Violin

The clarinet was introduced to the orchestra in the Classical period, popularised by Mozart, who took a strong liking to the new instrument. There were, however, earlier versions (chalumeaux) which were not as popular or loud.

Of course this is a question up to great debate...I must say, because I really believe he stands out (especially because he started as a violist), LAWRENCE POWER is not only the leading violist, but an incredible musician. He's not just a "soloist," he's also a great chamber musician (Nash Ensemble and Leopold Trio). His genuine modesty is also a great trait. Runners up include other "natural" (non- pre-violin) violists like Tabea Zimmermann, Garth Knox, Paul Neubauer, and Hartmut Lindemann (who's quite inventive on his recordings). And other great soloist/chmaber musicians include Kim Kashkashian (also an incredible teacher), Yuri Bashmet, Nobuko Imai, Barbara Westphal, and Lars Anders Tomter, and Thomas Riebl. Historically great violists (great violist 1930-1980) include, of course, William Primrose and Lionel Tertis, as well as Walter Trampler, Emanuel Vardi, Bruno Giuranna (who's still vivacious and active as a performer and teacher!)---plus many more! Amazing quartet violists are not hard to come by, but a few that stick out: Martha Katz ( early Cleveland Quartet), Michael Tree (Guarneri Quartet), James Dunham (late Cleveland Quartet), Thomas Kakuska (Alban Berg Quartet), Gabor Ormai (early Takacs Quartet), Roger Tapping (middle Takacs), Peter Schidolf (Amadeus Quartet), Lawrence Dutton (Emerson Quartet) Richard Young (Vermeer Quartet), Masumi Per Rostad (Pacifica Quartet), Phillip Ying (Ying Quartet)...and sooo many more! Great young/rising soloists include Jennifer Stumm (a natural violist), Maxim Rysanov, Antoine Tamestit, David Aaron Carpenter, Richard "Yongjae" O'Neill, Dmitri Murrath, David Kim, Nils Monkemeyer, and numerous others---there's so much new talent out there. Notable orchestral principal violists: Robert Vernon (Cleveland Orchestra), Wolfram Christ (former-Berlin Philharmonic). Roberto Diaz (former Philadelphia Orchestra), Joseph DePasquale (former Boston Symphony/Philadelphia Orchestra), Cynthia Phelps (New York Philharmonic), Geraldine Walther (San Francisco--now Takacs Quartet) and many others. Other notable soloists/chamber musicians: Paul Coletti, Carol Rodland, Toby Appel, Ettore Causa, Hsin-Yun Huang, Misha Amory, Philip Dukes, Helen Callus, Tatjana Masurenko, Roger Chase, Gilad Karni, and, of course, numerous others. Not many of these great violists would have made it to where they are without the help of some of the finest teachers---of course, many of the violists above are also exceptional teachers, here are some more wonderful pedagogues of the last thirty years (also incredible violists!): Karen Tuttle, Heidi Castleman, Donald McInnes, Roland Vamos, Jeffrey Irvine, Lynne Ramsey, William Preucil, Sr, David Takeno, Jean Sulem, Karen Ritscher, David Holland, Lillian Fuchs, and many others. Of course!!!! many amazing violists have been left out...hopefully others will round-out the list. These are just the ones who came to my mind the soonest. Other great switch-hitters (violin --> viola) include Pinchas Zukerman, Jaime Laredo, Shlomo Mintz, and a few others.

Hi,

I just got the MV650 mendini violin and am very surprised and impressed. The tone is very nice, the strings play well and setting it up has not been much of an issue at all. My music-teacher friend says I really lucked out with this one, ordering over the Internet. The only real issue is that the case that came with it is not long enough to hold a full-length bow. But I do have another case that will work.

