i love all of them!!! especially the viola and the double bass... mmm...

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QUOTE (isabelsmells @ Jun 25 2004, 07:31 PM) I can't stand the E string on the violin, I have to play on it a lot for one of my grade 4 pieces and I always just feel like my ear drums are about to burst I hate playing on the E string on the violin, but it sounds alright when professional musicians are playing and when you use vibrato.

Many professional violinists get impaired hearing in their left ears, either tinnitus or deafness. One of my amateur, violin-playing friends had to give up music for a period when his left ear started hearing a different pitch from his right. Now his left ear has gone totally deaf and he is playing again.

It might be a good idea for upper string players to use an ear plug in their left ear when playing. Then, again, there are still not enough viola players, so if you play that too you will be get more opportunities in orchestras and chamber music.

I love the sound of a Violin, such a romantic instrument.

I love cello....

QUOTE (milkykitten @ Oct 11 2004, 11:40 AM)

I love cello....

me 2

QUOTE (milkykitten @ Oct 11 2004, 11:40 AM)

I love cello....

me tooo.... i love it so much... the rich sound

QUOTE (liebe_klavier @ Oct 11 2004, 07:45 PM)

QUOTE (milkykitten @ Oct 11 2004, 11:40 AM) I love cello.... me tooo.... i love it so much... the rich sound

I definitely agree!!! That's why I play the cello!

i wished i could play the cello....unfortunately, i'm not gifted on string instruments....

QUOTE (sutty_73 @ Oct 11 2004, 10:55 AM)

I love the sound of a Violin, such a romantic instrument.

Agree with you, Craig.

Currently, I'm learning violin. It is such a wonderful instrument. I always mesmerise by the sound of the violin produces by my teacher. So sweet.......

Czaire



Hi liebe_klavier,

Give it a try. You wouldn't know...

QUOTE (liebe_klavier @ Oct 13 2004, 04:42 PM)

i wished i could play the cello....unfortunately, i'm not gifted on string instruments....

Give it a try!! Playing string instruments after playing the piano isn't too hard (you won't waste time learning the bass clef)! 4 years ago I started learning and now I can play at grade 8 level!

i know i should try....i had tried the violin before....but i just couldn't play it...i cou;dn't even play a staccato...hopeless....

Liebe_klavier, you're not hopeless. The violin is such a hard instrument (I should know, I play violin and viola!). Anyway, you already play piano and organ. I'd quite like to try organ but I think that I should try to get better at the piano first.

the organ is absolutely fab...i think it's great for you to start with organ first

Hi liebe_klavier,

You're not hopeless. Indeed, violin is consider one of the most difficult instrument. I started playing the violin for 8mths, I also can't play staccato. I'm working on the intonality.

violin is indeed considered very difficult... i personally find the viola harder... but that's just my opinion...

i like piano most, and then my second choice is violin.

hey.....
i guess all string instruments are great i love to listen to the violin if its well played but i love to play the guitar....
in the end whats an orchestra without string instruments

I love the sitar! They don't just have to be western orchestral instruments, right?

The cello is by far the best!

But then again, I am quite biased seeing as though I've been playing it for 13 years! The cello tends to sound better than the violin when played by a begginer as well - less painful! I just prefer the cello as it is more versatile.

The one downside is that it's a PAIN to transport though!

Cello's rule!!! Teehee

P.S

when did Myleen Class play the Elgar cello concerto?????? Who put that!? I thought she was a pianist?

im not really a string fan but if i had to choose bass or paino

strings are to high, get the best parts in orchrestras, there very popluar (hardly anyone wants to play the lower insterments like basson or tuba) and they can be very scratchy and painful!

I like the cello but if I had to pick a fav it would have to be the violin. Has anyone heard Yehudi Menuhin ?

Sigh...............Violin rulz among all string instruments.

Hi Cecilia,
Do you like the sitar that much? I'm an Indian and the sitar is an Indian instrument so I've heard a lot of it.

Have you heard the sitar maestro Ravi Shankar? He's a virtouso at the sitar. His daughter Nora Jones is a popular singer.

You must hear him play. He's God at all those ragas.

I've heard another of his daughters, Anoushka Shankar play - it was wonderfully mesmerising!

Hi Rosemary,
Yes Anoushka is following her father's footsteps. I haven't heard her but critics say she's really promising.

QUOTE (Rupayan @ Oct 27 2004, 06:56 PM)

I like the cello but if I had to pick a fav it would have to be the violin. Has anyone heard Yehudi Menuhin ? Sigh...............Violin rulz among all string instruments.

Yup. A fantastic guy

The violin is good...if played well! I was playing sax and singing in my rock band in a concert and there was a violinist and he was really bad!!! I mean the thing sounded like it was being killed and it was well flat!! My fav. is the electric guitar!!
Brian May is sooo gr8!!!!!

QUOTE (Hind @ Oct 24 2004, 10:02 PM)

in the end whats an orchestra without  string instruments

A wind band?

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QUOTE (hornplayer @ Sep 10 2004, 03:46 PM) surely harp is the best stringed instrument? Chacun à son goût. Advantages Polytonal Glissandi Some excellent solo and chamber music Disadvantages Need to tune frequently (even between pieces) Stuck in equal temperament (because of the nature of the pedal mechanism) Lack of penetration in the orchestra requires sympathetic orchestration and balance

I would like viola but it blends in too easily.

Violin has a piercing sound.

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QUOTE (Rhapsodin @ Oct 30 2004, 08:31 PM)

I love the cello. I tried to play it but every time I stuck it under my chin this darned spike kept sticking in my neck. Plain bad design if you ask me.

lol!!!!!!!!!!

my friend's 6ft 2, and whenever he has to tune small cellos at music centre he sticks them under his chin!!! it's rather amusing... only works with like 8th sizes though...

lol cheeble!