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george sharpe


JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: I COULDN'T OPEN THE PDF ATTACHED TO THE ''PINKEY FINGER''....THING....OK,  I HAVE WINDOWS 7,HOME PREMIUM..IT COMES WITH ..........WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER........SOMEHOW--THE  '''WORLD'''  CHANGED MY SET UP, UNKNOWN TO ME---maybe it was a windows update  that installed--??----SO THAT MOST DOWNLOADS WERE SENT TO THE ''WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER''      INSTEAD   OF         WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.........OR   ADOBE READER..........AND IT WOULDN'T OPEN plus many other things....SO I TRIPPED OVER HOW TO CHANGENGE ''HOW TO GET 'BACK' TO THE PROGRAM THAT WILL OPEN STUFF......FOLLOW  BELOW  /TRAIL TO GET TO SET ASSOCIATIONS.........GO DOWN TO PDF  IN LEFT COLUMN,SEE WHAT PROGRAM      IS      OPENING  IT...IF W-MEDIA CTR- TRY CHG. TO  W-MEDIA PLAYER OR ADOBE...click-click-out !

Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations

 

 

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Posted: May 21, 2013

Jen McColley

Eileen!  When is your concert?  I think I remember that it's tomorrow?  Tell me where and when, I want to be there.  :)

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Posted: May 17, 2013
Last Comment: May 21, 2013

Herb
Here is a cute video starring our local (and national) 14 y.o. phenom. This young lady played the entire Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Utah Symphony at the age of 13. 

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Posted: May 18, 2013
Last Comment: May 21, 2013

george sharpe

BETH HAS MENTIONED MARK OCONNOR AND HIS TEACHING / METHOD.. I SAW THIS PBS SHOW , AND THOUGHT OTHERS MIGHT BE INTERESTED.... 'WOODSONGS'.. IS WEEKLY, MOST PLACES ON PBS, FEATURES ALL KINDS OF MUSIC--MOSTLY FIDDLE - GUITAR AND NYCKLEHARPA ....ONCE.

I'VE NOT READ OCONNORS BOOKS, BUT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE ON THIS SHOW...I HAVE LESS TAPE THAN THE 7 YEAR OLD 'S USING ! :o))

MARK OCONNOR .. ON 'WOODSONGS OLD TIME RADIO HOUR' , WITH STUDENT GROUP,

GO TO THIS LINK,BELOW, SCAN DOWN TO SHOW 664 GO RIGHT & CLICK ON WINDOWS .WMV TO PLAY PBS BROADCAST OF SHOW.

http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp

THIS DIRECT LINK MAY OR MAY NOT WORK FOR ALL.....THERE IS SOME ADVERTISING RELATED TO THE SHOW , IN THE BEGINNING.....THE SHOW IS ALL QUITE 'HOMEY'..AND ON RADIO AND PBS BROADCASTING...

http://128.163.130.14/woodsongs-664.wmv

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Posted: May 19, 2013
Last Comment: May 20, 2013

Joseph Hamorski


Hello Beth,

What is the best way to set up my practice time? Some days I have more time than others, ranging from 15 min to several hours. I am very passionate and excited about my learning to play my violin as I have only been playing since for 4 months. I am overwhelmed with all the information available, and am looking for a more structured path to make the best use of my time and steady improvement. There are so many areas to practice as reading and playing music is new to me at age 48. 

Thank you for your time,

Joe 

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Posted: May 16, 2013
Last Comment: May 20, 2013

Ray
Hi Beth,

In All You Need to Do is to Listen by Rob Kapilow talks about how a composer will let the audience know the direction of the piece of music in the first couple of measures.  Is one of the composer's techniques the choosing of the type of interval to start with?  Minor diminished? Augmented Major?  If this is true the composer could also be able to set up the audience with an unexpected punch line.  A Major augmented ending with minor diminished. Like in Hamlet.

Ray
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Posted: May 20, 2013

Kenneth Ozimek
I have been so smitten by the violin that I have become a collector of them. I have noticed that my intonation sometimes suffers when I switch from one to another. My theory is that the string height may be the problem. When my fingers press down on a string that is higher than another, it will have a greater effect on the intonation, thereby necessitating a slightly different placement of the fingers for accurate intonation. 
  To put it another way. Lets say the e string is 4mm on one violin and 3.5 on another. It would seem to make sense that pressing the 4mm string will stretch it slighly more causing more variance in the intonation.
  Any thoughts?
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Posted: May 19, 2013
Last Comment: May 19, 2013

Kenneth Ozimek
Hello,
   I was watching Beth describe how to become more comfortable playing on the G string. One of her suggestions was to slant the plane of the violin more down(vertical)so the left hand would have an easier reach to play on the G string.
I notice that if I play this way, it becomes harder to control off the string bowings like spicatto or sautille. Any thoughts on this? Is there a commonly accepted standard angle at which the violin is help to create the optimum environment for controlling all bow strokes or should this change while one plays?
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Posted: May 18, 2013
Last Comment: May 19, 2013

Ray
Hi Everyone, It's Empire Day here in Canada,.  So anyone who is of English or Scottish descent, no matter how remote (even if only for a day) grab your bagpipes, fiddles, kilts, and a pint and help us celebrate Queen Victoria's Birthday.  


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Posted: May 18, 2013
Last Comment: May 19, 2013

Mary Reeley
Here's my virtual ensemble submission of Ashokan part 1.  I played using the sound track
with click.  It sounds much better with the track playing in my ear so I   hope I will mix in OK.  I did many takes trying to use more bow, but found myself concentrating on that and my intonation went out the window, so lots and lots of more practice and challenges ahead.
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Posted: May 16, 2013
Last Comment: May 18, 2013