>> 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?

Yeah, maybe.

OTOH, last night I got my violin out, and found the D-string loose. When 
I tried to tighten it, it snapped in half. So /that/ should be cheap to 
fix... >_<

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On 16/05/2012 5:27 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> I didn't do too bad - better than I thought for the memory test (only
> missed one).  Classification was an interesting one - didn't get it
> perfect for any of them, but was pretty close on most of them.
>
> Very interesting, thanks for sharing that.:)

I did not classify any correctly. My excuse is that I never listen to 
those groups of music. Now if it had been Baroque, Classical and 
Romantic I might have done better. :-P
The one test I did best at was beating time which is strange because I 
gave up playing a musical instrument because I cannot keep time.


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     Stephen

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Le 2012-05-16 04:12, Invisible a écrit :
>>> 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?
>
> Yeah, maybe.
>
> OTOH, last night I got my violin out, and found the D-string loose. When
> I tried to tighten it, it snapped in half. So /that/ should be cheap to
> fix... >_<

Amazon has them from $5.99 all the way to $75.99 for a 4 string set. 
I'm sure you'll be able to find something locally in the same price 
range, so you won't have to pay shipping from South Korea. :P

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Le 2012-05-15 15:41, Stephen a écrit :
> On 15/05/2012 2:06 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> For my punishment, I shall have to listen to all three pieces.
>>
>> Oh, damn.:)
>
> Maybe you all would like to do a musicality test.
>
> https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/musicality/
>
> Just to let you know, I scored low for everything. Hmm!
>

I had three lows and a medium.  And I consider myself a music enthusiast!

FWIW, I thought the test was biases towards musicians.  They should also 
have had follow-up questions.  Instead of just "How many hours per day 
do you play an instrument?" they should have asked "Why? ( ) No interest 
( ) Not enough time ( ) Too Expensive ( ) Wife won't let me install a 
pipe organ in the living room" etc...  Instead of simply assuming that 
there's no reason other than my lack of interest to explain why I don't 
play more than I do.

And there was no question where I could brag about the size of my...

...CD collection.


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> ( ) Wife won't let me install a pipeorgan in the living room.

Well, you /say/ that...

http://www.die-orgelseite.de/kurioses_e.htm#hausorgel

(Alabama. I rest my case.)

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On 16/05/2012 1:52 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:
>
> I had three lows and a medium.  And I consider myself a music enthusiast!
>

So do I. I go to concerts occasionally but to the opera at least once a 
month.

> FWIW, I thought the test was biases towards musicians.

And people who can sing. I have no singing voice so a lot of my answers 
were "definitely not".

>  Wife won't let me install a
> pipe organ in the living room" etc...


I have the opposite problem. No not installing a pipe organ but 
installing the Hi Fi. She records a lot from the radio so muggins has to 
connect the DAT recorders, Naks, HDD recorder to the system. I have even 
been on the roof installing a FM radio.

>
> And there was no question where I could brag about the size of my...
>
> ....CD collection.

Oh! You have moved on to CDs. :-P

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>> OTOH, last night I got my violin out, and found the D-string loose. When
>> I tried to tighten it, it snapped in half. So /that/ should be cheap to
>> fix... >_<
>
> Amazon has them from $5.99 all the way to $75.99 for a 4 string set. I'm
> sure you'll be able to find something locally in the same price range,
> so you won't have to pay shipping from South Korea. :P

You laugh - apparently the violin itself was made in Korea...

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On Wed, 16 May 2012 10:40:49 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 16/05/2012 5:27 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I didn't do too bad - better than I thought for the memory test (only
>> missed one).  Classification was an interesting one - didn't get it
>> perfect for any of them, but was pretty close on most of them.
>>
>> Very interesting, thanks for sharing that.:)
> 
> I did not classify any correctly. My excuse is that I never listen to
> those groups of music. 

I don't routinely listen to any of them either.  I did best on Jazz, 
which isn't surprising since I do like the occasional bit of jazz.

Hip-Hop/R&B/Rock?  Not so much.

> Now if it had been Baroque, Classical and
> Romantic I might have done better. :-P The one test I did best at was
> beating time which is strange because I gave up playing a musical
> instrument because I cannot keep time.

Oddly, my violin teacher said I couldn't count my way out of a wet paper 
bag, but I did OK here.  He must be achieving high torque about now (he 
passed away a few years back).

Jim

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On Wed, 16 May 2012 18:06:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>> FWIW, I thought the test was biases towards musicians.
> 
> And people who can sing. I have no singing voice so a lot of my answers
> were "definitely not".

Yeah, I had a problem with those questions too, because while I'm a 
musician (inactive, but I played for more than a decade and have formal 
music theory training as well as performance training), I can't sing 
worth a damn.  My voice has a range of maybe a minor fifth. :)

Jim

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On Wed, 16 May 2012 09:12:00 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> 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?
> 
> Yeah, maybe.
> 
> OTOH, last night I got my violin out, and found the D-string loose. When
> I tried to tighten it, it snapped in half. So /that/ should be cheap to
> fix... >_<

I'd have that problem now with mine as well - and I need to get the D 
string peg replaced, because it's worn down to the point of not 
sticking.  I know you can get "peg dope" to make it stick better, but in 
the end I think a good fitting replacement is a better long-term strategy.

Jim

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