It's nice to hear from several who hold the viola with some support of the left hand. The following may be worth thinking about: A 30-ounce viola is 50 per...
Michael Kimber
mkimber@...
May 1, 2003 7:18 am
28139
A flat is valid during a bar for all the same notes, octave up or down doesn't matter. John Krakenberger www.mp3.com/krakenberger Music for different violas ...
At 09:46 AM 5/1/2003 +0200, Juan Krakenberger wrote: A flat is valid during a bar for all the same notes, octave up or down doesn't matter. John Krakenberger ...
... Certainly in my experience your teacher is right; I suspect the printed text is wrong if the interval sounds out of place. The opposite rule could not...
Alastair Scott
alastair.scott@...
May 1, 2003 8:22 am
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Isn't it interesting how even such a 'simple' question has moments of complexity? Maybe I should have mentioned then that the study in question is Dont, op35 ...
Hi Beate, Some editions repeat the # or b sign in other octaves, because some editors dont believe in the intelligence of students or players - but the rule ...
I respectfully disagree with John here. Certainly all my theory training was that accidentals within a bar applied ONLY to the specific note in question, not...
All this is very interesting to me because (as I told everyone before) I am a fairly new violist. For a while I had no shoulder rest and would use a rubber...
PRUDENCE RUMLEY
PRUML556@...
May 1, 2003 12:09 pm
28146
... I'm currently going through another cycle of experimenting with my setup due to neck/back/shoulder pain. I have a very high chinrest -- the tallest SAS ...
Hello Everyone, At the risk of sounding simplistic, I agree with both points of view on this business of whether or not an accidental is good throughout all...
MJL195@...
May 1, 2003 1:58 pm
28148
My teacher ,whom has a Masters in viola performance and is a graduate of Peabody says if there is a sharp or flat sign in front of a note that note stays that...
robert davis
catkeel2@...
May 1, 2003 2:55 pm
28149
I have no argument against what you say, Ann. Maybe orchestra particelle are different. But in my 25 years chamber music experience, I haven't come across any...
Hi Wesley, Many schools for beginners insist on a cushion or shoulder rest, to get started. But in the last 10-20 years,there are also advocates for without. ...
You might try experimenting with the placement of your chinrest. I too have a rather long neck and discovered that a centred chinrest works much better for me...
No joke at all--a dealer I was talking to mentioned maestronet and told me that the viola joke is alive and rampant thereon. I have to admit this is hearsay ...
I am working up the third movement (Courante) of the 6th Bach Cello Suite for an audition and am undecided as to whether I should perform it in the original D...
If you are making the switch to no shoulder rest, the Sostenuto shoulder rest is a great transitional device, I find. It is tiny and designed to have you hold...
I forgot to mention that when I wrote I try to hold viola with left hand and collar bone/shoulder with 50/50, I meant in general. If there are bars after bars...
kenmatsuda@...
May 1, 2003 6:52 pm
28156
Hello violists, Here's what my friend Tom Heimberg has to say about our latest music theory question regarding accidentals in the bar. Tom is a professional ...
Susan Marie
smhall@...
May 1, 2003 7:03 pm
28157
... There are other similar issues. For example: 1. A piece switches from C sharp minor to D flat major. Should the five flats be preceded by four naturals to...
Alastair Scott
alastair.scott@...
May 1, 2003 7:14 pm
28158
In a message dated 5/1/2003 9:16:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... To me, the position of the C and A are better in this set up. How do you feel it's off? One...
Cigarnose@...
May 1, 2003 7:34 pm
28159
In a message dated 5/1/2003 10:57:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Wording is everything ;-). Along the line, yes (unless it's some contemporary music), but a...
Cigarnose@...
May 1, 2003 7:36 pm
28160
In a message dated 5/1/2003 5:46:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Technically speaking, once an octave changes within a bar, the accidental has to be repeated...
Cigarnose@...
May 1, 2003 7:49 pm
28161
In response to the recent question about accidentals: Generally, in tonal music, an accidental applies to the affected pitch in all octaves for the duration of...
I've found, both with myself and from others, that without a shoulder rest, you usually have to bring the instrument farther forward (scroll pointing more to...
Does it not depend on which impression the composer is under? For example, if I went and wrote one of my compositions down, and came across a situation like...
Unless you are in an ensemble where you are the only violist and the directer *MUST* have those 8 bars of whole note "A"s uninterrupted and you have a page...
Unless you are in an ensemble where you are the only violist and the directer *MUST* have those 8 bars of whole note "A"s uninterrupted and you have a page...
Does it not depend on which impression the composer is under? For example, if I went and wrote one of my compositions down, and came across a situation like...
I've found, both with myself and from others, that without a shoulder rest, you usually have to bring the instrument farther forward (scroll pointing more to...
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