kimmie, mind switching me to viola? cos i'm a violist ^^ thanks~~ *ex violinist xD dont play anymore*

This post has been edited by onelove89: Feb 4 2008, 12:26 PM

yay thanks kimmie~ Happy CNY to all string family players ^^

i dont need to look at MPO, my friend in MPYO oready makes my lausy playing skills look even more like crap xD But he's a violinist =D but listening to perlman play viola makes me feel bad too T.T I need serious training... even i doubt my way of holding my bow and vibrato T.T

i learnt from my teacher, well, i see how he does, and follow him, he din teach me xD but in the end, my other friend told me how to do it properly, cos i was doing it wrongly.

piano main. =) 2nd main instru = violin, then switch to viola.

happy valentines to all string players. =)

bad thing here is that i've no quartet, or friends to practice, so lonely playing viola myself =.=

still finding the right way to vibrato, its been quite a problem for me these says, it seems unnatural and it shakes my viola when i'm doing it, disrupting the flow of the bow.

yeah, basically i'm trying to learn from basics again, trying to find the source of problem. Hmm, learning wrist and hand vibrato at the same time, I quite dont get it, how come there are 2 types? Do we use both? or one only?

yup very very important, i'm more comfortable with wrist vibrato , i've been using tat since i somehow "learn" vibrato, I'm practising both though, wrist and hand, and looking into the mirror as i play, ensure 90 degree on my hand, and stuff like tat >< what are the basics? i mean what does it include?

haha i'm overseas now studying, so cant ask my teacher >< need to wait. Its ok, thanks cello, I'll look up for some more info on basics and see which part i'm doing it wrong or somewhat xD I find hand vibrato quite comfortable but wrist is ok too. So yeah, but first, back to basics =)

i'm learning up wrist vibrato now, got bit of idea what is wrong, i think my holding position aint tat right even though its 90 degree. so need to correct it somehow.

taking LTCL?

yeah i wanna see too. zigeunerweisen is crazy, i only played the accompaniment in viola, and my 16 year old friend is playing the solo =.= gosh, he's damn good.

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.

any brands of viola for intermediate? I wanna save up some money to get one. I'm currently on eurostring. and the bridge is really collapsing xD well, the string is 'eating' the bridge. making a hole =.= I've been practicing my vibrato, still dunno wrist or hand vibrato suits me. oh well =D my friend told me to audition for the philharmonic orchestra at my place, but i doubt my skills T.T

Thanks, I'll prolly just replace the bridge for now, but its quite expensive to ask other to carve the bridge >< anyway i'll try to uh go for the audition then T.T try... I'm not a pro though, and no grade basically xD just started 1.5 years ago =D found that I like viola, its very unique n i love the sound. =)

Ah~ well, dunno much of china violin, but I heard that the sound quality aint tat good? don know much of italy violins but i know they are super expensive XD German ones aint bad though. hmm... I'm looking for a rm1k ++ step up, I prefer mild sound rather than a sharp and loud type. =/ hmm~ no idea =D

anyone has any useful tips on playing staccato? Esp jumping from strings to strings >< I seriously need to work on my techniques. I'm quite ok in reading notes.

I've got a whole section on staccato in passacaglia that I can barely play well. To do staccato which part of the bow should i use? End of bow or starting of bow? or mid of bow? ><

haha thanks cello, I'll try master it a bit better. ><