In a message dated 1/1/2003 1:17:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Nah. Look and feel are just as important as "sound". Do pay attention to what your bowarm and...
Cigarnose@...
Jan 1, 2003 8:01 am
26021
Dear wolfman_vulcan, I would like to offer a bit of concern in your search for an inexpensive viola outfit. In the August/September 2001 issue of Strings...
viola@.../1/03 1:16 AMviola@yahoogroups.com ... Didn't know that, boss. On the viola? 18th century? Plain steel? Harpsichord strings were iron, at...
Alexander Harper
zharper@...
Jan 1, 2003 4:30 pm
26023
Yo yo, I don't think Cigar knoes what I be sayin'. Hook-it up...it's fine to sava the flava of lookin' at yourself in the mirror, but an sxcess of this is...
Stroke-My Bow
sonofabratsche@...
Jan 1, 2003 5:15 pm
26024
What is the saying-out of the mouths of babes! When I suggested using a mirror it is just that I am finding it to be a good aid and maybe for others it would...
Celia DeMartini
celiadm@...
Jan 1, 2003 6:22 pm
26025
"Mirroring" is an important concept in Jacques Lacan's meta-theory of Psychoanalysis (or pseudo-theory if you wish). To extend the observations of my crony...
Anybody have the music I can copy, or a place where I can order it? I'm told it's out of print (caution, this from a famous music store in NYC which couldn't...
... Does your soundpost fit properly and is it in the best adjustment? Does the bridge fit and is it centered and is it the right mensur (upper edge to the ...
Eric Chapman
chapmanviolins@...
Jan 1, 2003 6:41 pm
26028
Don, You can order the Clarke Sonata from Hildegard Publishing Company http://www.hildegard.com. I don't know anything about this edition except that it looks...
Emily Watkins
emily@...
Jan 1, 2003 7:05 pm
26029
Well yes, actually he does overplay sometimes... so could this possibly mean that my instrument is okay, and his viola is just naturally louder and then he's ...
To Wes: yes, it may be time to take it in again for adjustments, because its been a while but then again my viola has always been this soft. Its just started ...
as we've discussed before on this list.....there are many different types of loud playing possible.... I would go with deep,resonant,and loud,yes.... ;) Ann R....
Ann Roggen
aroggen@...
Jan 1, 2003 9:22 pm
26032
Combination of both . . . Desirable, up to a point. Nobody needs _harshness_, but a little more "top" might be what you're looking for. I think Wes has the...
CHASCHAN@...
Jan 1, 2003 9:26 pm
26033
So I already browsed the viola list archives concerning the Piston viola concerto and was wondering where I could find the sheet music, not the recording. I'd...
... Here's a question/puzzle for the next time we're practising in front of the mirror: Why does the mirror seem to reverse left and right but not up and...
Alan Woo
awooviola@...
Jan 1, 2003 10:46 pm
26035
There is a noticeable difference between (the dynamic) piano and a scared sound. It's not likely that the adjudicator in an audition would confuse the two....
mcdinwiddie@...
Jan 2, 2003 12:13 am
26036
I have an interesting question and would like to hear the collective wisdom of this group.... Recently friends of mine told me that their 17 year old son had ...
mcdinwiddie@...
Jan 2, 2003 12:25 am
26037
Yo Yo, Don-Juan, hook-it up...I don't know where you be shoppin' in NYC (JP? or FMH?), but the Clark[e] Sonata for Viola and Piano is published by Chester and...
Stroke-My Bow
sonofabratsche@...
Jan 2, 2003 12:25 am
26038
-- I was told many years ago that a good way to keep unvarnished gut strings from "bearding" was to lubricate them from time to time, albeit judiciously, by...
Bernard Zaslav
zaslav@...
Jan 2, 2003 12:57 am
26039
Rene asked: <<Isn't it possible to have a combo of both? Loud and deep and resonant? Or not?>> Well, that's the _intent_! ;o) Most instruments tend to go a...
alcarruth@...
Jan 2, 2003 1:14 am
26040
Both concertos are published by Associated Music Publishers and are available through G. Schirmer at www.schirmer.com/repertoire/concertos_viola.html . Happy...
I think that a glance in the mirror to correct bow passage and stance is very important. I have a small mirror where I teach. Dr. Magers kept a full length...
Carolyn Broe
maestra1@...
Jan 2, 2003 2:24 am
26042
the same thing happened to me when I was a Peabody student... we were onstage ,playing Bartok 6th quartet,and my new A string(which I had just changed the day...
Ann Roggen
aroggen@...
Jan 2, 2003 2:47 am
26043
Try Frank Music Company. I looked on their online catalog and they have the Clarke Sonata listed. They are at 250 West 54th street in Manhattan. Check out ...
ajdavido@...
Jan 2, 2003 6:14 am
26044
In a message dated 1/1/2003 7:58:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Great for expressive slides. Nardo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Cigarnose@...
Jan 2, 2003 6:14 am
26045
In a message dated 1/1/2003 9:25:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... The drawback I see with a video camera as opposed to a mirror is that you can't correct the...
Cigarnose@...
Jan 2, 2003 6:18 am
26046
I agree with Nardo there. But looks can be treacherous - I mean, something looks right, but feels wrong. Since I dispense with mirrors, I try and have the...
This reminds me of when I was studying viola d'amore with Karl Stumpf in Vienna during my Fulbright year there. Stumpf was a violist in the Vienna ...
Myron Rosenblum
myrose@...
Jan 2, 2003 11:04 am
26048
First off, I'd like to take a big "sigh" because this whole arrogant thing is done. Having said that, does any nowhere I can find a recording of the Piston...
My daughter is in the process of trying out new viola's, she's almost decided on purchasing one by Ken Sullivan. My question to the Viola List is "Does a viola...
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