Or maybe it's time for some more rosin commentary, just to bind things together for the New Year. Really, the "to each his own" comment IS uttered by Count...
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Jan 1, 2009 8:58 am
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... For the no-stove, no-electricity version: 1) wait for a hot summer afternoon 2) leave the rosin outside at lunchtime (or, perhaps a car parked in the...
I again forgot to send with copy to the Group. Sorry!!!! De: Juan Krakenberger [mailto:kraviol@...] Enviado el: jueves, 01 de enero de 2009 9:08 Para:...
Hi Myron, I know you are much more familiar than I am with musicology resources, but I thought I’d help look. I found some tidbits of info that you have not...
Su naujais metais! from Lithuania... 2009/1/1 Marta Nemeth <nemeth_marta@...> ... -- Peter B Gross Social Protection Consultant Ambassador - Vilnius...
Christopher: "Okay you guys, let's all take a nice step backwards . . . . It really doesn't matter enormously . . . . The joy of music and the pleasure of...
The latest major round of shoulder-rest debate set me thinking, not so much about Which shoulder-rest, or even Whether, but How I was using one, and Why. The...
Phillip: "It's a shame that there wasn't a violin or viola discussion group like this in the 1820s . . . . the endpin. That debate would no doubt persist as...
Just a confirmation of this thought. The last discussion of this subject caused me to rethink and evaluate the situation. I used a Kun for years and then I...
Here's a new thread to get away from rosin and shoulder rests. I'm an amateur, early 70's, enthusiastic player of quartets, and recently of sonatas. I can...
Doughtie Ed
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Jan 1, 2009 5:06 pm
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Happy New Year Ed Doughtie. and the rest of the list-group. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/files/ Check the Files section here I'll point to some...
Ed, There are some nice sonatas (original) by Friedrich Wil. Rust, Alessandro Rolla that might be manageable. There is a good Vanhal Sonata (op. 5?) that is...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Jan 1, 2009 5:41 pm
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That is the Spirit Allison Try to play the Viola ala Fresko , naked. This way you can tilt the body of the viola on the clavicle to ease the bowing arm when...
... Bernie, Philip, Steve & Scott: I have to disagree, most gently and without challenging anyone's opinion. The fact is that EVERY musical instrument ever...
John Howell
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Jan 1, 2009 7:28 pm
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Muscle memory ?? No ,, That is called Spinal Memory reflex action and it is real. That is the mode you play in while at the same time you can think about...
"... Phillip: "It's a shame that there wasn't a violin or viola discussion group like this in the 1820s . . . . the endpin. That debate would no doubt persist...
"... Thank goodness there are peacemakers like you around! ..." Hear, hear. I can't resist adding my favourite line from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Brian...
This is a topic which will never be settled, because there are words that one types which gains a reaction differently than others. My personal opinion is "Do...
And more from Monty Python... *MAN #2:* You hear that? Blessed are the Greek. * GREGORY:* The Greek? * MAN #2:* Mmm. Well, apparently, he's going to inherit...
Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Méditation from Thais Look , no shoulderest, Look how the body of the instrument is tilted, Look how is the expression on her face. ...
There's even an amusing novel called "Blessed are the Cheesemakers." And thanks to all for the feedback on repertoire. Ed ... [Non-text portions of this...
Doughtie Ed
edough@...
Jan 2, 2009 2:25 am
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There's even an amusing novel called "Blessed are the Cheesemakers." And thanks to all for the feedback on repertoire. Ed ... [Non-text portions of this...
Doughtie Ed
edough@...
Jan 2, 2009 2:26 am
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I still don't know why discussion here can be of any practical use to a beginning or intermediate player - of shoulder-rest vs no-shoulder rest. It's one...
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