Hope this helps,

Dorothy Pecson

In no particular order, the top ten violin concertos are: * Violin Concerto in D Minor- Sibelius * Violin Concerto in D Major- Tchaikovsky * Violin Concerto in E Minor- Mendelssohn * Violin Concerto in D Major- Beethoven * Violin Concerto in A Minor- Glazunov * Violin Concerto in G Minor- Bruch * Violin Concerto in D Major- Brahms * Violin Concerto in G Minor- Prokofiev * Violin Concerto in A Minor- Bach * Violin Concerto in B Minor- Elgar This is definitely an "arguable" top 10 list, but they're all pretty famous concertos. Those are just the ones that came off the top of my head, so I'm sure I missed some other really good ones, but those are the only ones I can think of for now. The list was narrowed down a lot since it was just violin concertos, but these are definitely some of the best. Other notes: * Joshua Bell's CD of the Mendelssohn and the Bruch are fantastic. * Nigel Kennedy's perfomance of the Bach is great. * Schlomo Mintz plays excellent versions of the Mendelssohn and the Sibelius on Youtube. * Jascha Heifetz's CD compiled of the Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Glazunov is very good. He was a great violinist, but since he played so long ago, the recordings are not always that great.

Although made of wood, the violin is not a woodwind instrument as the sound it makes does not use wind. Woodwind instruments include: the piccolo, flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, recorder, and bassoon.

The violin is a member of the String family, comprising violins, violas, cellos, double basses and harps.

The violin more specifically a bowed stringed instrument.

You can get handmade Chinese ones off eBay that sound better than old violins quadruple the price or any new European-made violin in the same price range :)

He or she is named the Concert Master.

Do you mean the conductor?

Yes, unfourtnantly they are out of production. The style was a little different from fender's electric violin's models but it still had the same quality sound for a cheaper price.

Yes--it originally evolved the rebab, a two-stringed instrument from the Middle East/north Africa. When it came to Europe, it evolved into the rebec, which was similar, and then it became the "lira da braccio," which was played by arm and more of lyre than a violin. In the 1550s, today's violins bean to appear in Italy.

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Actually, the viola is larger than a violin. The violin is actually the smallest string instrument in an orchestra. There have been experiments when people have attempted to make string instruments nano-scale, but they produce sounds that the human ear cannot hear.

I have a similar label on my violin except the date reads 1726. These violins were made in Germany quite possibly Mittenwald, in the 1880s. The instrument if fixed properly and in good working condition should sound a lot better than the cheap merchandise that's being made today. You might want to bring it to a professional luthier for evaluation. Here is the link for an auction a few years back for a violin with nearly the same label.

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/musical-instruments/a-violin-mittenwald-circa-1880-4970632-details.aspx?pos=10&intObjectID=4970632&sid=&page=5?intObjectID=4970632

I hope this answers your question. Good luck.

A Sharpie marker probably has no effect on the sound or qualityof a violin if you write on it, but I strongly advise you NOT to use one. If you want to put your name on your violin, use a name sticker, as you can take that off, but you can not remove a Sharpie. Especially if the violin is an old one, refrain from doing anything that will leave a permanent mark or damage to it, it will decrease its value significantly and old violins are getting increasingly rare (obviously because there's only a set number and when they break...). I know my violin is almost a century old and, although not in pristine condition, has been valued at around £500. So look after those vintage violins, people!

To learn hand vibrato,(the best type of vibrato) it did not take long for me to learn how to. I have been playing violin for 9 years and I remember it taking me no more than 4-5 days. You just have to practice it a lot, though

He learnt from his father and his uncles, they also taught him how to play the organ and the harpischord. His father and one of his uncles were famous musicians, his father - Johann Amrosius Bach and one of his uncles - Johann Christoph Bach a famous organist. His brother, also names Johann Christoph Bach, taught him how to play the calvichord when he was about 10 years old.

the strings on a violin are G;D;A;E. IT IS VERY SIMPLE TO MEMORIZE!!!

Actually, the string names on the violin is G,D,A,E. But for violas it is C,G,D,A. They do not have the same strings, and people often get those two confused.

NOTE: Left handed violins are reversed, Just to let you know. Even though most left handed players use Right handed violins, but if you're one of the few who simply cannot play right handed, well... In all, left handed violins are such a rip.. -_- ($400)

You slide it on from the behind. The easiest way is to sit down, put the violin between your thighs to keep it from moving, then slide on the shoulder rest and VOILA! Shoulder rest is on:) Remember to make sure that the wider side is on the right.

for string players we call it "ROSIN" or the brick of tree sap that we put on our bows to make the produce sound when played on the strings.

