Samara Ginsberg – Inspector Gadget for 8 cellos
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Poor fretless stringed orch critters such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bass, were really designed to play in groups, unlike pianos and guitars, whose natural habitats are acapella.
What’s the dif between a fiddle and a violin?
The same dif as between C# and Db!
*laugh dammit*
I enjoyed it and listened to her others as well. I thought the best one she did was the Airwolf theme.
That was fun! I played cello for 10 years, growing up. I assume she knows about Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras. No. 1 is scored for 8 cellos! No. 5 for 8 cellos and soprano.
@janyuary, solos and no frets – not a problem. As you learn the instrument, you begin to know where the notes are. You just know. I have trouble comprehending how to play with frets.
I always thought of cellos as junior basses, and violas as jumbo violins. I know the viola is tuned in fifths like the violin, and that for violin and double bass, the order of the strings is reversed, on the bass tuned in fourths, lowest is e, then a, then d then g as the highest, and that violin tuned in fifths is lowest g, next d, then a and e … tuned in fifths. I expect cellos, like basses, must be tuned in fourths, lowest to highest. It makes more sense. Cellos are beautiful things played well.
Diane, I hope you still play or return to it … on a fretless orch critter, learning young it’s like riding a bicycle any age. You always remember how to play, it comes back quickly. Me, frets freak me out. You have to be smart to play an instrument with frets. I don’t think one has to be too bright to play an orch beast!
The conductor of a well known city symphony once asked me if I knew the difference between a viola and a violin. Before I could frame a literate response, he answered his own question: “The viola takes longer to burn if you throw them both on a bonfire!”
Ah, musicians humor …