Violinist Plays One of the Riskiest Pieces Written
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2012
- Classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine discusses the perils of performing Paganini's Caprices, 24 technically demanding pieces of music that are rarely performed in succession.
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This should have been titled "Violinist talks about for 6 minutes, but doesn't actually play Paganini's Caprices"
+GOOGLE STAHP PLZ Noted. However, this video gave me greater appreciation and knowledge of violin technique. If honesty ruled the day, we would not automatically discredit (so to speak) this type of valuable thing; I did too at first.
+Byron Norrod If you want to hear her play the entire pieces, go to her concerts! This bit is called "PR", not performance.
And take it from me, I've heard her several times and she is one of the finest violinists you'll ever hear.
She's a violin master. You're a CZcams commentor. You lose.
Jerry Watkins All I am saying is the title is misleading.
+Jerry Watkins you don't understand GOOGLE STAPH's point. You loose.
I feel like people that play the violin have they're lives together.
+DANIEL ALVARADO nope we don't
HHahahaahahaha no musicians have their life together silly.
Does anyone have their lives together
Does life even exist
haha yeah right. 😂
+DANIEL ALVARADO They have "they are lives together"? Sorry, I get obsessive about those things for some reason, it's "their lives together".. :) Not really important. But as other people said musicians, I think, tend to be among the least "together" people you can find. In my experience, at least.
Day 378 - Still waiting for violinist to play one of the riskiest pirces written
Or you can watch another violinist play the same exact pieces instead of waiting 378 days...
Or he could look up "Kenny Baker" and see how it's really done.
I'm with you on this one
Just buy the CD--she's incredible!!!
Thats not the point tho, Richard Shagam
I cannot believe the negative comments on here. This is Rachel Barton Pine. She is an amazingly accomplished violinist. She came off as friendly, and knowledgable. She lost one foot, and had the other severely, and permanently mangled many years ago in a freak Metra train accident. The conductor didn't see her exiting, and closed the doors too early. Her violin bag was caught in the door, and she was dragged by the train. She has persevered though this to become a top tier soloist. Metra changed their way of signaling the doors to be closed because of her horrible accident.
+Judy JR (Life with my dogs)
So people shouldn't criticise her performance just out of sheer sympathy: Just because she suffered through something that traumatic means we should be forgiving of her attitude? How demeaning and patronising is that! Seriously, that's a pretty sad attitude. I'd have to hear her other work before I can have an opinion on her, but her performances in the passages she played here were *quite* questionable, and I'm sure she can cope with criticism. She's a grown adult, you know.
+Fernie Canto - You missed the point of my post. I have heard her play on many recordings, and live. She is extremely talented. People should not judge her from this one video. I still can't see how people think she is being smug.
Most of the comments were fairly criticizing the misleading title given the video
the hate should be on whoever titled this video, not this violinist. She isn't obnoxiously pretending to be the fastest violinist or the "best" violinist or anything.
I mean... they aren’t wrong to give their opinion... they did get clickbaited soooo
The title fixed: "Violinist Talks About Being Able to Play Paganini's Caprices."
+amante pensanta before I watch:
Wait, WHAT?? She's not even going to play anything???
If that's really the case I'm not just downvoting this I'm reporting it. ("this" being the vid not your comment)
I enjoyed the demonstration this gal presented but was disappointed that I didn't get to hear the pieces she was talking about. There's no doubt that she's talented, just would have liked to hear her play Paganini
+Christine Horner
Um, you can easily go hear her play them. It is called the search function, and also you can buy her albums!
*****
LOL on the loser part. Enjoy your day.
vibratingstring Don't know what you mean by loser part! I've played for almost all of my life., and have always enjoyed it. I also enjoy hearing others play. And that was the reason I felt disappointed. I for one have been a diversified player, from classic, to country, to bluegrass, a bit of jazz, and love to play the blues. Violin works wonders with the "Blues". Even backup on Rock music. Tho it's not my fav.
+Christine Horner err, I'm pretty sure the loser part was directed to vibratingstrings and not you lol
Pain in the leg
I'm so glad I got the pleasure of meeting her. She is an amazing violinist.
The people who complain about the video's misleading title seem to ignore that this is a splendid tutorial--and a good-humored one, at that--from one of the world's finest young violinists. Thank you, Rachel Barton Pine.
I thought this video was going to be her playing. not dialogue 😑
Same. I kept skipping to the parts where I saw her playing and then was just like .....is this it? Really?
