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[...] Join the forum discussion on this post Ever felt like none of the shoulderrests available suit your needs? So did Fred [...]

[...] Join the forum discussion on this post From the Wall Street Journal: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank [...]

[...] Join the forum discussion on this post From The Daily Beast: Rachel Barton Pine A child prodigy, Rachel Barton Pine [...]

[...] Join the forum discussion on this post From CBS News / 60 Minutes: A visit to the birthplace of the violin — a small [...]

[...] “ratvn” with his favorite violin. • What made you decide to play the violin? Playing violin was my dream when I was a little kid. It did not come through after 40+ years and finally I [...]

[...] since. • How long have you been playing the violin? A little less than 3 months. I started playing violin about the third week of April, 2012. • How often do you play? How long are your practice [...]

[...] animals alike.  He taught me to be a much better person. • What are your goals for playing violin?  I just play for fun so it’s more about taking my playing as far as I can without [...]

[...] to understand that music is more about enjoyment than perfection. What are your goals for playing violin? Short and long. My short-term goal was to play a song that someone could recognize. I [...]

• Please begin by telling us anything you would like to about yourself. Age, place of birth, residence, etc.  My name is Diane. I just turned 50 in [...]

• Please begin by telling us anything you would like to about yourself. Age, place of birth, residence, etc. Hi! My name is Keith Ferrer, I am 1 [...]

Join the forum discussion on this post Please begin by telling us anything you would like to about yourself. Age, place of birth, residence, etc. Hi, [...]

My name is John Luck (Ferret) and I live in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. I was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1950. My family and I mov [...]

[...] there isn’t enough time in a day for me to list the music I love. • What is your favorite piece of music? Why? Currently. A. Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82, by [...]

[...] ? Celtic and old time American folk, throw in a bit of bluegrass too. • What is your favorite piece of music? Why? Oh that is hard.  I think I would have to chose Lover’s Waltz by [...]

[...] effects, even if it was just to play around with it when nobody was looking. • What is your favorite piece of music? Why? I don’t know as I actually have a favorite piece of music either. For [...]

[...] , my sister introduced me to symphonic metal which is suprisingly good. • What is your favorite piece of music? Why? My favorite piece is “Hills of Glenorchy.”  It is relaxing and anything that [...]

[...] is usually enough to shake the dust and cobwebs off the fingers for the day. • What is your favorite type of music? I would have a hard time thinking of even one genre of music where I can’t [...]

[...] people warmed up for that.  I guess the answer would be “I don’t.” • What is your favorite type of music?  In terms of genre, I am all over the place.  My dad started me at an [...]

[...] ! I usually just jump into a song, quickly before my kids pull me away. What is your favorite type of music? I like lots of stuff – classic rock, classic country, old-time music, heavy [...]

[...] . (actually about 5-6 lessons) • How do you warm up? D-Major Scale, Twinkle. • What is your favorite type of music? I like it all.  I am one of the few people that doesn’t really listen to [...]

[...] spring (2012). So at this point, about 3 months. How often do you play? How long are your practice sessions? I play whenever I get the chance. Practice sessions are limited by how much housework needs [...]

[...] violin about the third week of April, 2012. • How often do you play? How long are your practice sessions? I consider practice and playing to be two different activities, and I do both every day. I [...]

[...] you been playing the violin?  One year. • How often do you play? How long are your practice sessions?  I try to play every day for at least fifteen minutes.  I prefer to play for an hour [...]

[...] playing the violin? Since January 2012 • How often do you play? How long are your practice sessions? I play everyday.  I can practice from 20 minutes to two hours, depending on  my [...]

[...] the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia, MacMaster was born into a Celtic-speaking, musical family in the northeastern Ontario mining town of Timmins. (Joan Weeks/CBC) MacMaster is credited [...]

[...] hands. I like making stuff, whether jewelry, electronics, or whatever. • Do you come from a musical family? If so please tell us about them. Actually, growing up I was told more than once that there [...]

[...] any that are dumped in the neighborhood.  I’ve also got a black GSD. • Do you come from a musical family? If so please tell us about them.  My family is fond of music but we’re not really that [...]

[...] 2? OK, well…..I like to read about stuff and I like to make things. Do you come from a musical family? If so please tell us about them. There is my grandfather, obviously. His dad was Swedish, [...]

[...] my mind and sound like I at least pretty much know what I’m doing. • What type of violin training? Mostly just what you have here on Fiddlerman.com and to a lesser degree some other [...]

[...] of pieces I am working on and would like to learn tolerably well. • What type of violin training?  My primary instructor is a bluegrass fiddler in my hometown.  From him, I’ve [...]

[...] to play a tune for someone who had known my Grampa’s playing. What type of violin training? 100% FIDDLERMAN.COM!! How do you warm up? Under a blanket with a cup of hot tea. Oh – [...]

[...] it.   Long term…give me Bach and Beethoven, pretty please. • What type of violin training? 7 months Fiddlerman.com, and 2 months of private lessons. (actually about 5-6 [...]

[...] Join the forum discussion on this post from the Bangor Daily News: NEW YORK — A Stradivarius violin forgotten in a closet for decades and formerly owned by a reclusive U.S. heiress to a [...]

[...] ;s The World: British police say they believe they have recovered a $1.84 million Stradivarius violin that was taken from acclaimed Korean musician Min-Jin Kym more than two years ago [...]

[...] Street Journal: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond plays the Lipinski Stradivarius violin in February at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield, Wis. Associated [...]