On Tue, 15 May 2012 10:15:43 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> Ode to Joy.
>>
>> Do you mean from the last movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony, or some
>> other arrangement?
> 
> IDE. I just played what they put in front of me.
> 
>> There's no massive pizz section in the 9th symphony
> 
> It only /started/ pizzicato. After that it went arco again.

There again, I don't recall there being any pizz in the last movement of 
the 9th.  But it /has/ been a while.

>> As for playing loud - oh, yes, you can - more pressure and faster bow
>> strokes.  If the strokes aren't fast enough, then it sounds scratchy
>> (and that's no good).
> 
> Hmm, interesting.
> 
> As I say, I haven't played violin for about 20 years. So having one in
> my hands again, I'm struggling to remember what you're actually supposed
> to do with it... I guess the long and short of it is that I need to find
> a professional violin teacher.

That probably would help, yes - even if just for a refresher.  Maybe a 
local school orchestra director would be willing to take a few hours and 
sit down with you?

Jim

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