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The Violin House: May 2008

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Saturday, May 17, 2008. Mahler Symphony No.5. Friday, May 16, 2008. Sunday, May 11, 2008. Well, that is for the audience who knows the music. What if the audience does not know the music? Playing with a flare will make it a good show, a good show that audience can appreciate better than a very orderly and tamed performance. For Dudziarz. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Monday, May 5, 2008. Sunday, May 4, 2008.

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The Violin House: April 2008

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Sunday, April 27, 2008. Mozart music style, violin. Today I heard 2 students playing Mozart concerto. 2 different ones. Both can manage the notes relatively well, but both are not playing with the correct tone color, and articulation. Let's see if those 2 students can make improvements. Thursday, April 24, 2008. Well, a few students did get to be more interested in playing the violin after attending ...

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The Violin House: The Use Of Metronome

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Thursday, July 3, 2008. The Use Of Metronome. The metronome, perhaps the most useful invention for musicians, or anywone aspiring to be one. including the drummers, especially! A second most common excuse is. "it is too fast". Well, duh. the metronome can be set to a slower speed. That is my advice: use metronome from Day One. Or have a quartz clock implanted somewhere. (hehe). I have tried out the p...

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The Violin House: What do students expect to do?

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Friday, August 1, 2008. What do students expect to do? Well, actually they do have choices. Perhaps the most known choice would be, to practice before going for lesson. Anyway, what can the teachers do, if the students were not prepared? Is there other alternatives? I should have given this a little more thought. Maybe I will just spend the lesson time to practice, not the expected prepared piece...

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The Violin House: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Monday, June 30, 2008. I just came across it the other day on eMusic. No2 is almost like speaking to the subconscious, the deep melody. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Are you interested to buy or sell children size 2nd violin? Piano Concerto No. 2 and 3 by Rachmaninoff. Symphony No.4 by Brahms. Choral Symphony (No.9) by Beethoven. Pastorale Symphony (No.6) by Beethoven. I have tried out the pack...

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The Violin House: Listen to music

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Thursday, June 26, 2008. Recently a violin student told me that she does not like listening to music. I was very surprised by that. For someone to be interested in music enough to pick up violin. Piano, and taken exams through to grade 6 and higher, to say that she does not like to listen to music, just play whatever she is learning. Can a musician learn anything without listening to music? Choral Sy...

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The Violin House: June 2008

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Monday, June 30, 2008. I just came across it the other day on eMusic. No2 is almost like speaking to the subconscious, the deep melody. Saturday, June 28, 2008. How to practice thirds. How do you learn to play thirds, as in double stops? Nobody really say anything about the "how". My teacher would just point to the scale book and say "practice, memorize, and play on the stage next week". Sure...3 Lis...

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The Violin House: August 2008

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Friday, August 1, 2008. What do students expect to do? Well, actually they do have choices. Perhaps the most known choice would be, to practice before going for lesson. Anyway, what can the teachers do, if the students were not prepared? Is there other alternatives? I should have given this a little more thought. Maybe I will just spend the lesson time to practice, not the expected prepared piece...

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The Violin House: How to keep the interests going

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Monday, July 7, 2008. How to keep the interests going. Learning a musical instrument takes more than interest, and more than talent. They amount to only about 10%. The other 90% are hardwork. Oops! It's too hard. So we need motivation to go along. Unfortunately, motivation is short-lived. So how do we get the "hard work" done? Not unless they wish their child to be a world-standard virtuoso. That way...

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The Violin House: How to practice thirds

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Violin music I like to play, to listen to, to teach, and other music such as orchestra music, opera, etc. Saturday, June 28, 2008. How to practice thirds. How do you learn to play thirds, as in double stops? Nobody really say anything about the "how". My teacher would just point to the scale book and say "practice, memorize, and play on the stage next week". Sure, we all need to practice. It would help to have a little more detailed steps, or strategy. Repeating the whole process. that is called "pra...