Yes. This is part of the bargain if you're truly going to improve. Once you learn something, your standard is set higher and therefore it becomes harder to reach and you forget to give yourself credit for the improvement you've made because you're s…
I see his ads in Strings all the time, and I am so sick of them. He makes it sound like a miracle success story! You can learn it on your own without paying for his method. I'm developing it on my own; I've noticed that there are certain pitches I c…
Dear all
I just started to learn the Perfect Pitch and Relative Pitch by David Lucas Burge.
Does anyone of you also practice that method?
I think this is so amazing and so essential for us all to "pay attention" to this subtle and refined art, lets…
I love/hate my metronome. It doesn't lie. As Hans stated, it can be surprising how uneven my t can become without my realizing it. I also play with a group and it can be amusing at times when we all think that it's the other two that are off the rhy…
Thank you for the connection and encouragement. I hold on to the few moments when I impress and move myself and look forward to them happening more frequently. Reminding myself to have fun and sometimes abandon the rigid structure of classical train…
Last year when I went to Bali, one hour from Jakarta (my hometown), I dreamt of finding old string instruments wheather it is cello or violin on art market, but then when I got there I found nothing met my expectation. I then spent my holiday in cot…
Hi Linda,
Please don't give up. I can't tell you how many times I have felt discouraged in the 5 years I have been learning, and I am so glad I have kept on. Here's one thought. Take however you are feeling to the violin. All emotion can be expresse…
Thankls to all your response. Now that I learn much enough, perform once in an ensemble and give me great feeling about what I have achieved until this time. I believe practice is the most essensial in learning. Even though in it frustration always…
For me it doesn't need to be the very first day of new year to have a 'resolution' as my resolution coming in mid year.i always call it 'miracle' because music change my life. the most importqant is to have goal, and discipline to achieve what we dr…
I never join any orchestra because i'm now begginer of one year of violin, but I think those who play at orchestra is really really good player. my dream is to be able to perform with orchestra. how does it feel be in there?
Rita, I made wonderful progress in the 1st year. But now my second year has been frustrating. my rapid advancement from piece to piece has slowed consirerably. I think the fear of hitting a wall and not seeing how to get over it takes away my confid…
The Body Beat is the metronome that gives you a pulse to feel! It's amazing!Here's a link to a blog post I wrote!
http://myviolinvideos.com/blogbodybeat.html
Groove in music is just as important as pitch, tone, dynamics.... Practicing with a metro…
I think most people would be surprised at how inaccurate their internal "metronome" really is over time. A lot of us think we're keeping accurate time but a quick comparison to the metronome will often show how wrong we are. For anybody looking to r…
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