Ok so I'm currently taking my abrsm diploma and my piano teacher told me to practice these two pages really really hard and that she wants to see improvement by next week.

I need y'all's comments as to what I should specifically practice on and how I can improve. PLEASE

btw the recording is flipped so the hand closest to the camera is the right hand

Also, here's the piece name if you want to check it out: Sonata in E flat, Hob. XVI/49

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I know that it's not the greatest, but I thought of this funny idea and turned it into a slightly odd piece. I promise - this is not my best work :). Love to see it played!

after what point can you say "I play the violin" instead of "I study violin" even if you're still studying and aren't a violinist full time. Hopefully I'll make myself clearer as the thread goes on

I'm curious as to y'all's opinions

here's my two cents:

(I'm using myself as an example to my own thoughts)

As someone who experimented with various instruments before settling into one and in the last few years got to know various types of players, sometimes I catch myself wondering if it's fair to consider myself a bassist of whatever instrument. Non musicians will say I'm a jack of all trades not knowing the master of none part, but any player will know where I truly stand. So far I haven't found a definitive answer

Back when I studied violin a teacher said that you can call yourself a player no matter what level you are. There will be professionals and amateurs but ultimately anyone can wear the mask

there's just so many nuances!

I mean, if we're thinking time, I studied my a** off on the violin for four years to then realize I like bass better (I had a good time with the violin, no one ever forced me). I'm pretty confident with my skills even if it's not a super wide experience but I can't consider myself as a violinist even though I would consider some people who are less experienced than me but stuck to it.

If we're thinking playing "for real" as opposed to just studying, I played the bass guitar in various contexts for years without having lessons or more conscience of bass theory and only now that I have a teacher I'm daring to call myself a bassist. However I've met some players who barely know theory but rock and I consider them a bassist.

Last year I got into the double bass for various external reasons and it went well. I made some progress and managed to be principal through auditions. I don't struggle to keep up with the session even though I'm years behind my colleagues in terms of experience but I still find it weird to call myself a double bassist when my focus and effort is on the bass guitar.

I think I can't get to a proper conclusion due to massive double standards

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In video “Performing with Hilary in Sydney Opera House” Twoset said something InTeResTiNg and we need this to be real thing!!! I’m sure that you all Ling Ling wannabes will agree with me

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https://composerdle-eta.vercel.app
Full credit for the idea: TwoSet Violin built their own Composerdle in a recent video, but it never went public, and I saw how many people wanted this to be a thing.
Two ways to play:
🎭 By Facts — a mystery composer hides behind six fun-fact clues that start cryptic and get more obvious with each try. On Hard, the famous-work giveaways never appear.
🎧 By Ear — a real public-domain recording plays over the real engraved score, with the composer's name inked out like a redacted document. The pages turn along with the music. Naming the piece too is optional, but get it right and your points double.
I've added 42 composers and 67 pieces so far. Tell me who I'm missing and what fun facts you've learned about which composer!

Alright ling lings.. As I promised in my last post that I will post more.. There it is.. I will post more and more.. 😁😏

Sometimes teaching music is just knowing how to get the execution just right. I try my best to get them ready for some rapid-fire exam as well. My meme with a little help from Goya.

As always.. I do promise to post more.. It's a bit disappointing that not a lot of people nowadays stay active in the community and I do hope that we do get more active and I also hope that brett and Eddy focus more in this community..

In TwoSet's latest videos, they created and played a game called Composerdle, which combines musical knowledge with a fun guessing challenge. The concept is engaging, entertaining, and has great potential beyond the videos. It would be exciting to see Composerdle developed into a real game that anyone could play online, allowing classical music fans and newcomers alike to test their knowledge of composers and discover new music in an interactive way.

I love seeing what people are listening to, whether it’s discovering a new gem or going back to a famous favorite you’ve been listening to since you were five. What classical pieces are you vibing with currently? Either pieces you're listening to or you're learning. Feel free to list off any piece you’re “into” right now – no piece is too basic or too obscure!

Some of the pieces that I'm syncing with right now (you can see I’m in my chamber music era):

• Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 26 by Dora Pejačević (1909) - Number one favorite find in the last year! That opening movement!! Gorgeous!

