My friend thinks I'm nuts, but wants to try it...

March 22, 2010 at 12:07 AM

My friend from high school orchestra, my partner in violin crime at the time came over to my house to hear me playing Wieniawski's Les Arpeges he thinks I'm nuts, but he wants to play it and wants me to try and teach him! I'm trying to figure out if that's even a good idea. I'd honestly recommend he work on his sevcik first, but I don't want to make him feel like he's inadequate. Maybe get him to play some Paganini first??? He's got the mindset of Paganini (devil may care) but the playing style of Kreisler (melodically inclined) What should I do?

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