The Long-Awaited Bowhold Comparison
Filed in History, Performance, Student Reminders, Technique, Violin on March 30, 2005 at 11:15 pmFinally, the photos of a few of history’s violin Greats and their bow holds are here! In general, there have been two schools of thought concerning the bow hold: the Russian bow hold, and the Franco-Belgian bow hold (although, there is what can be considered either a third school or a variation on the Franco-Belgian; [...]
Thought for the Day
Filed in Inspiration, Thought for the Day on at 5:14 pm“The trouble with real life is that there’s no danger music.” –Jim Carrey from “The Cable Guy” Ain’t it the truth?
Music: The Bread of Geniuses
Filed in History, Humor, Inspiration, Violin on March 29, 2005 at 5:22 pmPianist Arthur Schnabel and physicist Albert Einstein, who was a fairly good violinist, were playing a Mozart sonata. Einstein became hopelessly lost at one point. When they stopped, Schnabel asked, “Albert, can’t you count?” (as posted by Tom Holzman on Violinist.com, March 12, 2005.)
Thought for the Day
Filed in Inspiration, Thought for the Day on March 28, 2005 at 10:20 pm“Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents [...]
Knilling’s “Perfection” Pegs
Filed in Reviews, Violin on March 27, 2005 at 4:02 pmI first came across these geared pegs at the CMEA Convention last weekend, and, after handling Knilling’s display violin, I was immediately impressed with the pegs’ fluidity and perfect outward appearance. These aren’t your regular geared pegs that you find on guitars or string basses! The gears are all on the inside of the peg, [...]
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