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Topic: Clamping Down on a Bassbar. |
John Cadd
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Views: 14
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 4:22 am Subject: Clamping Down on a Bassbar. |
First impressions of two videos about fitting a bass bar was horror that so much heavy metal was being used to torture an innocent violin belly. Both videos showed half a dozen chunky metal screw cla ... |
Topic: Carved in Bassbar. |
John Cadd
Replies: 0
Views: 26
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed May 01, 2024 7:18 am Subject: Carved in Bassbar. |
This is a restoration subject .What is the best action to take when the inside surface of an old violin is a disgusting mess? The general surface inside was like a half started job of gouging the wood ... |
Topic: Latex tube Bow Grip |
John Cadd
Replies: 0
Views: 74
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:37 pm Subject: Latex tube Bow Grip |
When I was ten ,my teacher handed me his Gagliano violin and his bow to see how I played them .The bow distracted me when I felt the soft sticky bow grip .I always remember that . I have used harder b ... |
Topic: Banjo and Fiddle composition by Kroll |
John Cadd
Replies: 3
Views: 192
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:28 pm Subject: banjo and fiddle |
A different performance of Banjo shows a lady plucking with the forefinger . But apart from the quick gearchange to start bowing she plays it so fast it might set a new time record but musically falls ... |
Topic: Hagai Shaham a Great Teacher |
John Cadd
Replies: 0
Views: 202
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:32 am Subject: Hagai Shaham a Great Teacher |
A violin masterclass by Hagai Shaham shows a great teacher with clear advice that even I can understand . The lesson was for Ravel`s Tzigane . I often feel masterclasses can be obscure and confusing . ... |
Topic: long fast trills |
John Cadd
Replies: 9
Views: 8597
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:13 am Subject: fast trills |
An analysis of Pepe Romero`s technique on guitar shows him playing fast and then he says "It`s not so much Playing Fast as ---Relaxing Fast ". He was demonstrating to a lady pupil how his ha ... |
Topic: Tilting the Bow |
John Cadd
Replies: 0
Views: 105
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:41 pm Subject: Tilting the Bow |
A popular argument always starts if anyone mentions tilting the bow. The main theme is the bow Has to be leaning towards the scroll . Some argue that the hair should always be flat on the string . So ... |
Topic: How do I better understand the scales? |
John Cadd
Replies: 47
Views: 41218
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:00 pm Subject: Scales |
On a piano the black notes are either Sharps or Flats White notes are all Naturals .
For absolute beginners use a keyboard first. Play a C major scale using only 8 white notes. Listen to that a ... |
Topic: Better than Heifetz ? |
John Cadd
Replies: 11
Views: 5748
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:50 am Subject: Laszlo Better than Heifetz |
Five days ago I had an operation to fit a Cochlear Implant in my right ear . In two days they might try to activate the implant after they take out the stitches . I had forgotten exactly when my heari ... |
Topic: How do musicians feel about the idea of Russia now ? |
John Cadd
Replies: 2
Views: 2346
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:36 pm Subject: Russia |
The current state of Russia still does not wipe out the rich cultural legacy from such a huge country .Sadly it was almost impossible for many violin forums to admit that Ukraine was not Russia .Heife ... |
Topic: Banjo and Fiddle composition by Kroll |
John Cadd
Replies: 3
Views: 192
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:44 pm Subject: Banjo and Fiddle |
I need to correct some of my little analysis here .I just looked at a short Itzak Perlman lesson about his Belgian bow hold and I forgot the main contact with the bow is between Thumb and Middle finge ... |
Topic: Banjo and Fiddle composition by Kroll |
John Cadd
Replies: 3
Views: 192
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:53 pm Subject: Banjo and Fiddle |
My teacher could play this piece and I always thought it was a kind of ultimate test of violinist ability . How many violin teachers would be happy to demonstrate their style if a pupil made that the ... |
Topic: Banjo and Fiddle composition by Kroll |
John Cadd
Replies: 3
Views: 192
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:40 pm Subject: Banjo and Fiddle composition by Kroll |
Banjo and Fiddle by Kroll is a good test of bow control after plucking the starting chords . I wanted to know which finger does the plucking to leave a steady control of the bowing so soon afterwar ... |
Topic: is this plade dead now ? |
John Cadd
Replies: 16
Views: 3683
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:51 pm Subject: Plade |
Well hush ma mouth. I know how to spell Dixie !
Now , the e bay message on this came up under Violins @violins ,com. Why is that not Violin Forum/Message Board ? How many names does one forum Need ? ... |
Topic: Chord Names ? Oh no. |
John Cadd
Replies: 0
Views: 1266
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:11 pm Subject: Chord Names ? Oh no. |
My son in law plays a guitar with nasty steel strings and I asked him about chords .He knows the names of chords from charts --whereas I grew up reading notes without chord names on the sheet music. S ... |
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