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| EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIOLIN... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hi! I'm Stephen! Thanks for visiting me web-site - I hope you like it! It's all about my favourite instrument - THE VIOLIN! My Homepage is divided into the following 4 sections: 1. VIOLIN FACTS 2. HOW DOES THE VIOLIN PRODUCE SOUND? 3. SPECIAL EFFECTS 4. TIPS Check out the SPECIAL EFFECTS and TIPS !!! Please e-mail me at: [email protected] and let me know of any comments you have! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. VIOLIN FACTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- BOWED STRINGED INSTRUMENT - HIGHEST PITCHED MEMBER OF THE STRING FAMILY - BOW: SLIGHTLY INCURVED STICK OF PERNAMBUCO - BAND OF HORSEHAIR STRETCHED FROM END TO END OF THE BOW-STICK - 4 STRINGS TUNED A FIFTH APART TO THE NOTES:- G, D, A, E -MADE FROM GUT, STEEL OR PERLON | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| HOW DOES THE VIOLIN PRODUCE SOUND? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The soundpost sends vibratrations to the back of the violin, where the bass-bar distributes them evenly. | 3. SPECIAL EFFECTS - PIZZICATO: Plucking the strings - TREMOLO: Moving the bow rapidly back and forth on a sting - SUL PONTICELLO: Playing with the bow extremely close to the bridge to produce a thin, glassy sound - COL LEGNO: Playing with the wooden part of the bow instead of with the hair - HARMONICS: Placing the fingers of the left hand lightly on certain points of the string to obtain a light, flutelike sound - GLISSANDO: Steadily gliding the left hand fingers up and down along the string to produce an upward or downward sliding pitch 4. TIPS: - When not using the bow, loosen the horsehair to release the tension from the bow. - When tuning the strings do so carefully and slowly - Once I broke one of the strings when I was tuning it, because of carelessness! - Don't pull the bow down too hard on the strings. - If no sound is being produced when you draw the bow over the strings then you probably have to put resin on the horsehair. - When plucking the strings, don't pluck too hard or you know what will happen! - PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT !!!
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