Audio link: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Routenberg: Concerto For Jazz Violin and Orchestra 1. Blue Reel Glenn Basham, violin Michael Krajewski, conductor Naples Philharmonic Thank you, Herbie Hancock, for performing with the Oregon Symphony and inspiring me to revisit a concerto that I commissioned! I admire musicians like Hancock who stretch their…
It’s Oscar night , but I’ve opted instead to watch My Neighbor Totoro with my two-year old. According to Wikipedia, My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Tonari no Totoro?), is a 1988 Japanese anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and…
Here is one way to introduce a beginner to the violin through pizzicato, or plucking the strings. We start by plucking the strings G, D, A, E with the right hand in guitar position. I like to anchor my curled right index finger to the right bottom corner of the fingerboard, next to the E…
For beginner violin players who are just learning to play with a bow (but not left hand), download the Ant Song mp3 and sheet music first, and then the Open Strings mp3 and pdf sheet music. Video tutorial will be included in later posts. The Ant song will introduce you to the open strings by…
01 Vivaldi Goldfinch on Treble Violin (click on link to hear the mp3) My recording of this well-known piece by Vivaldi was arranged for the treble violin rather than a flute. The treble violin is unique in that it is tuned one octave higher than a standard violin or fiddle. Hence, the piccolo-like sound. It’s…