I like those Violinists who can play by ear and improvise 'on the spot'. I've had the pleasure of perfroming with them many times.

Too many times Violinists, Celiist and Violists rely on notes. That's not good.

I love playing Yellowcard songs with my violin for that.

I love to play by ears too! I don have much viola piece T.T cant find on net nor in bookstores >.< Mostly are cello and violin scores. sob.

Hi all..

i just signed up for my first violin class... so me also abt to be a fella in this fellowship

was wondering how fast is it to graduate from one grade to another? anyone have any advice on how to graduate faster; other than practice hard?

appreciate all the sifu-s and experts advices...

Hi folks!!!!
wanna dig into violin, but don't know where to start from... I just found a a place where i can make ma first move. butt its abut 80rm per month!!! anyone got idea of any place i can learn this widout much expense???

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Added on April 28, 2008, 6:14 pmhttp://www.mrfiddle.com/

I find this one, it may be of help to you.

Enjoy!!!

Am hoping to join the violin class soon. Also will get a violin soonest.

Cheers!!!


This post has been edited by dancing_violin: Apr 28 2008, 06:14 PM

80 is quite cheap. if u are no ready to give out the money, dont waste ur time learning it as u are only wasting ur time as u r not dedicated.

Sorry to be direct, but u dont sem to put ur whole heart into it.

sit down and think, are u ready to give all u have to the violin? if so, u may proceed

spending such amount dosn't scare me off, but this is my reasoning; what can i achieve in such a short duration( 4 classes in 1 month ). Also i don't think spending more = tense dedication, cause i guess that's your concept. Dedication don't mean spending all your penny. you can spend less and achieve more .

I will register for the 80rm violin course. Along my research i find a violin educator software which i think I'll prefer to use along.

hey here is the link, just in case anyone is intrested: http://www.dsminfo.com/musicked/musicked.htm

One more thing, I cant put my whole heart into it because i only wanna learn this for recreationa pupose. and for the fact that am addicted to classic music. hahahaha...



Cheers!!!

dancing_violin, sombody gonna flame you.

(i have nothing against what you're trying to say, though. everybody has their own opinions and preferences.)

then good luck on to it!
i ask for double lessons and pay double cause 30min per lesson is too short.

i spend bout 4 hours per day on music, whereby piano would be 3hours or violin 1 hour, or 2:2 ratio.

as long as u practise everyday, all effort wont go to waste

actually, 1hour in violin lesson is more than enough. coz the place tat u improve alot is in ur house. its like... u go there and teacher teach u new stuff then u go home practice.

hmm... mine also rm80 per month. but i didnt practice much, dun have much time just 1hr perday for me

Yes, you can improvise and play by hearing. But it will not be effective as there are techniques which you need to know and need to know when to use them. It's kinda hard to hear from a song to tell what kind of technique the player used.

BTW, Im selling my student violin for RM230 can Nego. Pls help me spread this msg around. Can send through poslaju and also COD in Klang Valley area.

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Added on May 6, 2008, 8:29 pmWow, Its been awhile no one post about this topic

This post has been edited by JayCY: May 6 2008, 08:29 PM

Long time din see Kim already. Kim, where are you???
Recently, my new tutor teach me the correct way to bow and corrected my postures. Hard to fix all these because I already get used to the wrong method.

IM BACK IM BACK!:p EEHEHEHEH sorry i had been MIA for sometime....been hetic with work interviewing few candidates and getting ready for overseas business meeting:) sorry side tracked
WELCOME TO THE NEWBIES! please pm me if i miss anyone from the musician list.i will take some time to look through who is missing.it would be great help if you can kindly inform me.THANKS AGAIN!

I play Erhu. Is that considered a string instrument?

im using a well.. student violin. im not sure is it a defect (well dun really expect much from MIC stuff) but it seems tat the action of my violin is too low. the E string, is basically almost stick to the finger board. and thus, im having problem playing the A and D string. i always hit the other string. im wondering is it bcoz of my posture or bcoz of the low action so its harder to bow. well... after spending a month with it, atleast the chance of hitting other string have go down significantly

yeah erhu is a string instrument

Yes it is but it is not part of the western string instruments.

Interesting that the Erhu only has two strings.

who cares, as long as it's a bow'ed string instrument...

and funny that the bow is stucked within the erhu, between the strings. but that's how it's played, you don't need to care about bowing angle, though less articulations involved.

I care. There is more and more bowed string instrument in the world culture including Indians. History Appreciation.

it's like i don't appreciate?

i was merely refering to the whole conversation, and it goes like this:

This post has been edited by little ice: May 12 2008, 12:29 AM