts in our local symphony as a violinist, a clarinetist and a violist, and in a show pit as a reed player with a sax, clar. and flute at hand. Each instrument brings its own challenges. I was first a clarinetist, playing for several seasons back when my kids were small. In the woodwind world, it's not uncommon to count 87 measures rest, then have to enter with a crucial and difficult solo. It's a very exposed and alternately terrifying and boring role.
A few years ago, when my right arm was injured and I could not play the violin, the percussionist in my community symphony orchestra tried to train me on triangle. It was terrible. You're supposed to count 57 measures of rest and then play a few "tings." I missed every cue. I'm glad I play violin.
However, if I could choose ANY instrument, it would be the human voice (which, I suppose, by Beethovian and Mahlerian standards, is an orchestral instrument), because I think it is the sublime instrument which all others aspire to. And besides, the overtones of the violin are closer to those of the human voice than any other instrument. :)
Hi- Cello. It's not as close to the violin as the viola physically, but there's a great deal more wonderful music for it. On the other hand, playing any instrument in an orchestra for an extended period, even as concertmaster, is a very good recipe for killing one's love of music. Charles Johnston
As for the orchestra. I know many musicians who played in orchestras for many years and still love music more than normal people could imagine. In their retirement they perform and teach so much that they barely have time to sleep and still listen to recordings or attend concerts in much of their "free" time.
The Experience edition of Wish You Were Here from the 2011 Why Pink Floyd...? re-release campaign includes a version of "Wish You Were Here" featuring Stéphane Grappelli on violin much more prominently. The recording of Grappelli, which Mason had thought he might have recorded over in subsequent sessions for "Wish You Were Here", was uncovered in the EMI vaults during re-mastering work for the Why Pink Floyd...? campaign.[21] Mason discussed the alternative version on the BBC Radio 4 Front Row programme, and revealed that Yehudi Menuhin, who was recording with Grappelli in Abbey Road's Studio Two, was also invited to play on "Wish You Were Here" but declined, as he was not as comfortable as Grappelli at improvising.[22]
Jefferson played violin -- and less frequently, cello -- throughout his life. He claimed that as a youth, he practiced three hours a day, and he played well enough to participate in weekly concerts at the Governor's Palace while a student in Williamsburg. Jefferson purchased several violins, including a portable one he took on his travels.
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- You might think making fox faces with your fingers and rhythmically chanting "Wish I had a chocolate cookie" have nothing to do with learning to play the violin. You would, however, be wrong.
A hand that looks like a fox face is a hand that can correctly wield a violin's bow, said Paula M. Allison, an elfin woman with the energy of a 10-year-old and the gusto to match, as she puts a troupe of third-graders at Carbondale's Thomas School through their paces. As for rhythm, "If you can't feel the music -- the pulse-- you will have a hard time playing it," she said.
Allison, who teaches in Southern Illinois University Carbondale's School of Music and directs its Egyptian Suzuki School, dreams of one day having every child at Thomas School learn to play the violin. Right now, though, she'll settle for teaching these particular kids, whose first music lesson took place Feb. 23, to perform "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" in a May 2 concert with the Cavani String Quartet, an internationally acclaimed chamber music group.
But with the Cavani ensemble scheduled to visit campus twice during the term, she and some of her music faculty colleagues hit on The Big Idea. Instead of bemoaning the lack of public school programs that teach children to play stringed instruments, they would start one themselves, using the prospect of playing with the quartet to spark interest and serve as a reward.The John Thomas String Project -- two 45-minute violin lessons each week for nine weeks with students in Karen R. DeVantier's third-grade class -- "wasn't even on the horizon" when SIUC's spring semester started, Allison said.
"As a society, we need to develop the potential in all children, not just those who come from families with a little extra money for music lessons. And music can change lives. I've worked with children who couldn't read or write or add or subtract, but they could play the violin. These children, who weren't 'achievers,' who weren't 'smart,' were transformed, not only in their own eyes, but in the eyes of their peers who admired and respected them because they were good at this.""These are children who could benefit from an experience they might not otherwise have," said Allison, who started her teaching career more than 20 years ago in a St. Louis inner-city school.
"The strings project is a prototype -- it's not just pie in the sky. We could do this with all our children, using our students and those same 30 violins over and over. The ultimate goal is to have children all over the region discover that they could have careers in music and be able to go away to college and compete with students who grew up in major metropolitan areas (where exposure to all things musical is plentiful)."
When MARI became very invested in playing piano, SUNNY wanted to take up the violin to play with her. His wish was granted when his friends gathered enough money to buy him a violin for Christmas.[13] The next year, SUNNY and MARI began practicing for an upcoming music recital together. However, SUNNY did not enjoy violin as he thought he would - he grew frustrated with practicing and MARI's perfectionism, wishing he could spend time with his friends instead.[14]
After OMORI reaches his THRONE OF HANDS in RED SPACE, SUNNY suddenly wakes up, falling out of his bed. He hears a familiar piano tune playing and heads downstairs to revisit the piano room. From there, he finds the spirit of MARI, who tells him that waltzes were always her favorite and apologizes for pushing him too hard on playing the violin.
After fixing his violin, SUNNY enters the BACKSTAGE of the concert hall. He finds visions of AUBREY, KEL, and HERO waiting for him. They encourage him to move forward as life will get better, and even though he did something bad, that doesn't mean he's a bad person. These visions wish him good luck and disappear. SUNNY goes up to the concert stage and plays his violin. However, he breaks down crying as the song he plays reminds him of MARI.
I thought parents encouraged their kids to practice their instruments, right? Because of the screeching sounds I was making back when I first started, my parents frequently told me to stop practicing! Thankfully those days are long gone and after 10 years my parents finally admit to enjoying my playing. Nevertheless, there are a few things I wish I had known before I started learning violin. (Violin for beginners doesn't have to be so difficult!).
Even professional violinists sometimes find their violin playing sounds scratchy and noisy, but there is a bright side to this! Think about the way a violin is held. The f holes, where the sound is produced, are merely a few inches from your left year. Because of this, some say violinists lose hearing in their left ear after a long time because the sound is simply too close to the ear.
Many people will be better than you, but this will always be the case - so best not to let it bother you. It may be a while before you perfect techniques like violin vibrato and violin scales, however that's no reason to get discouraged. It's not a competition after all, the objective when playing violin is to express yourself through the music.
Violin is a community. I have made my closest friends from playing violin. Once you start taking violin lessons, you'll also meet fellow violinists as you attend local concerts or join a local ensemble. We violinists love talking about what we're working on or what inspires us. So reach out to the community and make your voice heard, we want to get to know you!
Check out the links below for more tips for learning violin for beginners. These are just a few of the things I wish I had known before I started learning violin. But even still, I survived the first few years of playing violin so with these tips in mind I know you will do just fine.
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