vi01in Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Why is the violin supposidly an "evil" instument? I mean, vampires, all the satinic stuff... Hmm... Just curious. Lavender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlefaddle Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 because it evokes such passion, and influence over folks. sometimes it even causes them to dance, which they would not ordinarily do. The men of the cloth, being jealous of it's charm, and power, damned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie Brown Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 PLUS there's that business about its fretlessnes and its loudness in comparison to the genteel viols. It's the sort of instrument that needs to be practiced in order to avoid hellacious sounds. Decent players must have been scarce in the early days of the violin; a popular form of playing then consisted solely of animal imitations. As the potential for brilliance became widely known, unwealthy people who had the violin knack could have been motivated to practice in order to get paid for playing. These turned out to be professional musicians, who of course stood very low in the social order. What could make a person want to work hard for such lowliness? If not the devil, maybe it was a musical family. Who would want to marry a musician? Only another musician. Imagine! Wealthy people have been known to take on the challenging violin. Thomas Jefferson did, at a time when it had ceased to be the daring thing it must have been earlier. Of course his daughters played pianos and guitars, as was appropriate for ladies. It just wasn't fashionable for certain people to go around getting all intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violinerrrz Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 What else would you call something that takes all your time and money, takes you away from people for you to be good at making it work correctly, is made out of catguts and in some cases causes intense obesession stress and or jealousy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Nielsen Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 It depends on how you look at it. The violin and all stringed instruments are a means to offer up thanksgiving and praise to God. Something very enlightening and brilliant I would say; Able to put the devil on the run, in the right hands. "Praise Him with the stringed instruments" - Psalms 150:4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primrose84 Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 so...if the violin is the devil's instrument...what's the viola? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altistitar* Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 Quote: so...if the violin is the devil's instrument...what's the viola? The angel's instrument of course! At least to me, but I am a violist... And I totally agree about the violin being the devil's instrument. Viola could never go that low! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie Brown Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Hey, maybe the devil learned to play the violin in heaven before he was kicked out. Angels appear to be excellent string players. Sounds like a good yarn in the making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlefaddle Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 It was a dark and stormy night. The old man and woman ate their dinner silently in dim light, as the shudders rattled. Finished, the old man stood up, picked up his fiddle case, and headed toward the door. "where you a goin'?" said she "Playin' for a dance " said he "but the wood bin is plumb empty!" "well, I ain't takin the ax!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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