Musicians Only

[patchz]

[color=#000000]It's good to see a few people playing violin. What would orchestra music be without them? I took lessons in either the first or second grade and we 'played' a concert in the State Capitol. I remember very little of it. I tried to pick it back up a few years ago when my Dad got one, but it was a hopeless cause. I'll stick to six strings and let the talented people play four.

BTW, do any of you violin players know the difference between a violin and a fiddle?

[a1]

[quote][color=#000000] BTW, do any of you violin players know the difference between a violin and a fiddle?

[ShaneG_old]

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BTW, do any of you violin players know the difference between a violin and a fiddle?

[patchz]

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BTW, do any of you violin players know the difference between a violin and a fiddle?

[Peanut1234]

I'm currently in a band, I play guitar, and we're in the process of finishing off our first album. Right now were recording all of it, then my drummer is leaving for Serbia for most of the summer, where he'll get us on the radio and advertise for us. Once he comes back we'll start with shows locally.

[microlight]

Been an orchestral percussionist as a 'hobby' for close on 30 years. Hitting noisy items very hard is very therapeutic, but gets you away from the day-job!

So you name it, I've hit it; all manner of timpani and other drums, large and small, teeny weeny antique cymbals to huge 22-inch diameter monsters that feel like you're holding two fighting badgers at arms' length when you've smashed them together. Tuned gongs and enormous tam-tams that go 'wa-a-a-ah!' when you hit them on their sweet spot with a heavy beater. Vibraphones, xylophones, stylophones, maracas, castanets, tambourines, anvils...

On one memorable occasion I had to hit a large stationary metallic object three times with an enormous mallet to simulate the sound of hammer-blows of fate. (Anybody tell me what that piece of music might have been?)

[ShaneG_old]

On one memorable occasion I had to hit a large stationary metallic object three times with an enormous mallet to simulate the sound of hammer-blows of fate. (Anybody tell me what that piece of music might have been?)

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASx1lqMZ ... re=related

[aussiewannabe]

On one memorable occasion I had to hit a large stationary metallic object three times with an enormous mallet to simulate the sound of hammer-blows of fate. (Anybody tell me what that piece of music might have been?)

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6

Impressive, Mr. Shane 8-)

I wouldn't have guess that in a million years as I prefer Tchaikovsky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Mahler)

Finale: Sostenuto - Allegro moderato - Allegro energico

The last movement is an extended sonata form, characterized by drastic changes in mood and tempo, the sudden change of glorious soaring melody to deep pounded agony. The movement is punctuated by three hammer blows. Alma quotes her husband as saying that these were three mighty blows of fate befallen by the hero, "the third of which fells him like a tree". She identified these blows with three later events in Gustav Mahler's own life: the death of his eldest daughter Maria Anna Mahler, the diagnosis of an eventually fatal heart condition, and his forced resignation from the Vienna Opera and departure from Vienna.

[microlight]

Aaah, you guys are too good! Perhaps I gave it away with the 'hammer blow' reference. Here's a couple from youtube to give you the feel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ihI7Ijry8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DEdq2Wd ... re=related

What fun!

[ShaneG_old]

I'd be lying if I said I didn't Google it, but I did listen to the entire piece.

From Opera to Death Metal, if it sounds good to me, I like it.

Music is my first love. 8-)

[aussiewannabe]

I'd be lying if I said I didn't Google it, but I did listen to the entire piece.

That's cool, Shane! Google is our friend. It certainly was mine during graduate school ::)

From Opera to Death Metal, if it sounds good to me, I like it.

I'm pretty open minded about music too, but not rap music

Listening to the piece right now. I like it!!