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This post has been edited by CyberianHusky: May 2 2009, 11:25 AM

been busy with other things other than music...last time i played life was easter... hows things with u?

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Added on May 12, 2009, 10:02 pmyuhhooo:) anyone home?


i have been giving a lil thought.....thinking of teaching violin part time but dont know where to start..
had teach piano awhile to some students during their school holidays..

This post has been edited by kimmie: May 12 2009, 10:02 PM

Hi Kimmie, is Euro Music Distributor S/B at City Squre, Jln Tun Razak shifted? I've been calling 03-2164 2389 for few weeks - keeps on ringing but no reply. Wanted to send my violion for "check-up" & realign the bow strings as I'm keen to pick up violin again after long rest. Enquire music centres before where they recommend a new bow at RM90-RM120 instead of fixing. Acceptable?

euro music moved to sri hartamas shopping center.

if you mean you want some new hair for your bow, it's around RM100+-. if something is wrong with the bow, better buy a new one, better if you willing to spend some RM200 at least to buy a new bow. rm1000 bow is pretty standard among most local violinists.

your 1st teacher is your tutor, your 2nd tutor is a good violin, and the 3rd tutor is a good bow. spend more on violin/bow will allow you to dicover more.

Thank you, Little Ice. I don't even remember to call it hair for the bow as I thought it's named string. Neglected my violin for too long period.

Actually there's no breakage to the bow & I'm only interested to change all the loosen hairs. I'm just afraid that upon changing to a new bow, it does not match to my violin - fr colour to wood texture. Mine is a Korea violin. Is it worth to just change the hairs for RM100+- instead of getting a new one for RM90-RM120? The music centres seem to favour the option of getting a new one.

that said, if your bow is worth more than that or you like it very much, then don't change, just rehair. and if you want a rehair job you can approach calvin, euro music @ sri hartamas or mr. wong, early music venture @ taman desa which is nearer.

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Added on May 15, 2009, 1:40 pmyou can teach violin anytime if you're prepared your homework, means what to teach, when to teach, and how to teach. pass on your knowledges to the next generation.

please keep in mind that, the responsibility of teaching a beginner is much greater than anything else.

This post has been edited by little ice: May 15 2009, 01:40 PM

[quote=little ice,May 15 2009, 01:35 PM]
that said, if your bow is worth more than that or you like it very much, then don't change, just rehair. and if you want a rehair job you can approach calvin, euro music @ sri hartamas or mr. wong, early music venture @ taman desa which is nearer.

Can I have the phone numbers to call Calvin and Mr. Wong that you recommended so that I may enquire more? TQ.

sure.

early music venture 03-79800144
euro music - 03-62012012

TQ very much, Little Ice!!!

u can get it rehair too at damansara mr lee...if u cant get the person little ice has provided

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Added on May 15, 2009, 2:24 pm

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Added on May 15, 2009, 1:40 pm
you can teach violin anytime if you're prepared your homework, means what to teach, when to teach, and how to teach. pass on your knowledges to the next generation.

please keep in mind that, the responsibility of teaching a beginner is much greater than anything else.

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yes i know that it takes more paitence to learn violin compare to other instruments once u dont teach the beginner well and they dont progress right its very difficult to change their way of playing. i know it since i encounter it myself;p but question is where to start? what book to read? i had read suzuki method of playing...any other books u want to recommend?

This post has been edited by kimmie: May 15 2009, 02:24 PM

haha same here, but ofc i still keep up with playing the cello. particularly classical stuff to maintain my technique and most other times light stuff along with a few friends.

Just for the record kimmie, have you ever played in an orchestra before?

Kinda hard pressed to find good orchestras these days. =/

Love that movement too, and also Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto 2nd movement

sorry for the late reply.

i don't know of any book that can give much informations on teaching cause i never read them. all i do is to search youtube and visit forums, and learn quite a lot from there.

currently imho suzuki method is the best and the fastest to learn, but like any other methods, there's no perfect one. suzuki method is like teaching a young kid to learn a language without read and write first, they learn to speak and listen. so it means there gonna be problem with sight reading in the future. so it must be accompanied with other books, let the kid stop and play other book ("making the great" is very good book, another one is "party time" but that's all i can remember about the book name).

the rest, is your own creativity. it took me quite a long time to consider and prepare teaching, i ask my self questions like "am i responsible enough for my student?" "am i willing to learn how to teach?" "am i willing to deal with kids?".

if you have doubts, ask your teacher about his/her opinions on how to teach, and remember to treat your teacher a nice meal for that.

mmmm orchestras no...wedding , church, functions yes....
although i did play in piano concert when i was 10 haha~

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Added on May 22, 2009, 9:41 amthanks little ice!

This post has been edited by kimmie: May 22 2009, 09:41 AM

Hi I'm a Cellist here, learned it for at least 5 years, but still can't play as well =/

By the way, I'm selling an old Cello, is anyone interested?
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/919340

Hi all!

I would like to ask if it will difficult for an adult without proper music background/foundation to learn violin? I have musical lessons in primary but sad to say, due to family issue, I wasn't allowed to pick up any proper classes on musical instruments. And those lessons from schools, I think I've returned a large majority of it back to my teacher. Would appreciate feedbacks. Thank you.

an update of the shop Euro Music, they've moved to the jalan imbi, just few buildings next to the CK music, upstairs. they've also closed down the sri hartamas branch, and city square is renovating for 2 years so they're also forced to move out. perhaps they want to focus on just 1 shop instead of 2 or more.

their new number is 03-21440188. i find most of their stuffs are nicely priced, in fact some of them are cheaper than what's priced else where.

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Added on May 28, 2009, 1:18 pmit's never too late to start to learn violin, it's a plus if you at least can read the music notations, namely taugehs. the big questions are:

1. do you have childrens to take care?
2. do you have time to practice?
3. do you have the motivation to practice?
4. what is your goal to learn violin?

the 4th question above is most important, many people stopped halfway because they simply don't have a goal and eventually stop. you must have a goal, and that's the core of the motivation to practice. the rest are actually pretty much lame excuses - you can watch movie, drama, surf internet, but you don't have time to practice, it doesn't make sense, unless you don't even have time for entertainments.

This post has been edited by little ice: May 28 2009, 01:18 PM

I still remember how to read basic taugeh XD Not sure about reading and playing though. Might need to practise it back I think?

1. Nope!
2. Yeap, my weekends are free most of the time.
3. I am pretty dicipline so I don't think practise will be a problem. I used to practise playing Glockenspiel daily for my school's mini orchestra band.
4. I've always like violin (for some reason I feel sorta ... 'connected' to the melodies it produce? don't know how to put it into words) for many years but wasn't able to learn it. I would love to play for an orchestra but I know it won't be easy. I guess at this point, I really want to spend time doing something I've always like, I am not sure if it would suit me but I want to try and if it doesn't suits me, I will have no regrets because I've done my best.

Haha, looks like you're the same as me. I just started learning the violin 3 months back from zero and I'm 24. I am free during the weekends only as I have to work. I try to practice everyday but before 10 pm (neighbours need sleep ya know?), never did get myself to buy the violin mute. But for myself I have no interest in playing for an orchestra, my goal is to be able to play songs such as those you hear on the radio on the violin

Ohh! Cool!

I have three neighbours practising piano daily but yeah they do that before 10.
How much did you get your violin and where are you learning? I will want to know as much as I can before I really start so that I know what to expect. Don't want to quit halfway out of inconvinience.