The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra is the leading, and internationally best-known, example of Scottish traditional music orchestras. In performance its 80 players comprise around 50 to 60 fiddles (violins) plus 'cellos, double basses, accordions, flutes, piano, percussion and pipes. Fiddle Orchestras are active in many communities in Scotland, and in other parts of the world where Scottish culture and heritage are popular.

The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra was founded in 1980 by its Director of Music and inspiration, John Mason MBE. It is a voluntary organisation, and registered charity, which performs to the highest standards, and is widely known internationally through its recordings which are sold worldwide. More information, including its history, personnel, recordings and concert dates, is available on its website at www.sfo.org.uk, and on its Facebook page.

No, a viola is not smaller than a violin. The smaller the instrument, the higher the noise. Same with the comparison with the flute and the trombone.

The viola is marginally larger.

Jean Mathurin Remy was a violin maker from Paris, France 1770-1854. Remy was a famous Parisian family of violin makers. Go on to Google for more info. I have one violin from Jean. Great sounding and a very nice violin.

Have you ever heard the saying, "No matter how good you are at something, there's always someone better?" Well once you reach such a high ability in, violin playing for example, the best violin player in the world is simply one's opinion.

Interesting question, and I agree that there is no definitive answer. There are multiple aspects of that question. Technical ability, repertoire, composition, emotion, etc... etc..

Anyway, Corelli was the first to make the violin a solo instrument. Bach (who wasn't really a violin soloist) composed his Sonatas and Partitas also helped influence the soloistic part of the violin. Vivaldi and Tartini then increased the technical demands of soloists. Locatelli was another violinist who greatly improved technical aspects. However, Nicolo Paganini, to the eyes of the crowd, took his revolution the furthest.

No other violinist has been accused as "selling his soul to the devil" for their virtuosic abilities. Most historians agree that Paganini was more a phenomenon than any other violinist; he completely revolutionized violin-playing. The things which Paganini composed, almost nobody could play, or play well enough to not be embarrassed in performance, save for Paganini himself. He also practically invented or further developed many different techniques, such as the the more common use of left hand pizzicato (undoubtedly from his guitar playing). Within the thirty years of his violin career it is arguable he did more for the violin than any other artist. Also, in today's world, many violinists practice for 5-8 hours a day, perhaps even more. However, while Paganini did practice some, he improvised a lot of the things he played, and he wrote his own music during his career, sometimes performing it only a few weeks after writing it, with obviously a lot less practice than today's artists. I do not know of any violinists today who (can) do that.

Since Paganini was before the time of recording, we cannot compare his playing to the world's current violinists.

Another aspect, is repertoire. Soloists before the 20th century were not only required to play works of other composers, but they were also required to write their own music. Nowadays, most musicians play the works of others and don't compose their own music. (there are exceptions.)

Of the common era of violininists (around the 1850+, give or take a few decades) I have heard people argue that any of these violinists was or is the best in the world:

Ysaye, Sarasate, Ernst, Sauret, Kreisler, Wieniawski, Vieuxtemps, Bazzini, Joachim, Enescu, Francescatti, Kogan, Heifetz, Menuhin, Milstein, Oistrakh, Stern, Szeryng, Thibaud, Perlman, Zuckerman, Kremer, Gitlis, Rubenstein, Mintz, Mutter, Zimmermann, Bell, Repin, Shaham, Vengerov, Schmidt, Carmignola Chang, Hahn, and Kavakos

and there are, of course, dozens of others. These are simply some of the most well-known. I'm sorry if i skipped your favorite. (Favorites, often influence who you think best is.)

Now I leave you with a quote from Bartok, "Competition is for horses, not artists." paganini

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R hand: c d e d e f e d c d e d c e d

L hand: C chord----------->F chord------------>C chord-------->G chord

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R hand: g f e d f e d c c d e g g g g

L hand: C chord----------->F chord------------>C chord-------->G chord

Chords are:

C chord: c+e+g

F chord: f+a+c

G chord: g+b+d

You can also play this by starting on g and using the chords G, C, G,

Hope this has helped you.

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These are called "harmonics" there are different kinds of harmonics, Natural, and Pinch are the only ones i could name. natural harmonics are simple. pinch harmonics are a bit tricky though. hope this helps.