Violin practice in peace

asarma · Post by **asarma** » 12 Jun 2008, 18:22

Accidentally bumped into the site: http://endolith.com/wordpress/2007/10/1 ... ic-violin/ . Could be useful to many a violinist hoping for noiseless practice during nights. The piezo transducer can be fixed to the side of the bridge post instead of how it is shown in the site. The electronics can be skipped and the piezo plugged to the input to your amplifier system with headphones. With duck tape stuck across the acoustic chamber of your violin, you are on for practice deep into the night without incurring the chagrin of your neighbors. Take care while removing the duck tape when you want to use the violin in regular mode. Thought I could share this if someone is in the same plight as me.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 13 Jun 2008, 06:19

And so that longest living cartoon in Deepavali Bumper Issues of kannada magazines can be confined to History.I have seen them from my child hood days , still going strong , in recent years.

THE CARTOON which shows a Police team at the door of a house , with a bewildered chap(violin in hand) answering the doorbell, and the Inspector demanding
Now where is that Murder of Kalyani taking place.We recieved a SOS from your neighbour

VIOLIN.
What an instrument ! Pure Bliss in the Hands of a master.And in the hands of a beginner....

beginner · Post by **beginner** » 13 Jun 2008, 10:09

Coolji

just a continuation to your humor.,

...and the person who opens the door says to the police chap ' your wife was learning violin'... and the poor chap in low stAyi(beating MDR) goes on murmuring... but says 'enna dEva gAnam' loudly on seeing his wife...

(beginner's version is okay, I think)

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 13 Jun 2008, 16:32

Another joke in ananda vikatan, A man practicing violin, his wife with an angry face, busy collecting sawdust in a basket.. gobilalitha

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 13 Jun 2008, 19:30

just picked up this book at Pune

Ears of the Angels By Diana Spear

From the Preface

After many years of working as a professional violin maker , I felt drawn.......
.... Part I -Closer to the Music- is the story of how I learned to bring about more harmony of vibration ,first using innovative physical methods on Violins ....
... As the instruments were teaching me that I really was altering resonance with thought, I learned to recognise accoustical transformation with an inner sense- a kind of "felt" sound .....
......... The most important listening I do is with the Ears of the Angels.

Part 2 -Working in the world of matter-is a detailed description of those innovative PHYSICAL methods I developed for changing he quality and carry power of violins........

book can be purchased online at www.singing-woods.org

Part 1 which I picked up, has been a wonderful choice to read on my up and down trip on mumbai-Pune expressway.

Sam Swaminathan · Post by **Sam Swaminathan** » 14 Jun 2008, 03:43

I can never forget my early days of learning violin and the reaction this brought to our family cat....I can now translate that look it gave me every time I took up the violin...a look of total despair and certainly not one of endearment !

sankirnam · Post by **sankirnam** » 14 Jun 2008, 23:38

Sam, now i am tempted to ask what the cat's reaction was when your anna (Easwaran mama) practiced mrudangam!

This is only in jest

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 15 Jun 2008, 00:36

Sam,
It is 'raining' cats and dogs here - http://www.violinist.com/discussion/res ... m?ID=10686

Sam Swaminathan · Post by **Sam Swaminathan** » 15 Jun 2008, 04:33

Brilliant VG....I remember reading an article in RD some years years ago about a pianist and his parrot. Every time he played the piano, the bird would perch on the top of the piano and keep repeating " how lovely" !! ..

Arasi, as for anna, he was always the perfectionist...I remember our early days of playing/practising together...he will patiently teach me the korvais, how to and where to start the korvais in the case of arai eduppu or 3/4 eduppu and if I do not get it right after upteen times, the pullu kattai used to fly at my face along with the choicest adjectives about the state of my mind !!