Does anyone know where I can get hold of a string quartet arrangement of Can You Feel the Love Tonight? Thanks a lot! Eve in Germany ... Was ist Glück?...
Eve + Jesko Abraham
evejesko@...
Jun 1, 2007 11:50 am
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Can you recommend any relatively easy duet music for viola and piano? It is for students at a high beginning or low intermediate level. Thanks in advance for...
Barb, My "Holiday Etudes/Duets" may be what you are looking for. These are transcription for all instruments of a set of elementary/intermediate tuba etudes...
1) I've just had right arm torn shoulder rotator cuff repair. It appears that with several months of physiotherapy I WILL be able to play the viola again....
Gray Felstiner
graysf@...
Jun 1, 2007 5:24 pm
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I have no idea what "beginning" and "intermediate" mean, any more! All I'm sure of is that NoOne would call my viola playing "advanced" ! I recommend, hands...
Hey kids, Does anyone know of any publishing houses in Europe who publish Johannes Polashko's op.26? The only one I found was IMC (International Music...
Hello? Is this working? I just got a notice from the Yahoo Groups, saying that most of my Yahoo Daily Digests had stopped. I've been busy for the last 2 months...
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Jun 3, 2007 8:30 am
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Dear List,I'm having some problems with trills in thirds like in Campagnoli Caprices #5 and #7 where you're trilling from a 2/0 third to a 3/1 third. I can't...
Oops, that was supposed to be PALASHKO and NOT polashko, nor polanski, nor pollard, ni pollack More precisions: J. PALASHKO 20 études Opus 26 N°10 ... ...
Hi Shane, I know exactly what you are talking about. It is hard to approach a trill in thirds like a simple trill, which is like a nervous tic - only well...
Dear Viola Group, Hello, my name is James Franco and I am a high school violist. I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with the Bois d'harmonie +...
random instrument story... viola players do get excited over small things ;) Last year I was given the opportunity to be a part of the Georgia Youth Symphony...
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=9577 05/10/2007 Founding member of Shepherd School of Music dies at age 69 Professor Emeritus...
My edition of Palaschko (note spelling) is either Kalmus or International, I believe (can't check because I'm away from home for a week). Good luck! ... Was...
Eve + Jesko Abraham
evejesko@...
Jun 4, 2007 10:40 am
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Hi! You can use a Hill type fine tuner for the A string. I think the Bois tailpiece is good. I had a prejudice against tailpieces with built in fine tuners...
Is it possible to get a tailpiece with built in fine tuners that is made of wood or do these tailpieces only come in metal? Also, is it true that metal...
Hello, I don't know how long you have lived in France (I somehow got the impression that you arrived recently) so this suggestion might be silly (if so,...
Hi! The Bois d'Armonie tailpiece is made of wood, the fine tuners are quite light, so you will not have sound problems. Pay attention that viola tailpieces ...
If your first finger seems "sluggish," try "leading" with that finger, i.e., letting it set the pace for the third finger. I've found that this approach works...
Michael Kimber
kimbermichael@...
Jun 4, 2007 7:45 pm
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... If you're using steel strings, you definitely need the fine tuners, whether they are built into or added to your tailpiece. Otherwise, it sounds as if you...
John Howell
John.Howell@...
Jun 4, 2007 8:37 pm
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Fun thread! What are your favourite things about our great instrument and the people who play it? I must say that what I appreciate most about violists is how...
Fun thread! What are your favourite things about our great instrument and the people who play it? I must say that what I appreciate most about violists is how...
Hi, I use the Wittner tailpiece and it has worked quite well. I have a rather nice viola, it's a 16 inch Italian instrument made by Roberto Ignesti, who was a...
I have been seriously thinking of replacing the metal Wittner metal tail pieces with adjusters on my viola, violin, and cello with the Wittner composite (think...
Just my opinion but perhaps with some validity. It has been my experience that the fine people who play viola seem to be closer to God than other string...
So are switch hitters (plays both violin and viola, more of the latter), totally condemned to eternal darnation????:-)I play both, but admittedly much more of...