I guess you've got to pay to hear her play.
Well there is a video showing her play Caprice no.5 ... Superb violinist really ...search and see the video
I thought I was gonna hear the piece instead of blah blah blah
Marija Trajkovska I reported this for misleading title. please do the same.
Marija Trajkovska ya same
That's super idiotic of you.
Marija Trajkovska me too
Basically an ad for her concerts
Cant believe some of the comments. This violinist can play all the Paganini Caprices and very well. There is no need for any negative comments. She is a diamond. Thank you Rachel
The comments are ridiculous. Why are people saying she's arrogant? She's fucking amazing, and she knows it. Nothing wrong with that. Amazing people shouldn't have to apologise for being amazing.
She is indeed amazing. She managed to talk 10min and play 30sed in a 6min video that was about her playing
+Strav9 No it wasnt about her playing it was a small interview promoting this concerts, now STFU and go see her play if you have the chance
I've been a violinist for 12 years and I thought she was pretty arrogant. But you almost have to be to get as good as she is.
Graham Black neither should white people.
Because people don't realize that it takes many years of daily practice to get to that level. They think this is a hobby smh.
Title is a lie.
Chris Selig well not really
MajesticSeizure because technically she’s playing bra and pieces of it but she isn’t playing the whole thing
click bait. You came for the girl's "top" like everyone else. lol
It's not a lie she's doing concerts where she performs all of them
I guess I missed the part where she plays a piece, as indicated by the post title.
She's so poetically articulate
I really like this. There is nothing wrong with her attitude, it's refreshing, and she is playing all of this cold, in an interview situation. I enjoyed this.
like
Liked. Alot.
But Slash and his band Metallica. That made me giggle.
+Secured Circus She was hanging out with Slash, but she was playing some Metallica riffs. ...I think.
What a pleasant person. She is a great violinist
What a stunningly talented and gifted violinist! You are the best Rachel. Thanks for sharing your beautiful music with us.
I absolutely LOVE hearing artists divulge upon the challenges and feats throughout their musical career. It gives so much more depth to not only the musician but to their composition as well. I find it a privilege to hear someone as talented as her speak, not only is she articulate but it gives much needed insight to the ins and outs of playing at such a high level.
Caution: Some of those people who watched this performance have no clue regarding classical music or the difficulty playing the violin.
Caution: this is the internet no one gives a fuck
Oh, the internet is full of retards ._.
suuure ! and everyone give care to your electronic shitty things, haha !!! get the fuck out of this type of conversasion and go destroy your electrolife
Manoël Carrillo Nice grammar bub.
tom gosh même si je ne parle pas ta langue courrament tu m'auras quand meme compris, si il faut te donner tort j'y parviendrai dans une langue ou dans une autre parce que j'appartiens à une culture qui n'est pas limitée par la technologie et les délires social qu'il en découle
I don't know how many commenters here know Rachel's story. She was in a near-fatal accident involving a commuter train in 1995 where she lost one leg and the other was severely mangled. That antique Amati violin got caught in the door as she was exiting, pinning her shoulder to the train and dragging her over 300 ft. before she fell beneath the wheels. To have carried on after such an ordeal shows a lot of strength and character, and I think some of the things said here show a lot of crudeness and ignorance.
Was the Amati OK afterwards?
I think you mean a "$500,000.00 violin", no? Hate to tell you, but violinists do this every day.
My, my: a little cranky this morning, are we? Where did you read that I "claimed to be [a] musician? I was/am an amateur violinist, and did study for four years at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston (you may have heard of it…), and before that, studied in Philadelphia with the late Edgar Ortenberg, violinist with the Budapest String Quartet (maybe you've also heard of that group?), and at the time, head of the string department at the Settlement School in Philadelphia…
Mr. Ortenberg always had his Guarneri instrument-a pretty good violin, Paganini played one-ready at hand in its open case on the dining room table, and on a very few occasions did, in fact, pick it up to illustrate a passage for me. I can also point you to several videos here showing Jascha Heifetz using his Stradivarius to teach his Master Class at UCLA (long after he had ceased giving concerts).
As for what I post on CZcams: I put up music I like to listen to and think others might also want to hear; I wasn't aware that one isn't allowed to post anything but one's own performances.
So you're so smart musically? Identify the background music I used-composer and source-as the "Bounty" (R.I.P.) docks in Gloucester harbor, and tell me why it's appropriate.
