Thursday, April 9, 2009
Just to share...A friend of mine attended a violin Seminar (named "A Violin Seminar - The New Suzuki Violin School") and gain some insights which I (unshamefully) cut-and-paste off his blog (ok, credits to Jay LOL) :
"Some interesting/insightful snippets (non-verbatim!):
- Talent is not inborn, it is educated.
- Student: When can I learn the vibrato? Teacher: Whenever you are ready!
- Mr Nakamura likened the vibrato to the whirling blades of a helicopter. One must vibrato to the end of the note, like how the helicopter blades must keep on turning for the helicopter to stay afloat in the air. He micmiked the helicopter with his bow spinning vertically in the air, how the helicopter would start descending if the blades start and stop continuously.
- Imagine there is a bird nest in between your left hand palm and the violin neck, and there are eggs inside. If you squeeze your palm towards the violin neck, you will crush those eggs!
" Maybe we should bring some bird's nest and eggs and try this out! LOL
Erika, your photos were posted here by the person who took those photos. That's an OBVIOUS hint liao lor...
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Erika's Violin performs heroic actThis post is a special tribute to Erika's violin, hereby conferred the title of 'Heroine Violin', for having cushioned Mr Chua's dramatic fall from the stage to the ground during Saturday morning's practice. It suffered some bruises in its act of saving Mr Chua from any injury, and have since recovered (hopefully). I'm not so sure about Erika's heart, though.
Labels: Erika, heroine, violin