Encounter new problem(s) everyday....

January 24, 2008 at 2:21 AM

I barely practiced today because I just finished a big presentation today for work and I'm dead tired. I just picked up the Promenade piece and I'm very frustrated. I really find some kind of problem everyday... makes me start to wonder if the violin is really meant for me to learn...

Here is the problem, I'm playing this series of note, really simple, in A, B, F# (ending of phrase), A and B gets 1 beat, and F# gets 2. I stop the D string to get F#, when I lift my finger (after bowing), it freakn makes an extra sound as if I'm plucking the string!!! I experiment without the bow at all, pressing on the string, no matter what angle i try it, as long as I press and release the string, it will make loud sound like an extra note!! I don't remember this ever happening with my other pieces!! WHY?????

Who told me that learning the violin is a zen like journey???

From Stephen Brivati
Posted on January 24, 2008 at 4:23 AM

Greetings,
>Who told me that learning the violin is a zen like journey???
In a forest no one can hear the sound of one hand plucking.
Cheers,
Buri

From Mendy Smith
Posted on January 24, 2008 at 5:27 AM

PM -

Buri slapped me in the virtual face last month for trying to practice immediately after work and not getting into a musical frame of mind first. This woke me up and got me to developing the "Ultimate Warm-Up" (on my December blog). Over a month later, it still does wonders for me and makes the little practice time I have available more productive. Now, just ONE of these techniques can get me into that "zen mode" in few minutes.

Hope this helps preventing work frustrations turning into musical frustrations!

From PM Chu
Posted on January 24, 2008 at 5:42 AM

You guys are absolutely right! I should've calm down first from work, rewind, picture Mozart and Beethoven. :)

Now, seriously, why is it when I put my fingers down, and lift, it rings? Is it because my fingers are sticky? My strings are sticky?? I'm about to explode!

From Christian Abel
Posted on January 24, 2008 at 8:30 AM

It may indeed be because your fingers are sticky. Once you develop calluses the problem may go away...or it may be some other problem altogether (I am fully committed to being non-commital)

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