I'm so ignorant...thx for the comment
What a terrible microphone and lighting setup for such a wonderful violinist.
Agreed.
I love her! She was so cute when her string broke playing molly on the shore.
I enjoyed this video but the way the dude said, at the end, "metal indeed" made me cry a little.
Right? Classical is far past that garbage.
+Alex Rivers >metal
>garbage
pick one
+Alex Rivers Classical music is my life.. I borned in a wrong centuary.. but I can't do some think for that .. but I can make it find it's glory again
+Alex Rivers Classical music is my life.. I borned in a wrong centuary.. but I can't do some think for that .. but I can make it find it's glory again
How can anyone give a thumbs down? Almost sacrilegious. This woman is one of the best violinists alive and has such a nice demeanor! Shame on you 79 people!
Badaxxe maybe because the video is titled "violinist plays _______ piece" and then doesn;t play a piece, but just talks. i dunno. maybe.
Badaxxe Agreed with other - this title says she plays, but she doesn't. It's a bit misleading if you're expecting to hear some Paganini!
+Badaxxe 31 more people just said BOO to you... ;)
+Badaxxeq well 48 more people disliked lol
+Badaxxe ...and it may be risky, but I don't think it's nearly as risky; you can hide mistakes with Paganini - he was, after all, a violinist. I think that the Tchaikovsky violin concerto is much more difficult; the passages are not very violinist friendly. Or the Beethoven. Super transparent. Paganini is tough but written by someone who's fingers knew what the instrument is capable of, unlike Tchaikovsky, who just had an understanding of it, not perfect knowledge. Beethoven just made his concerto really transparent. A a loooot of violinists have done this kind of thing before, so claiming it's "rarely performed in succession?" Waaay too much clickbait. And lastly, that kind of clickbaitiness is really demeaning to an amazing violinist like Rachel Barton Pine. They treat her like a fiddle player. She's a concert violinist, for goodness' sake.
WELL I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE CONVERSATION WAS INTERESTING.
linguaphile good for you 😉
Linguaphile Well of course you did. You are a linguaphile after all.
Me too! Especially as a former violinist.
I've seen her play the caprices live. It is amazing. the fact that a Single person wrote all of these and that another single person has dedicated so much time to playing them is wonderful to me.
I enjoyed hearing Rachel discuss her approach to Paganini...now I would like to hear her play (both classical and metal.)
I just love how the reporter doesn't feel at all confident about what he's saying. They should have had Rachel Barton Pine interviewed by a real musician.
Amen. (But consider his audience: Wall Street Journal readers?)
I love her enthusiasm and attitude very cute and super attitude
She explains it so beautiful. Good interview questions too. :)
This is the strangest conversation Ive ever seen. The video ended and it was like wtf just happened.
stupid title. she didn't play ONE of....
Why is this even in my Recommended Videos?
Same
+Arthur Curry Because CZcams algorithms!
Ikr
What is so risky about this? the violin doesn't kill you when you doing it wrong.
More risky in the performance sense. Very easy to mess up if you lose concentration. They're incredibly technically challenging and demanding, requiring so much attention, time and discipline to even get the notes right.
Also.. this might be somewhat unrelated, but if you practice a lot and not properly, with something so strenuous on the fingers and wrists, you can definitely injure yourself, get tendonitis etc.
Tree Tree
This is pretty much true for all the instruments. No need to get cocky cause you're playing the violin
Your logic is flawed. I'm not really understanding where you got that I was being cocky or why you had to call me out on my comment...The person i was replying to was asking why the Paganini caprices were supposedly risky to play. My comment was about the piece, not about the instrument, and the second half of my comment about injuring yourself, I definitely agree with you that it can happen with pretty much any instrument.
Tree Tree No, that wasn't pointed at your comment, it was about the video. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I absolutely hate it when someone puts their instrument at the pedestal above all the others, they brag about how difficult it is when it comes to technicalities, to the emotion it conveys and pretty much everything about it.. And there are a lot of people that do that. I got that impression, maybe I'm wrong here. Again, had nothing to do with your comment, I understand what you're saying.
P. S. Apart from the injuries, if you practice incorrectly, you also learn it the wrong way and it's difficult to correct it later on.
that would be an interesting way to bring good music back to the masses
"Hmmm Metal indeed" That had me cracking up!
