Sunday, April 04, 2004
I bought a new string.. It was the C string that broke (after I did the research to find out which string actually broke XD;;). It'll cost me $20 just to tune it though.. That's kinda expensive, so I should learn to do it myself. I mean.. If I take it to the store for tuning twice, that's already the cost of the actual viola!
Now, so far, I've been practicing the hold and made some noises with the bow XD That's all I know how to do. The lion hold is hard to do and it hurts my chin!
As for tuning, I don't have fine tuners. I think I'm just gonna try to get as close as possible. I can't ask for much since I'm trying to teach myself here.. which is not working XDDD I downloaded a keyboard to help with the tuning. This is hard to do *_*;;
I think I'm gonna take a class at the local mall where I got the new string from. They only have violin teacher though, but I'm gonna ask them if she can teach viola also, since those two instruments are so similar. I'm a bit embarassed because I'm sure the other students are little kids and I'd be the only clueless adult there. I mean, I can't even read notes!! ^^;;;
Btw, I'm supposed to rub the bow hair with rosin, right? Is there a 'correct' way to do it? Or do you just rub it in any directions? And assuming all the strings are tuned, how to you play the notes? None of the books I bought illustrate the actual playing of the instrument. Maybe I should look for lessons on dvd..
ari 6:42 PM
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