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he's playing a baroque style bow and gut strings in order to actually simulate the sound they'd get in the baroque period. when he actually plays orchestrally he plays french and uses a normal looking grip.

Gary Karr tells a story about how when he was younger he was practicing simple bowing exercises that were "unmusical" by design and while he was playing his grandfather came up to him with a look of anguish on his face and told him "Gary, you did not play that musically. Every note must be...

the balance is really off when you do it standing. I've been playing strictly german for the last two days and i guess i'm getting used to it. With all things i guess i just need to practice and the tone will come with german in time. I work out of the zimmerman bowing book everyday as well and...

I was actually experimenting with the eggpin for a while using a sort of a modified cello position as well, but just couldn't seem to get the hang of it, the extra weight it added to my bass was sort of a factor in that as well. I have two teachers, one that plays french and one that plays...

I've toyed a lot with both bows and had teachers that play both. I noticed that i was having a lot of pain in my wrist with french bow and switched to german but my problem is that i sound a lot better with french (my articulations and overall sound production) but the pain in my wrist isn't...

im in la crosse right now but im moving to milwaukee in the spring.

I'm about 6 ft so I think a little bit of a tilt might be in my best interest. I've been looking at a lot of different players set ups and i think a tilt to the side is what I'm really going for. Thanks for all the input.

Since the eggpin is no longer in production i've been toying a lot with the idea of getting a laborie pin. I finally decided to do it. I'm about 6 1. does anyone have any suggestions or things i should look into before i actually do this?

not entirely sure If i'm in the correct forum for this, but does anyone know of players that teach rabbath in the wisconsin area?

Thanks a lot guys. I appreciate all the input.

hello, i am a first year student at a smaller university and I'm looking to transfer to an actual music school/conservatory. would you say that the odds of my acceptance into the program are lower because I'd be a transfer student? My top two choices are Curtis and Peabody (I know two of the...