While working on Byrd's wonderful 'Ut re me fa sol la' from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book I produced, as a by-product, a modification of the better-known...
Scott, Of the 4 music colleges/universities I attended, one was very serious about teaching the Karl Orff moveable "do" method. Boy was I glad to get out of ...
This "no shoulder pad" thing - is it because that's comfortable for you, or because you feel it's "better" and you need to do without a shoulder pad? IMHO,...
As if travel with instruments isn't difficult enough, I read in the Strad that bows with tortoise shell frogs are now being confiscated by the Fish and...
... Hell - I stopped having to go to the chiropractor once I decided to sit up, hold the viola up and play without a shoulder rest :-) Nardo [Non-text portions...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 1, 2006 7:31 pm
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... Whaddya expect from a v**l**ist? ;-) Nardo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 1, 2006 8:01 pm
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... As far as I know, she still has the Bergonzi. She played the Schnittke Concerto with us at the American Symphony Orchestra about three years ago and that's...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 1, 2006 8:23 pm
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Hi all, I have a variation on the back pain thing. All the comments I've seen on this thread refer to lower back pain. I, however, have pain that is further up...
I agree with nardo.....I must have given shar more than a few hundred dollars trying every new shoulder rest, to see if something works better than my current...
Erik Klevjer
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Dec 1, 2006 8:53 pm
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I hope it was in your left hand! ... -- PK [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I don't think slouching is the answer for most musicians: it looks sloppy and puts you at a further remove from the music and the conductor. I find there's...
In a message dated 12/1/2006 3:04:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, Cigarnose@... writes: Whaddya expect from a v**l**ist? ;-) An ex-v**l**ist, as you know,...
In a message dated 12/1/2006 2:35:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, Cigarnose@... writes: Hell - I stopped having to go to the chiropractor once I decided to...
List Members: On Monday, December 4th, at 7:30 p.m. at Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 120 West 69th Street, New York City, the New York Viola...
kennyfresh@...
Dec 2, 2006 12:31 am
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Hi, Erik- I teach this balance aspect very carefully because I do believe that the left arm supports the instument. I have iluustrations as well as a video ...
note: i posted this on the young violists weblist because i am a young violist but i thought it would be good idea to post here too. hey everybody, i have been...
... Pegs that are installed properly should have no trouble in tuning. It would not hurt to take it to a competent luthier to have them checked. It would be a...
I don't think the newness of an instrument has anything to do with pegs slipping. There is some stuff you can use for this, if you like the instrument...
... An equally pertinent question - has any research been done on chairs for musicians? Certainly, as an amateur, there is no research and no option - any old ...
You can put some chalk (or if you are really cheap rub some rosin) on the peg to provide a bit of friction and stop slipping. nick ... [Non-text portions of...
Hi! I'm a viola maker and player. Pegs must work perfectly from the very beggining... If they are not working well it's quite irritating... Try to use some...
Do you play on your computer chair .... with armrests? A few years ago someone contacted this list about making ergonomic orchestra chairs; it was a guy from...
... Nicely spotted ... I forgot to mention that the arms come off. Interestingly, the more you pay for a chair the more bits seem to be removable. The IKEA...
I also have a terrible pain in my back when I play in orchestra. But I never experience this pain when I play chamber music so I must assume that the ...
I think the newer orchestra chairs have a very shallow depth, so that you're upright even sitting all the way back. That's how they are at Pick-Staiger Hall,...
....that will bring us back to d'oh! and it was written for Homer Simpson. My son just told me that Homer sang it in an episode where he tries to stop...
Elaine Fine
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Dec 2, 2006 2:27 pm
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... Clarion supposedly had a good reputation, though their premiums have become high as compared to other carriers. I did once have a problem with getting my ...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 2, 2006 2:36 pm
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... This has been the case for quite some time now. If you were to own a bow with a tortoise shell frog, you would have to prove that the tortoise shell was of...
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