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 Topic: Is there a "correct" way to position your chin... |
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| Musicalion Replies: 12 Views: 13906 |
 Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:09 am Subject: comfortable shoulderpads that don't fall off |
| Michael Kimber's Polypad is a foam pad that is shaped to fit the shoulder and is held on by rubber bands. It's the only shoulderpad I've been able to find for my viola that doesn't fall off!
http:/ ... |
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| Topic: Bow Hold Buddies |
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| Musicalion Replies: 6 Views: 13798 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:28 am Subject: Bow Hold Buddies |
| Has anyone tried the new Bow Hold Buddies? http://www.things4strings.com/
They're supposed to guarantee a correct Galamian bowhold for beginners. |
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| Topic: Tuning your Violin? |
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| Musicalion Replies: 9 Views: 12226 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:10 am Subject: tuning your violin |
| I would recommend getting your teacher's help in learning to tune your own violin. If your teacher has the habit of tuning yours at the beginning of each lesson to save time, remind him/her that you' ... | |
| Topic: Problem with Bow losing hair |
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| Musicalion Replies: 17 Views: 25187 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:08 am Subject: wetting bow hair |
| fascinating discussion...hope a bowmaker will weigh in here on whether this is actually to be recommended for expensive bows... | |
| Topic: what's better: good violin or good bow? |
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| Musicalion Replies: 4 Views: 7371 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:30 pm Subject: good violin or good bow |
| Ask your teacher or another professional violinist to help you pick out your equipment. | |
| Topic: suggestions on correcting irregular spiccato |
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| Musicalion Replies: 5 Views: 7185 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:28 pm Subject: suggestions on correcting irregular spiccato |
| Often I am confronted with a student whose spiccato is irregular and don't know how to help them. Any ideas?
Thanks a lot! |
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| Topic: do you recommend students hang their violin on the wall? |
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| Musicalion Replies: 2 Views: 5335 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:57 am Subject: do you recommend students hang their violin on the wall? |
| Recently I've noticed that my students who progress the most quickly don't put their violins in their case between practice sessions. Then I visited someone whose children are learning through the Su ... | |
| Topic: violin classes |
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Forum: Everything Else Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:53 am Subject: violin classes |
| Has any one had any good experiences teaching violin to a group of beginners who don't have private lessons as well?
Thanks a lot! |
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| Topic: Repeated Posting |
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| Musicalion Replies: 2 Views: 4978 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:59 am Subject: Repeated Posting |
| Thanks, Ken! This just happened to me, from now on I'll now it's a regular occurrence and not think I should repost. | |
| Topic: New to Forum; please give me beginning advice! |
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| Musicalion Replies: 11 Views: 14211 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:56 am Subject: New to Forum; please give me beginning advice! |
| Can only emphasize that you wait for your first lesson to start playing. It's so easy to develop bad habits that are aggravating to try to get rid of later.
Have fun! |
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| Topic: sheet music or tab |
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| Musicalion Replies: 2 Views: 4861 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:53 am Subject: sheet music or tab |
| since there must exist between two and ten thousand German waltzes, it's not surprising you're having trouble...good luck! | |
| Topic: Favorite piece to play? |
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| Musicalion Replies: 3 Views: 5673 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:51 am Subject: favorite piece to play |
| When someone asks me to play something the first that comes to mind and still one of my all-time favorites is Jay Ungar's Ashokan Farewell. | |
| Topic: Question re: New Student - initial interview? |
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| Musicalion Replies: 2 Views: 4786 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:49 am Subject: Question re: New Student - initial interview? |
| Dear Connie,
I read your question and the policy on your website with great interest. I am afraid I don't screen new students but I just wanted to say you have my sympathy! I can tell from your poli ... |
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| Topic: Question re: New Student - initial interview? |
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| Musicalion Replies: 2 Views: 4786 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:49 am Subject: Question re: New Student - initial interview? |
| Dear Connie,
I read your question and the policy on your website with great interest. I am afraid I don't screen new students but I just wanted to say you have my sympathy! I can tell from your poli ... |
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| Topic: ColourStrings |
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| Musicalion Replies: 0 Views: 3915 |
Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:17 am Subject: ColourStrings |
| Is anyone familiar with this method? It started in Finland and is supposed to be a revolutionary and excellent way to teach violin and cello.
Would love to hear feedback, positive and negative, as ... |
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