Recent content by James VW

I've been meaning to try out other rosins, that's decided. But, multiple rosins on one bow? I think I heard somewhere that you shouldn't use multiple rosins on a bow; does that sound familiar to anyone? It kinda makes sense, even if it isn't detrimental; if you're trying a different rosin...

I already knew there was a small hairline crack developed on one side of my ebony mute (and I hadn't used it in a long time), but as I began practicing on it again, another one appeared on the other side. It might've been growing, too. I didn't want to experiment too much. Do I need a new mute...

Thank you!!! ...and is this the string orchestra accompaniment part in A minor? Because I just recently got an A minor piano part worked out.

Does anyone know if there is either a piano score or a full string-orchestra score for Bottesini Concerto #2? My friend said he had trouble finding any accompaniment that didn't require solo strings when browsing Lemur.

I know this is an old topic, but I was searching Google to try to figure out if there was an era in which hat pegs were popular. I own a 1900s German-made with hat pegs, and I've since noticed that in photos circa 1900s (esp in Ken Burns' Jazz documentary book), all of the basses have hat pegs...