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Viola: When to start, and other issues of size
My son/daughter plays a 1/2 size violin, should we wait until he/she can play a full size violin before starting viola? Probably a good rule. I did not wait but I did have some terrible converted violins before I got my first proper viola which was only a little bigger than a full size violin....
The Lure of the Viola
Viola jokes are commonplace in the professional music world - why is this you ask? Going back to 150 years ago the state of viola playing was terrible - there was not even the option of studying it at the world's leading music conservatoires! There were in the views of the first great viola...
Views on String Instrumental Playing
The origins of string instruments have deep roots in the culture and daily life of ancient civilizations where music together with medicine and philosophy represented the moral, therapeutical and magical coordinates of early societies. I strongly believe that these coordinates are still valid...
Avoiding and Recovering from Musical Injury
Most musicians at some point in their career, professional or amateur, will encounter some form of musical injury. These are commonly recognised; for violinists and violists: "tennis elbow", rsi, tendonitis, neck bruising; for singers: nodules on the vocal chords, polyps, strain... the list is...
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Shostakovich: Viola sonata
Shostakovich: Viola sonata This was Shostakovich's last work. It was written in 1975, completed 3 days before his death. It was dedicated to the violist Fyodor Druzhinin, a professor of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and a member of the Beethoven String Quartet, the premier was in...
Viola Quartet!
If you like Chamber Music and the Viola you will love Absolute Zero Viola Quartet :) They have been together since 1995, have played many recitals in and around South Wales and are made up of players from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Welsh National Opera Orchestra. They are...
Inspiration
When learning and instrument, whether it's the violin or the ukelele, I believe it's very important to have a source of inspiration so that when practising becomes a struggle or you feel on the verge of giving up you can hear something that makes you determined to continue. Going to concerts is...
MOTIVATION IN LEARNING
Hedonic motive – Considerations regarding intrinsic motivation for performers Why do people do what they do? Where does the drive come from in order to pursue a goal, to achieve something? Any human behaviour has an aim: to accomplish, to achieve something, to get somewhere and...