Rachel: Lovely lady. I can see you truly enjoy the violin and for what I see in this short sampling video, you do it GREAT. Love you
She explained this beautifully - such heart and passion for her instrument and music in general. Great questions too. I'm going to go work on my Kreuzter Etudes now!
Thank you Rachel Barton Pine, your violin playing is so beautiful it actually brings tears. Usually only live music can do that to me. Again, thank you.
Ah the lovely phrasing of her playing perfectly encapsulates the beauty of her violin! I think that this interpretation is by far my favorite, given that the technique shown is beyond supreme and musicality divine. I especially loved the ferocity of the last variation.
You know, I can play all of the caprices. I will not play them, but I can talk all you want about how difficult it is.
Dupy, Dziary, Muscle Cary. You do know that musician is a job and that some people do that for a living. There is no such things as free service.
I do agree that the guy or girl who titled the video needs to be fired. Misleading as fuck.
Mengwen Zhu I think that's the whole point of those complaining. If the title is lame, but it is accurate, then the product (video) must also be lame. If the title sounds lame and therefore it is changed to sound more exciting, at a cost of no longer being accurate, then the title is indeed click bait. If they wanted an exciting title, they should have produced an exciting video. I thought it was okay, but I wouldn't have clicked on it if the title would have been an accurate description of the video. The title was chosen in the best interest of business (or most likely to generate income). It is a violation of CZcams guidelines, but if it generates income, well ... CZcams is a business too, and when money talks, everything else is semantic satiation.
That's one of the horrors of PC, people are trained to despise talent and worship the lack thereof. THIS is creepy, not her overconfidence. She earned the right to smile while saying "I'm not afraid of playing this"
Huh????
Alessandro Drudi what does being PC have to do with anything?
I learned violin at age 7. I played in concerts an was chosen for the California Youth Orchestra to tour in Europe. I chose my guitar and voice to play in the U.S. I somewhat regret the decision. After watching Hilary play I should have gone forward with the violin, although I did put a transducer on the bridge to make it electric over the sound system. Hilary is phenomenal!!!!
+Bobby Wilson I used an electric bridge piece also, when I spent a couple years doing Country Western, and a lot of outdoor stuff. I still kept my reg bridge, but times change, and so do the necessities of doing the same job.
Rachel has had a difficult life journey, but is most amazing and beautiful. I remember when I was living in Chicago some years ago and Rachel, who is from there, was on her way to a lesson as a student if I remember correctly and fell under the train and lost her leg. I was so upset for her at the time, but obviously she is very strong and has made great strides in life and in art. Bravo Rachel!!
She is still 50 percent ahead of Perlman. Bad taste ,but I had to share.
if you want to hear paganini being played properly go look at alexander markov.
Her enthusiasm reminds me of jonny Depp in Charlie and the chocolate factory. pure love and enjoyment! she is amazing.
I love her attitude its great solid attitude
she is delightfully joyful and passionate and he can't segway to save his life!
I find violinists expressions while playing hilarious XD
Itzak Stern. His lip OMG
She has a great example of Violin Chin
Yeah, that's one thing I get self-conscious about when playing lol. I always get "orchestra face" and it's terrible.
Then you will really love metal Guitarist faces 😂😂😂
That's why I always prefer to watch film of Jascha Heifetz's performances: no swooping or swaying, no facial expressions of agony or ecstasy-just a deadpan straight face as he gives a jaw-dropping performance.
Hillary hahn did this with near perfect quality....shes an incredible violinist
no doubt!
Genius of the violin...one our great's!..Rachel rocks!!!!
The title is misleading, sure, but she still shows off some insane playing ability just in her short segments of playing here.
I wanted to actually hear her play, not just talk to some guy about it.
I'm sure you can find lots of videos of her playing.
I started playing violin five years ago it took me over six months to learn all these pieces. Drove me nuts.
liar…
conradgnad
Ya your right
***** Y''o'ure*
I learned a valuable thing from this video. Before now, I'd never associated a Wall Street Journal-titled article with the term "click-bait". And yet, here we have a title clearly promising a violinist playing one of the riskiest pieces written(if that is, in fact, how violinists refer to the twenty-four Caprices; I'm not a violinist, so I couldn't say), and we have six minutes of interview punctuated here and there by a few bars of music.
Listen up, WSJ. If you want to interview a violinist about her talents and undertakings, you should do that. And there will be a substantial group of people interested in watching that. But don't slap a misleading title on a view to garner clicks. You're supposed to be reputable journalists; act like it. Leave the click-bait titles to the Huffington Post and BuzzFeed.
how can these music artists and painters be so good at describing feelings and senses.
