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RE: Showcase-Sunday: Previously shared Violin Music!
These are all fabulous. I have to admit I have little experience with early music except as it is commonly presented today. I find all this fascinating. I had no idea! At this point, the Bach piece has rolled into the 1st movement of something extraordinarily gorgeous, beginning with a retune of what sounds to me like a cello, then goes into a contemporary piece that is BAAAD. I am so happy I came across this phenomenal post!
I wonder, though, if you meant for us to hear so much more than just the three pieces.
Haha... I didn't realise that they would roll into each other!
The cello-like thing is a Viola dámore which I wrote about here: https://steemit.com/classical-music/@bengy/introducing-the-viola-d-amore
7 playing strings/7 resonant strings... a soft gamba-like sound due to it's shared heritage... a right pain in the arse to play... but I love it!
Contemporary piece... I think that was a few excerpts where I was trying to sound like a frog for a piece that I played. Often, people will just play the notes... and it won't sound like frog at all... I go for the full "no shame" approach... and try really hard to make the violin "croak"!
https://steemit.com/ifc/@bengy/how-to-make-a-violin-sound-like-a-frog-ifc-s02r05