Music History. LoL! Alright, enough for you..

Is that a necklace in your avatar?

I see. I am looking for a Beethoven portrait poster for my room and some Paramaore posters too.

My college class starts at 2PM, boring..

Alright, thanks.

Luckily there is no work for me today, or else I will be rushing.

Also the viola uses the alto clef. The middle pitch between bass and treble clef.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clef
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/viola

You cannot see the alto clef on the piano score.

I think you should study a little of theory and then pick up violin, it will helps your reading a lot.

Whoa, thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou.

It is a different type of music, so it is a different thing after all. I will see how, maybe I wanted to buy from KL instead.

http://www.paramore.net/music

Some teachers or music school offer music theory class along with your practical (every instrument) until grade 5. Till then you will need to take a different class to complete until grade 8. You may ask your teacher if he/she offers or not, if it is not, you need another class. I can be your theory teacher if you want to save money.

LoL! I do not like books that I read in high school but I love music books a lot.

Sure, not a problem.

Abnormal, maybe she/he is new in teaching. You should remind her/him.

It does affect the sound if the bridge position is wrong. The bridge is aligned to the notch of the f-hole:



It is better to let your teacher realign it for you.

Okay. You will not learn how to tune until grade 5 actually. Tuning is very hard unless if you can catch the note on the piano to the violin.

If you can able to tune it yourself with the peg, then it you will sometimes needed some a little bit adjusting for the pitch to be accurate, that is the time you need to use the fine tuners. Turn it to the right for higher pitch and turn it to the left for lower pitch. Simply as that.

The string will not snap if you did not over tighten the string.

I work for a music school, so I just take it from there if my violin string is broken and then cut off on my next salary.

I am minoring in cello. Well, it is bigger obviously and the fingerboard is harder to press because the string is thick (almost the same thickness compare with the electric bass). It is not really heavy after all. To compare which is harder, it is impossible (nothing is easy). Violinist plays a lot of melodies while cellist is like sort of easy on bass notation such as playing the tonic chords but sometimes the cellist does a little bit of melody. After all, do not compare anything because nothing is easy.

Well, I am not a lucky guy. I am forced to study other course than music for college (most music student parental problems). Just because the music school in Puchong do not have much violin teacher, I was asked to help and they trained me. Teaching is fun and can be very serious, I found my own reason to be a music teacher forever but there is always pros and cons. Playing in an orchestra is a different experience.

And yes, posting on the forum is the time where I can relax for a bit. Or else, I am reading things about Beethoven and being a music theory mafia.

So icyfawkes, drop your job. Study music and start to enjoy musician life.

I know a lot of full time office workers who work as a music teacher at night. Their work from 9AM to 5PM. 6PM will be start teaching until 9PM.

3 hours work, 6 students. Each student will get about RM60 (just grade 1 student), so RM60 x 6 = RM360 monthly. 4 days in a month, one day in a week. So, you do math for the rest of it.

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Added on October 15, 2008, 4:41 pmFor music teacher, as I have post.

For performance, each MPO concert for every violinist will get around RM1, 000 at least for a night.

For those parents who said music is futureless are really judging the book by it's cover.

This post has been edited by Paramore: Oct 15 2008, 04:41 PM

Yes, at least grade 8 holder for the background musician. Soloist must show high level performance, qualification and also fame.

Basically everywhere wants a certified teacher. If you are not, the school can negotiate with you. Example is I know a grade 3 holder who are teaching only grade 1 students (cannot teach grade 2 unless the teacher go higher grade). So, apply anywhere. The best is to find those desperate music school who needs violin teacher. But if you have never teach before, you must go through a training from their principle first.

The only desperate school that needs a violin teacher is Mama Treble Clef at Endah Parade SS2 Petaling Jaya.

At my place, actually just got enough violin teacher in Puchong for this year but not the past years. The requirement is the same as I have said.

This post has been edited by Paramore: Oct 15 2008, 04:53 PM

Well, I think you can start to teach. Wait no more, do things early.

Theory is not mention during my training but it is better to have.

You will learn how to tackle that problem during training. Well as a teacher, you must do research every now and then. Understanding what an adult and a kid wants. That is why when teaching grade 1 but the teacher is only grade 2 it is unacceptable.

Music teachers usually spend time on music library searching for books for these people, the songs and all.

That is music analysis.

All of the books, highly recommended:
http://www.abrsmpublishing.com/publications/2452

I am jealous sometimes seeing those 12 years old kid holding a grade 8 certificate.

http://mamatreble.blogspot.com/

This music school desperate for teachers, so you may ask her to go there. The principle over there will guide your sister and for next time will be you.

So you need another class for theory.

In every music school at least there is a violin student, so must have a teacher too at least or backup. Worst is cello and viola, totally got no backup.

Quoted for Truth.

Tell me after you have made your decision. You know my location, I guess..

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empire: I used to critic higher grade musician to play without any paper or book. It is a 50/50 thing, some of them are really retard. But the ones who can read well do have pros in them, they will be freaking good playing in an orchestra or preparing last minute performances. For those who are slow readers, they play more expressive than anyone else. That is my experience but it only apply to most musician.

Since this subject is mention, so you guys should understand that a good music teacher does not require a certification. Skill and knowledge matters the most.