Gahdamn these comments are bunch of stupid. But anyways...got to see her years ago with the Nashville Symphony. She was so gracious. Her musicality was untouchable and her encore...we hid our eyes so as not to be blinded by her greatness. Go see her if you get that chance.
wow stick to reviewing vocal music. this is one of the prime examples of an absolutely terrible 'violinist'. (at her best) Just to set the record straight, any violinist (and by that I mean someone who actually performs classical music for a living - i.e. symphony/soloist/chamber - ) will vomit in an extraordinary manner if exposed to this type of repulsive playing for any length of time. And i don't just mean this video: I mean anything she attempts to play. so i say again; any violinist - or musician for that matter - who knows anything about what he/she is doing will be hiding their eyes and plugging their ears for a very different reason than what you seem to naïvely be suggesting.
+violinguru149 .-.
+violinguru149 What's your opinion on mark wood?
She survived!
The Irony of the WSJ having a CZcams channel is so profound it's almost perverse.
Wonderful! Congrats!!
The risk is saying that you can perform these advanced pieces in front of an audience. If you mess up your credibility has a chance to be questioned. Credibility is what gets jobs. I'm assuming that her financial income is based on her violin skills so the risk may be greater to her. This is what separates professionals from hobbyist.
being a musician I know that when you do mess up it needs to be so horrible that even experienced musicians can tell most mess ups are never even acknowledged
Oh well, back to my attempting third position without palpitations......
She's just so excited, I love it
Thanks Rachel Pine. What music!
I accidentally replaced my bow with a sword again.
lol, perfect
V3n0m7777 ok
Rachel, Thank you for your integrity, grit, and perseverance. I love what you bring us with passion on the violin, and the research you put into it. Thanks for your grace!
I love Rachel Barton Pine!!! Brilliant...
She's visiting Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which is twenty minutes away from my home, and she is truly an incredible violinist.
Paganini played violin (fiddle) along with mandolin and guitar. All acoustically.
He was the original Bluegrass God... :-)
Fiddle, mandolin and guitar? Bluegrass god? For a minute I thought you was talking about Mark O'Connor... :-)
A reincarnation, except Mark isn't the radical Bohemian that Paganinni was... :-)
Mark O'Conner's self-serving attack on Suzuki is off-putting, and makes him seem like a jerk. His claims have been proven to be false, and, but even if they were true, they are irrelevant to the effectiveness of the Suzuki method.
Paganini was the original shredder.
Wow, much respect to both of these folks.
Yeah, there's a misleading title, but this is actually a great interview.
metal indeed
The microphone is really bad tho, I'm sure the sound is way better than what we actually hear
Really interesting interview....thanks!
Her voice was so soothing
These are insanely difficult pieces, and hardly anyone can play them so I value her ambition but... SHE CAN'T PLAY THEM AT ALL
+Elvis Fix RIGHT!! I thought i was going insane. why is she playing stuff she cant play and bragging about it...
+Zom_Ba_Bomb The hubris is strong with this one, SMH
+Elvis Fix looked to me like she played them just fine. anyone that can pick up a violin and play what they want, is playing the violin…you concerns are moot, since you have no proper reference of what "playing" these pieces are. take me back and let me watch Paganini with you in your fucking time machines then. so we can all be enlightened as to what "playing" these pieces is? i could blind test you with an original recording of paganini himself, and you'd still bitch because some indecent tool taught you to stick your nose up. someone that had to play like a superior rule to the free world of music. i hate people like you. now if you said you didn't like her playing. that is your opinion. but she is clearly playing these pieces of music. she learned. she gets to choose how to express them.
Bo, you are clearly not a musician. Luckily I am. She hits a lot of the notes flat and I counted numerous mistakes with her finger positioning and bow control. Whether it was nerves or not. So before you go on a tirade against someone for having an opinion, maybe think to yourself that it may be an educated one. The fact that you think she played them just fine, tells me that you are either tone deaf, or just dont know enough to be able to tell. Her playing may not have been atrocious, she obviously does posses skill. But she clearly needed more practice before doing a video about that particular music.
