Questions tagged [violin]
The violin is the best known bowed string instrument. It is the smallest of the string instruments normally used in orchestral music. It is used in all music styles and is very common in classical, country, and certain types of folk and traditional music. Another name for the violin is the fiddle.
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Fingerboard touching top of violin [closed]
In July this past summer I opened my violin case and saw there were water droplets on my chinrest. I then saw that my fingerboard was touching the top of violin.
It had been extremely hot and humid ...
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Are violin players paired by dominant hand in orchestras?
I am watching the Vienna New Year concert and noticed that violon players seem to be sometimes paired by righ- and left-handed players when in a "column" (rows of pairs sharing the same ...
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Difficult triple stops in Grand Caprice (Erlkönig) for Violin Solo Op. 26: measure 9
This is the beginning part of H.W. Ernst’s Grand Caprice (Erlkönig) for Violin Solo, Op. 26:
How should I play measure 9? In particular, the chord A (G string) - G (D string) - G (E string) seems ...
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How should the harmonic glissandi be played in the violin 1 part for Firebird?
I noticed that the directions for the harmonic glisses in the opening of Firebird (seems consistent across the 1910 - 1919 versions) have the 1st violins playing scordatura on the E string. Is there a ...
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I want to know about carnatic notes which has gamakas while singing or playing violin or veena
Eg: playing carnatic note as r2 which is derived as D in western, has the gamakas of sliding from G which is derived as E in western though the song should derived all the notes with the notes
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What exactly happens in portato bowing?
My understanding is portato bowing is indicated with staccato notes under a slur. The staccato indicates an articulation of each note while the slur indicates the group of notes is played in a single ...
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Can I use an A or D string on my violin in place of a G string?
Can I use an A or D string on my violin in place of a G string? I don't think I have a G string to use.
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What to do with a tenuto pizzicato note?
This excerpt from the violin part for "Strike That Reverse It" from the musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has a tenuto on a pizzicato note:
I can think of a few possible ...
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Strange Brackets in String Writing
I was arranging a piece and was wondering what these four notes inside a bracket on the Violin part mean. I'm not a string player, but I was assuming something weird, like retuning the strings, but ...
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Which note to use with trill
Ciaccona from Partita 2 in D minor from 6 Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo by JS Bach
The second to last note on the last line has a trill. I just wanted to check which note to use with C. Sounds ...
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What do these French performance directions in string parts say?
This is from the manuscript of an unpublished trumpet concerto by Leon Stekke, written in 1937, that I'm trying to get in playable condition again. On the right, I'm pretty sure that's "quasi ...
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Difference Piano dolce and piano con suono più espr
since I have this new piece on the violin, which I am trying to learn, I just can’t get that difference between piano dolce and piano con suono più espr. … It’s really hard to imagine which both sound ...
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Switching from guitar to either trumpet, violin or flute - need advice [closed]
I have been playing the guitar for 17 years now.
Purely as a fun hobby, always by myself (no interest playing with people).
I still like the guitar, and been playing it almost every day, since I ...
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Asterisk in violin sheet music
I'm learning to play the violin using Suzuki's violin method, and in the piece “Gavotte”, there's an asterisk (*) symbol, and I don't know what it means. Does anyone know?
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Changed string on violin, the string is in tune but my finger placement has to change
I changed the A string on my violin exactly 24 hours ago.
The violin nor the string has gone out of tune, the bridge is fine as far as I can see.
But now when I play with my usual finger placement on ...
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