You can find out more on the ‘UniMate’ website, http://www.unimate.org/. If you know someone who is interested in becoming a University of Minnesota student, we can recommend that you contact them to ask them to be a student in UWS. They are often excited to have the option to take online classes and to meet […]
If you’re getting a problem where your instrument is making no sound, you can always use a plug-in from a vendor which doesn’t require you to know the instrument, like a DAW or computer music library program. If the instrument is making audio in the first place, however, it’s not the problem. It’s that the […]
It’s like they take a bite out, but they eat the whole skin.” “Yes,” I said, and turned to him, looking from the top of his thick, black hair to the tip of his nose. “This is the first time you’ve mentioned an attack on another member of this group.” He looked at my face. […]
A lot like a great violin – and if you play it well it sounds like a fabulous violin. I’m not interested in being considered an instrument that’s very easy to play. If you have a violin you would like to see in your collection consider becoming a fan of my blog. If you would […]
What about the strings of my violin? Why aren’t my strings attached to the violin case or tuner? I had a previous problem with the strings on my violin. I removed them from the case and fixed the strings, but I now don’t have them attached or attached correctly to my viola case and tuner. […]
A violin is sold as a luxury item. However, it is quite cheaper compared to other items that will be on my list (like the piano or the phone). The total price of a violin is about US $250-350. Here the sales price for a new violin is about US $300. Therefore, if you are […]
Are they good for your health? What’s the effect of long-term usage? The answer is: probably nothing. “My gut feeling is that violins are the worst violin you can try to get rid of. They are an amazing instrument for playing all those pieces that we play to our friends.” – Mike One reason that […]
Why do I have trouble playing it, when all my other violins sound good?” It makes sense, too. When you change one thing, there’s going to be some negative side effect of doing that. That’s why a person should be careful about what they do to their body and how they breathe. There’s a danger […]
And if so, why? In a new study, researchers from McGill University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Université de Montréal found that old violin strings lose about two thirds of their original strength with each passing years. This is because the fibers and materials between the strings undergo changes — particularly the strength […]
The hardest thing to learn, is how to read music. To learn how to read music well, you can play it one way or another. You can teach yourself how to read music very fast. There are many different things in reading music: melodies, chords, bass lines, harmonies, etc. Once, I was teaching myself the […]