Kim, there will be some strings that will not easily fit into the slots of the fine tuners. You need to very carefully widen the slot slightly, just enough to...
I have never had a problem myself, although delegates at an AUSTA conference in Perth many years ago had problems. The Musicians' Union used to have an...
For anyone interested in the ideas put forth in "Technique is Memory," I might suggest checking out Heidi Castleman's "The Tonal Applications of Finger ...
Hi Esteemed Advisors, In the past few weeks, I have noticed soreness in the knuckle of my left index finger. I have been working on my vibrato, and wonder if ...
Kim, I agree with Brian about widening the slots. I've broken a few, myself, so go easy. Be sure that you have viola fine tuners and not violin, which are...
I suspect that the use of repeats in the modern age is driven more by the capacity of recording media than anything else. In age of the CDR and the DVD, we...
Yes, indeed. This is an old story and many LPs and 78s were dominated by time limitations, so tempi were often peculiar, repeats ignored and many other odd...
Myron Rosenblum
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Aug 1, 2005 11:47 pm
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... A normal CD is 74 minutes long, and generally, the longest CD that is available is 80 minutes. Many recordings of the Paganini 24 Caprices just barely fit...
Having just read the book, I wanted to comment on this now quite old thread. Both the author (whom I don't know) and I went to the North Carolina School of the...
Dear Igal that's difficult! There are not enough such competitions. You will have missed the Geneva competition, www.concoursgeneve.ch/ which is about to take...
Important Travel Advisory At LAX (Los Angeles) yesterday I had great difficulty getting through the security checkpoint, the place where you show your...
Rabbina@...
Aug 2, 2005 10:03 pm
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And more variety is good ??? Isn't this part of the Scoenberg concept that led to music? that is incomprehesible. I think a bit of repetition is good. I trust...
Last March, I did a recital at the San Francisco Conservatory where I did all 6 of the Cello Suites. (From memory, BTW.) I did very few of the repeats. One...
... But never forget Myron's earlier reminder that the repeats are there for stylistic ornamentation (not just any of course, but in the Baroque style, which...
Alexander Harper
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Aug 3, 2005 1:01 am
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Oh no!!! This story from LAX is very disturbing! i'm from california and I fly out of there quite frequently...I've only had troubles at the gate with...
Yes, this seems to be an ongoing theme with its ups and downs. Outside of my once being barred from boarding a flight from NYC to Washington because I had two...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Aug 3, 2005 12:07 pm
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On Google, a discussion about perfect pitch is relevant to my own current inquiries: I am acquiring and studying all the written texts by Shini'chi Suzuki and...
I recently went through both the series of violin and viola works in the Suzuki materials, noting the metronome markings in the works that did not have them,...
I just wanted to share with everyone that my pages (the violin FAQ, etc.) are on free GeoCities pages, and if too many people hit them at once (like the over...
I'll never forget that fateful albeit Mickey Mouse audition: The required piece was Telemann. I knew the piece like the back of my hand, having performed it...
I recently returned from a 3 week European Tour with a youth orchestra in Europe and they were allowed their instruments on board the planes, all of the...
Hello Fellow Violists, I am seriously looking into finding any recordings for "Sonata in G minor" by George Fredrick Handel and Transcribed by Milton Katims. I...
Mickydred1@...
Aug 3, 2005 9:37 pm
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[AD] Timothy Dodd(Reno, NV) 16" (back length) 1990 Viola. One owner. Good condition. Full Bodied Sound. Includes plush case and spare bow. $4,995....
... for ... Transcribed by ... wasn't transcribed. Andrew Manze has a lovely recording of the complete Handel Violin Sonatas. Richard Egarr is a brilliant ...
As a composer, performer, and educator, I am constantly concerned with the future of art music. A recent newspaper article about the Pittsburgh Symphony budget...
It is known that the viola (as well as the violin) was introduced in the renaissance era and played along with the then more popular viol. Is there any known...
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