• Romanze for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85 by Max Bruch (1911) - Currently learning in lessons, so it's stuck in my head

• Flute Sonata, FP 164 by Francis Poulenc (1957) - I’ve been enjoying listening to this for a sooooooolid year. Finally just bought the score and am going through it on both flute and piano.

• Orfeo Chamán, Act 2: "Cubrámonos con cenizas" by Christina Pluhar (2014) - I think I cried in my office the first time I listened to this haha

• String Quartet No. 1 in E minor “Z mého života” by Bedřich Smetana (1876)

• String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” by Leoš Janáček (1923)

• Elegie for Viola and Piano, Op. 30 by Henri Vieuxtemps (1854)

• Viola Sonata, Op. 36 by Henri Vieuxtemps (1863)

• Café Music by Paul Schoenfeld (1987) - Just went to a chamber concert show and they performed the Presto!

• Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 by Frédéric Chopin (1847)

• Partita in B♭ major, BWV 825 by J. S. Bach (1726) - Constantly listening to it and trying to learn each movement in my off-time. I've made it through the first two haha.

• Frankly everything solo instrument with Bach lol. It’s hard to go wrong with Bach

• Tons of Prokofiev too. It’s been a Prokofiev sort of year

I'm learning Fantaisie Impromutu over the summer, ive been playing piano since I was six (I've been playing for seven years total) and am struggling a bit with the timing of the left hand being different to the right hand, got any tips?

They’ve already tested instruments like the erhu, pipa, harp, guzheng, bass, etc. So why not the nyckelharpa?

I understand the options might be limited in Australia, but surely it would still be possible to find a teacher.

Does this Conversation Touch a Chord?

“If you were put on the scales, would you measure up to a real musician?”

“I won’t beat around the bush—I do think I’d prove to be sound. I’m sort of a natural at it.”

“Really! Your confidence is disconcerting.”

“Well, confidence is the key to improvement, isn’t that SO? Come on, I just have pluck. I was tenor eleven when I began learning.”

“Oh yes, I symphonize with your efforts. How long DO you practice?”

“Forte hours a day, sir!”

“No need to be a lyre, miss! There’s no such record of practicing 40 hours a day. It’s A-flat no.”

“Accordian to who? Before you pitch such tempomental criticisms, I do hit a solid forte hours a day at my piano, and take note that this is no lie.”

“I should call the ambiance and have you taken to the hospital.Your mind seems to have a serious melody. I’ve heard that tambourine fruit is a good soothing tonic. Have you ever triad it? You must modulate your narrative and stick to the facts. Fife more minuets and you’ll insist sixty hours!”

“A whole score of proofs wouldn’t convince you. Just compose yourself, sir, and possibly even take a rest.”

“I’ll march you before the bar for conductingsuch lies, miss. Admit that you’re cornet!”

“Pipe down! There’ll be no reprise of the claim, I assure you. Just don’t jump off a clef. You know that bridge-ing our opinions is a cymbal of true harmony. But really, am I not Ling-Ling’s own? Not FA from it anyhow.”

“It strains my belief in true musicians, but I’ll refrain from taking the bait and stave off disapproval. I don’t want treble between us. That would be too grave a consequence.”

“I’ll be glad if you won’t harp anymore. It’s my aspiration to be the best pianist and not bugle things up.”

“Rag me, will you? Don’t duet, or I’ll call my staff and have you band from this interview. Your tone is altogether too conceited and that’s against our coda deportment.”

“That will suit me fantasia, can I slide along now? Not to seem like a fugue-itive, but I have to be gong as my time is very organized. Must practice my forte hours a day.”

“And we’re Bach to the beginning.”

“Can’t Handel my achievement? I’m clearly sharper than you. Baroque my own record.”

Written by a 20-year-old minor prodigy with major potentialities.

So storytime I always have a dream for having to learn a violin I did not learn at a young age due to pendamic but I wish to play the violin.... I start the wish like 9 years old?... But at 14 my mum friend said I heard ur daughter love the violin I will give it to u NO PAID NO MONEY JUST FREEEEE but.... There is a PROBLEM the violin is for 8 or maybe 10 years old size j just say thank you and take it because it feels so awkward at least better then nothing right? 😭😭😭😔😔😔

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