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Bullet dodged, seems to me.
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He was Stefan Dymiter (1938-2002), a Roma street musician. https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/server/api/core/bitstreams/65cd9535-2959-4797-8aac-87a0b95e2913/content
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Bowing and open strings in Bach violin solos
palousian replied to AaronS76's topic in The Fingerboard
On #1... Yes, open strings are part of the style. I'm a fiddle player who loves to play Bach, but controlling the sound of open strings is like any technique--you just work at it until you can make it work. Open strings are essential in most fiddle music traditions, and you can get a sweet sound with it. Of course, you could try gut strings. I have not played on a gut E, but that's a direction you could take; still, you can make a metal E string work. #2. I generally start with what Bach wrote in the manuscript, and often find that what he wrote is the way to go, as far as I'm concerned. I am often struck by the latitude that good violinists take with Bach, because my first experience of Bach was as a pianist/harpsichordist and there... you do what he wrote. I find a lot of those long slurs to be playable, and also I think it's true that they can be regarded as an indication of the desired sound--you're the artist and you can do what you want. I have been working on the Grave from the Am Sonata, and the end is a good example of the problem. It seems pretty clear to me that he intended that both notes in those double-stops have trills, and the usual rule there in the baroque style is that trills start on the top note, trilling down to the notated pitch. When I've gone to examine how other players do this passage, I realized that not many do it (I haven't yet found someone doing it, actually). They trill up from the notated pitch, or only trill the upper part, etc. I figured out how to finger it, requiring that the upper D had to be fingered with the third finger on the A and E strings as if I were trying to play a D-A fifth double stop. Then there's enough room for my second finger to get the G note on the D string. It's not ready for prime time, yet, but I know that if I keep at it, I'll get there. -
Very interesting! I am struck by how different Albrecht's violin is from Magnus Anton Fichtl's work, an example which I have here in front of me. It really is the difference between 18th- and 19th-century violins. Honestly, there seems to be little in common between the two--just compare the scrolls (the Fichtl scroll is there in my photo ID). I thought I would show Albrecht's repair label in my violin. It seems to me to be printed, but since it doesn't have a date, it's a trick to figure out when he repaired my violin. The 1807 model above shows a label that has been altered from a 17-- date. Mine clearly was 18--, so the "repairs" must have been after the older 1807 model and perhaps around the time of the 1817 model.
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, for Harpsichord and Strings
palousian replied to Joaquin's topic in The Fingerboard
Hi Alain, I can't help with the recording, but am I correct in understanding that you would like to locate the sheet music? I assume that this is the famous chorale from J. S. Bach's BWV 147. I would take the movement from imslp (see below) and figure out how the arranger who produced the recording you have handed out the parts. There's already a four-part string section in Bach's original, so clearly some of the strings were doing that, while the harpsichord would play the continuo part (usually, chords based on the bass part). The mystery would be how this arrangement handled the chorale part that's sung in the original. Most string arrangements I've seen just hand the four-part chorale sections to the strings--see, for example...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGX14kYKG0c The fact that they called it "for Harpsichord and Strings" implies that they may have done more with the harpsichord, but you could hear what that is in your cassette tape. If you look at this music, you can see what they had to work with... I would scroll down to "10. Chorale: 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude'" https://imslp.org/wiki/Herz_und_Mund_und_Tat_und_Leben%2C_BWV_147_(Bach%2C_Johann_Sebastian)) Good luck! Paul -
Myrtlewood has a distinctive scent. Sort-of like motor oil. If it smells like that, then maybe that's it.
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Welcome to Maestronet! Labels are notoriously useless for identifying violins, though weirdly, yours does provide some information. Usually we ask you to provide photos of the instrument as described in this thread... https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/333119-how-to-photograph-an-instrument-for-identifcation-purposes/ but in your case, the label reveals something--not that it's a Stradivari violin ("Strad," not "Strat," which is a Fender guitar). That sort of label was stuck into many thousands of cottage industry violins made in Central Europe (Saxony, Bohemia, etc.) from the mid-1800s until the 1930s. These violins are generally not very valuable, though they came in different grades, and some of them are great players. Some, not so much. If you want more feedback, you probably should take photos, as suggested above, but even though I'm not an expert, I bet I'm right about this violin.
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Since Fichtl came up in the discussion, here is a scroll from my Magnus Anton Fichtl. Closer to a Stainer scroll than the OP, in my inexpert opinion.
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If you read the thread, then you understand that the label in your violin has nothing to do with who actually made it. I think that stamp on the back is useful, but really you need to take photos as described here-- https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/333119-how-to-photograph-an-instrument-for-identifcation-purposes/ If you post those sorts of photos, then an expert can identify your violin. Welcome to Maestronet!
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Maybe someone will be able to give you information from your photos, but my advice is to follow the instructions here to get a better response. Or take it to a luthier for an appraisal... https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/333119-how-to-photograph-an-instrument-for-identifcation-purposes/
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Another vote for Warchal Ambers. I'm intrigued with the idea that someone would make a synthetic gut e string though.
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He's not ignored. I love when people complain that the media ignores this or that, but they found out about it... through the media, of course. You may not be well-informed about how the entertainment/music biz actually works. Moving on... I'm intrigued with how he came up with that fingerboard idea. Is there an article/source somewhere where I could read about that? I like this showpiece, and I wonder if now that he's done it with that fingerboard, whether he could do it on a normal fingerboard. But, he must have gotten the idea and worked out the possibilities and then decided that there was this or that part that he needed a bit more of a mechanical connection with the string. I'm fascinated with that conundrum. I remember learning the mighty Ciaccona and imagining something like Mr. Kim's setup, but of course I had the knowledge that thousands had learned the thing already. I still decided to use my thumb on a few chords. My real training is as a composer, and for me, an arrangement like this is best when, as here, it shows off the brilliance of the composition. In the way that the Bach solo violin literature distills J. S. Bach's formidable composition chops, because of the way he used the limits of the instrument aesthetically, I think Roman Kim made a pretty impressive distillation of Beethoven's middle-period masterpiece.
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Electric guitars can sound wonderful, but... they sound nothing like a great acoustic guitar. Too complex to imitate that sound, just as it is with a violin.
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What offends me about this photo is that it is YET ANOTHER shot where someone is casually flinging their violin around as if it were a handbag, a scarf, or a weapon. It appears that she's about to execute a classic kesa giri on the photographer. I don't get it, but whatever.
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Old Stainer, looks like a copy, but is it worth $150USD?
palousian replied to yoyogogo's topic in The Pegbox
It seems to me that the "Schlosser" you posted was a better deal for what you get, though. Why are you still focused on this one?