Monday, December 31, 2012

VIOLIN: SOME OF MY FAVORITE VIOLIN LINKS



These links are not in any particular order:
http://www.theviolinsite.com/ 
http://www.violinonline.com/ 
http://www.playmusic.org/string/more/moreviolin.html 
http://www.toddehle.com/ 
http://www.alfstudios.com 
http://www.thestrad.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Looking_after_your_fiddle/
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Violin-2164/2009/5/Violin-Vibrato-2.htm
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Fiddle
http://letsplayviolin.net/?page=tools/pitchreading 
http://www.cheshire.k12.ct.us/dodd2/teachers/jfroyce/ 
http://www.stringsmagazine.com/ 
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/r-muel/stringed/pedpaper.html
http://www.theviolincase.com/ 
http://www.violinwizard.com/ 
http://letsplayviolin.net/?page=tools/dictionary
http://www.nagyvaryviolins.com/mystique_and_intrigue_of_the_stradivarius.html 
http://www.wps.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ 
http://www.springersmusic.co.uk/Library/Violin%20collection%20P2.htm 
http://www.stringpedagogy.com/
http://www.harmonie.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin 
http://violinmasterclass.com/ 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=secrets-of-the-stradivari 
http://www.fiddleforum.com/ 
http://oprescuraul.blogspot.com/2009/05/violin-is-bowed-string-instrument-with.html 
http://www.playmusic.org/string/index.html 
http://www.violinmasterclass.com/ 
http://beststudentviolins.com/Home.html 
http://home.cogeco.ca/~scottythefiddler/ 
http://www.swstrings.com/education/interiorComponents.jsp 
http://www.swstrings.com/education/stringInfo.jsp 
http://www.pohutukawa.com/orchestra/violin/left1/ 
http://www.violinrockstar.com/onlineviolintuner.html 
http://www.swstrings.com/education/bowCare.jsp
http://www.swstrings.com/education/bowComponents.jsp 
http://www.knilling.com/frama.html 
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-the-Violin 
http://www.onlinetuningfork.com/ 
http://www.theviolincase.com/music/index.shtml 
http://letsplayviolin.net/?page=tools/manuscript 
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/artofviolin/artofviolin.html 
http://derekmccormick.wordpress.com/the-violin/ 
http://www.sprengerviolins.com/e/violin_history.htm 
http://musiced.about.com/od/beginnersguide/a/halloween.htm 
http://musiced.about.com/od/beginnersguide/a/vsizes.htm 
http://www.isnare.com/?aid=355867&ca=Entertainment 
http://www.musicaluniverse.com/ 
http://www.fritz-reuter.com/care/index.htm 
http://www.fiddlehead.ca 
http://www.wps.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ 
http://www.mrfiddle.com/
http://www.darolanger.com/teachingquestions.html
http://www.westcountryviolins.com/web_pages/violin.htm
http://blog.violinalchemist.com/
http://www.mrfiddle.com/ViolinFun/index.htm 
http://www.violinist.com 
http://www.music.indiana.edu/special_programs/sa/repertoire.shtml 
http://www.joshuabell.com/ 
http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/instruments/violin/fingeringchart.html http://www.geocities.com/sailorneptune2001/history.html 
http://www.violinmasterclass.com/ 
http://www.maestronet.com/ 
http://www.astaweb.com/ 
http://www.thestrad.com/ 
http://www.stringsmagazine.com 
http://www.violinist.com/ http://www.vsa.to/ 
http://library.thinkquest.org/27178/en/index.html 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_violin 
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/eustn/ho_1999.26.htm 
http://www.j-krakenberger.org/english/indexeng.htm 
http://www.astaweb.com/ 
http://suewidemark.com/viollink.htm 
http://markoconnor.com 
http://www.uvm.edu/~mhopkins/string/history/stringed/01.html 
http://www.carl-flesch.de/ 
http://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/violin/ 
http://www.siegelproductions.ca/fiddlefarmers/violinists.htm 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Galamian 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Delay 
http://www.cremona.u-net.com/ 
http://www.sharmusic.com/ 
http://suzukiassociation.org/ 
http://www.jose-sanchez-penzo.net/ 
http://www.allthingsstrings.com/ 
http://www.centrum.is/hansi/ 
http://beststudentviolins.com/terms.html 
http://www.fanfaire.com/transitions/delay.html 
http://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/violin/ 
http://www.theviolinsite.com/violin_music.html
http://www.violinwizard.com/ 
http://www.drbows.com/articles.html 
http://www.johnsonstring.com 
http://www.soundpostonline.com 
http://library.thinkquest.org/27178/en/index.html 
http://www.sheilascorner.com/bow.html 
http://www.sphinxkids.org/Practice_Room.html 
http://www.stringpedagogy.com/ 
http://www.uvm.edu/~mhopkins/Site%205/Home.html 
http://www.swstrings.com/ 
http://www.stringsmagazine.com/leveltwo/YOURINSTRUMENT-65.asp 
http://www.determan.net/michele/fiddle.htm
http://www.frontierfiddlers.ca/
http://www.sphinxkids.org/String_Instruments.html
http://www.kenmoreviolins.com/careandfeeding.htm
http://www.violinfromscratch.com/
http://vsl.co.at/en/70/3189/3190/5621.vsl 
http://www.vermontviolins.com/selectingInstruments.htm 
http://jaybuckey.com 
http://www.simplyviolin.com/page3/page3.html 
http://www.abrsm.org
http://twitter.com/theviolinblog

Friday, December 21, 2012

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2012

QUOTE:
"The painter turns a poem into a painting; the musician sets a picture to music."
AUTHOR: Robert Schumann
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“All the arts interweave each other: words can be made into art and 
  music; art can be imitated by music.”








COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano Concerto #1, Op. 23
Young Woman at the Piano by Renoir
(Movement 1)
Performed by Van Cliburn in Moscow, 1962

Piano Concerto #1, Op. 23
At the Piano by Childe Hassam 
Complete
Performed by Evgenij Kissin with the Berlin Philarmoniker, 1988
Conducted by Karajan

Marguerite Gachet at the Piano
by Van Gogh

Thursday, December 20, 2012

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012

QUOTE:
"Alas, for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!"
AUTHOR: Oliver Wendell Holmes
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“It is sad when a person has no musical outlet for their emotions.”









COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY

"Sleeping Beauty"
Sleeping Beauty by John Collier

Valse

"Sleeping Beauty"
Ballet Op. 66
Sleeping Beauty by Maxfield Parrish

Soundtrack Movie 1959

"Sleeping Beauty"

Kirov Ballet 1989


Sleeping Beauty by Walter Crane

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012

QUOTE:
"Play the music, not the instrument."
AUTHOR: Author Unknown
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“An instrument is just the mechanism for the music inside you.”



COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY







"Swan Lake"
Swan Lake by Carlotta Edwards
http://sharonssunlitmemories.blogspot.com/2012/07/carlotta-edwards.html

Op. 20 Full Suite
Soundtrack to the movie "Black Swan" (2010)



"Swan Lake" Ballet
Performed by Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev (1967)

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012

QUOTE:
"Music is the universal language of mankind."
AUTHOR: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Music is a form of communication that everyone can understand.”











COMPOSER

TCHAIKOVSKY


"Nutcracker Suite"

Overture Miniature
Conducted by Micha Haran

"Nutcracker"
Complete

"Nutcracker Ballet"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/arts/dance/george-balanchines-the-nutcracker-at-lincoln-center.html?_r=0

at the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater
File:Mariinsky Curtain.JPG
Design for the Imperial-era curtain of the Mariinsky Theatre that existed prior to 1914.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre


"Nutcracker" Russian Dance: Rock Guitar Metal Version

HERE IS A VERSION OF THE NUTCRACKER SUITE 
WITH WORDS FOR CHILDREN BY CAPTAIN KANGAROO
http://gentlebirth.org/nutcracker/#Download

Term: What is a SUITE?
As in the "Nutcracker," composers who had written operas or ballets which incorporated many long dance movements or songs often made arrangements of these in a shortened form for orchestra so that it could be played at concerts.

NEW INSTRUMENT: 
Celesta (bell like sound) used in the "Nutcracker"
http://www.vsl.co.at/en/70/3196/3204/3207/5748.vsl


The celesta (pronounced /sɨˈlÉ›stÉ™/) or celeste (pronounced /sɨˈlÉ›st/) is a struck idiophone 
operated by a keyboard. Its appearance is similar to that of an upright piano (four- or five-octave) 
or of a large wooden music box (three-octave). The keys are connected to hammers which 
strike a graduated set of metal (usually steel) plates suspended over wooden resonators. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta 

The story:
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (GermanNussknacker und Mausekönig) is a story written in 1816 by ETA Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker
comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls

http://www.lpomusic.com/files/December%2017th_Nutcrackersmall.pdf

Monday, December 17, 2012

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012

QUOTE:
"Music is to the soul as food is to the body."
AUTHOR: Rita Mae Brown
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“You need food to nourish your body and music to feed your soul."















COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY


Symphony #6 "Pathetique" 
conducted by Karajan 

Bernstein analysis of the "Pathetique"

Saturday, December 15, 2012

EARLY SONGS PLAYED ON BOTH KEYBOARDS and RECORDERS

SONGS PLAYED ON THE RECORDER 
CAN ALSO BE PLAYED ON THE KEYBOARD 
and
VICE-VERSA
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"HOT CROSS BUNS"

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"MARY"

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"ODE TO JOY"



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"JINGLE BELLS"

MUSIC NOTATION
TREBLE CLEF
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"TWINKLE"

PIANO FINGERINGS BELOW
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6
"CAMPTOWN RACES"


HOLIDAY RECORDER-KEYBOARD SONGS WORKSHEETS

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DIRECTIONS
1.WRITE NOTE NAMES DOWN UNDERNEATH THE NOTES
(CAN USE "STEP-SKIP" TRIANGLES AS A GUIDE)
2. PLAY ON THE RECORDER
(MAY WANT TO ADD FINGERINGS)
3. PLAY ON THE KEYBOARD
(MAY WANT TO ADD FINGERINGS)
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1
"JOLLY OLD ST. NICK"

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"JINGLE BELLS"

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"DONDE ESTA SANTA CLAUS"


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"CHANUKKAH SONG"

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"JOY TO THE WORLD"

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"PEACE ROUND"

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"WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS"

***RECORDER FINGERING FOR F# IS: T1235 (NO 4)
ON THE KEYBOARD F# IS THE BLACK KEY JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE WHITE KEY "F"
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Friday, December 14, 2012

BEGINNING RECORDER PACKET #3

RECORDER BY 
READING MUSIC NOTATION
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