Hi all i play violin too ....add me to the list...currently taking grade 6 in trinity but my teacher force me to play MoZart Sonate(so hard le diploma song).. also using a cheap rm 400 violin...(gonna upgrade soon)
anyway is there any chance that any1 here play in KLPac(performing art centre)?my teacher conducts there....

me too.. i just started abt 6 months ago... but i guess it is my heavy workload and new office shifting, i am slowly losing the motivation to pick up my violin...

how to keep myself motivated?
appreciate "a kick in the a$$"....

everytime i was about to give up, i always listen to world class violinist playing, or go concert and get inspired.

but to tell the truth, violin need a lot of patience and a lot of attention and a lot of effort and a lot of time. because violin is such an alien for human being (heck, even musicians), nobody can produce a decent sound by just picking up the violin and play.

have you picked up any other instrument in the past? it'll be really difficult for a non musician to pick up violin as it's so much harder just to play a decent twinkle twinkle little star. but don't give up, just spend time practice. if you don't spend time to practice, there's nothing more you can do.

Thanks for the tip Little Ice

Listening to anime OSTs helps alot too Haha.. Code geass has lots of nice violin OSTs.

BTW merry christmas to all!!!

Try to visit a concert. The last time I went to watch Daniel Hope, I was inspired. Maybe we should go to watch a performance next year. I fell in love with Hanna Lintu the conductor. Maybe I'll go for the Welsh Sunday on 1 Mar, free admission. I think it's organ though.

i missed out James Ehnes, he came to MPO recently. he's consider the best violinist in the world now.

'Best' is subjective mah. What's 'best' to me may not be so for another person.

James Ehnes is the one i show you that day, a video shooting of him playing with a piano, perfect notes, perfect tones, perfect techniques. you know sarah chang (who also came to MPO before James) play very well right, he is even better by a lot and most people agree on that!

How can you tell one violinist is better than the other?
I mean almost everyone can play perfect notes and tones if you just refer to the music sheets. So what is it that differs one from another?

If you listen closely , no one plays the same thing out of the same music sheet , this may be called the difference in translation from music sheet to music beween people.

There is indeed no "the best" , preference variate between people

The word 'best' is subjected to each person's perception. To me Beethoven is the best western composer....but to you the best may be Bach, Mozart or ABBA. All are brilliant composers...but to say who's best is argumentative.

hmm ok i guess it's the best for many people but not most people and it's all personal preference.

anyway these are the video of James Ehnes. to me, i haven't heard anyone can play as perfect as him (as of the current generation of world class violinist), and yet as musical at the same time. enjoy!





This post has been edited by little ice: Dec 26 2008, 12:48 PM

wow.. *thumbs up*

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Added on January 4, 2009, 1:57 amhey ppl, i just wanna ask.. what is on your mind when you are playing a song? keeping yourself in mind to hit the right note? playing with the right technique? or something else?

This post has been edited by yunnie: Jan 4 2009, 01:57 AM

first time sight reading: hit the right notes
2nd time sight reading: emphasize bit on techniques xD
and it goes on.

Oh when I listen to world class violist playing I feel so bad cos I know I cant reach that standard, not in another 5-10 years =/ haha

went back to orchestra in my area here =) feels good to play classical songs again. didn't have the chance to play much when I was studying abroad last year

when i play a song, i enjoy what i listen. my hand kinda move automatically or unconciously, and when i want to control the sound i'll just think and my hand will do it automatically. hmm, means i focus on what i hear than what my hands are doing.

this is cool.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7040401721.html

hi... could anyone advice where/who i can go to for cello setup?

especially to:

first, see if my bridge is properly done, if not, help redo it

then, see if my sound post if properly located if not help adjusting it

finally, advice me what i can do to make it sounds better.

** of cause what would the cost like to do that?


thanks a lot for any advice given!!!

ollec..pm me.

lol his name is cello but reversed.

anyway becareful not to advice him until be a maniac like me.

little ice...hehee...I didnt notice ollec is 'cello' spelt backwards! hehehe...