Advantages: Well worth learning Disadvantages: can be a bit of a minefield.
Whether it is for yourself or your offspring, buying your first violin can be a daunting prospect - how do you know what you will need? Hopefully, this will help.
Before you go shopping, ask around - your teacher if you have one or anyone you know who plays the violin, if you can get a recomendation of a good shop, this will make your job easier. Better still, try to elicite the help of someone who alerady plays - the advice of someone who knows their stuff can be very reassuring, as well as useful.
The violin - you can really spend as much or as little as you like - you can pick up second hand Chinese violins for very little (£40?) you can spend thousands. Obviously, if you are starting out, you won't want a hugely expensive instrument. Spend what you can afford. Make sure the body of the violin is in good shape - avoid anything ...
Bryn_Pearson 13.09.2002
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Advantages: Excellent performances in a perfect setting Disadvantages: Very minor quibbles
.wien.gv.at/english/administration/civilstatus/wedding/kinsky.htm l In the short breaks between sonatas on the DVD, the camera pans around the glorious architectural and decorative features of the palace room.
The producer of the DVD is Paul Smaczny who is one of Austria's most experienced classical music producers and it certainly shows. The lighting is excellent and natural, and camera shots are non-fussy, concentrating on the most important musical aspects of the performance with none of the constant changes of view that plagues much BBC TV coverage. Sound quality (Dolby Digital Surround) and balance between violin and piano is excellent and microphones are totally non-intrusive in the film.
One thing I really enjoyed was the way in which the producer picked up on the wonderfully infectious communication between the two siblings while they play. There is a lot of eye ...
Advantages: Potentially beautiful sound Disadvantages: The squealy noises to start off with
I have been a musician for many years, you could say it is embedded as part of me as I can't go more than a day or two without trying a tune out on some instrument or another. In my time of musicianship I have dabbled on many instruments and the violin is still one of my favourite sounds.
I have to confess that the piano is my first instrument, and I have never actually taken lessons for the violin, but have on the viola. So my violin playing is self taught from a combination of all these things. The viola is similar to the violin, a few inches bigger, and it's range is a fifth lower.
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So, to recommend violin to a beginner? A common misconception is the idea that only classical music is played on the violin. In my years of playing I have come across a wide range of music available for the violin, indeed ...
drawcabia 03.12.2006 (04.12.2006)
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