Zom_Ba_Bomb sorry, who wrote the book on specific bow position that says sound isn't coming out of her violin, cause i heard the notes. they weren't flat. ever tuned a violin? mr. perfect pitch? you must also find yehudi menuhin not a musician. his elbow was just so high for his mendelsohn recording. go tell him he's wrong too. lol. tool like i said asshole. go master the piece, and choose how you express it. every note you play shuffles from flat to sharp. lol besides. perfect tone or pitch is just a measurement of a specific wave, and how that resonates in one's ear is different between every human on earth. there is no perfect pitch just a designed measurement you think you have. nothin more than a superiority complex lacking in real talent or understanding. she's a badass. you aren't.
dying inside from jealosy here, i wish i could make those wonderful damn screeching noises
You can get a ballon, blow it up, then pinch the valve and pull it apart tightly while the air escapes, "eeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
PIlotrcm The Definition of Music
This is so cool!
Thanks Rachel for explaining this!! I appreciate your additions of fingering to the various method books now out on the market!!
this must have been the most awkward interview I've ever seen.
J. S. Bach's 6 solo partitas & sonatas are way more impressive than Paganini's masturbatory pieces, (and they make far more musical sense). Check out Hilary Hahn's version of the JSB pieces!
Rachel is such a boss... her response to "what's the one you steel yourself for?" was "none. I'm fearless." (In so many words.) YES!
superb playing
click bait
I use dick bait
Sherizidie
on youtube? surely not!
That intonation was questionable
+Michael Madigan you must be
Do you even intonation bruh? her intonation was fine
Maybe it was so difficult because it changes key every note.
Jakemoof Your profile photo is questionable
Andy Saenz lol
You can break your jaw while playing violin, my teacher has done it twice.
well that sounds lovely
4:26 "WLAHARRGH!" Yes. Yes that is every violinist's noise before seeing their doctor that afternoon....
Fascinating! A person (who happens to identify as female) demonstrating her chops & commenting with *intelligence* & humor. Love it!
this is old... why was this in my suggested videos?
Ikr
same
Because you are old too
I've always admired those with musical abilities.
Violin is so cool though. One of the most beautiful instruments out there imo
she kinda freaks me out a little
+Jeepjones85 I know what you mean. She is a gifted violinist and has worked hard but I cant start to like her. Something creepy about her.
+Philip Jones ahaha yeah she looks like she's going to murder you suddently with bow
Reminds me of a substitute we had. Overall nice guy, but gave me a vibe of a serial killer.
Violin-chin.
She ain't too bad, but the last videos I watched before this one was Shlomo Mintz playing all 24 Caprices to perfection. Okay she's really good, but Shlomo... MAN!
RBP is the most beautiful violin player I know. She is a virtual genius at her craft too.If De Vinci had seen her he would have tossed Mona in the garbage.
yeah she dont have to play it all. ahe knows what is she talking. wonderful demostration
The title is bullshit. She does not perform anything at all in this. What crap. Thanks, WSJ for the Wall Street perspective on music. Stick to numbers, please.
I am looking foreward to enjoying the pyrotechnics described in this video when Rachel Barton Pine performs all the Paganini Caprices during the Northwest Bach Festival in Spokane, Washington. I will also be glad to help Rachel sell some of her CD's. Get your tickets and attend Artistic Director Zuill Bailey's first Northwest Bach Festival.
love her violin's sound
its a $500,000 amati
+Nantachai Chootien I don't know if you play or not, but the quality of strings has a lot to do with the sound of the music. The second thing is the bowing, individual technique gives style, and of course the bow itself. A good bow is essential, being one that is right for your arm length. Personally I prefer a Purlon medium string (for greater versibility), and if you play a lot, change strings every 4 to 8 weeks. Getting the violin a complete glue job, helps tremendously also.
+Christine Horner "change strings every 4 to 8 weeks." I've changed it for years. Any way I'll change it every 8-10 weeks.Thank you so much.
Nantachai Chootien That's only if you play a lot, Like a real lot. And even if you have to use a mediocore string, Please don't use those real cheapies. They are tinnie sounding, and overall just make your instrument sound sick. I forgot to mention in previous tx about the bridge. Every violin is unique and therefore the bridge is cut for that instrument. I became aware of this was when I had my violin worked over by the man that (at the time) did work for our symphony string players. He reset my finger board and bridge to align not only with the violin but with my hands.. I'm older now and don't change my strings but every 6 or seven months, as I don't play much these days, due to Uncle Arthur. Wishing you all the success and happiness with your violin that I've had with mine.
thanks a lot ขอบคุณคับ