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Continue reading →: How (not) to write a bard…
Me: it takes about 10 years of practicing violin to reach the point where you could be professionalThem: that’s ridiculous, I’ve seen video of 15 year olds who are phenomenalMe: 🙃 guess how old they were when they started lessons, chump (I’m not irritated by random gaming acquaintance not knowing…
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Continue reading →: Same snark, different hobby
“What did your teacher say about X?” is to violin/musical instruments as “what happened with your swatch when you X’d it?” is to knitting. “Help, I can’t do vibrato and bow at the same time!” “Oh no, what does you teacher say about that?” “I don’t have a teacher, I…
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Continue reading →: Violin Link Round-up #1
I’ve been cleaning my tabs this week, and wanted to stick a couple of links here so they don’t end up languished out-of-sight-out-of-mind in my favorites: Some helpful videos on physical warm ups:Dynamic Balance (youtube link)Air Fiddle (youtube link) Information about the physics of sound production:An Introduction to Violin AcousticsStrings,…
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Continue reading →: Bow wow!
As I mentioned yesterday (wow, two updates in one month!), my good bow developed a pronounced warp over the years, despite definitely loosening it after playing. 😛 It still sounds miles better than the handful of Brazilwood bows I’ve collected, but it really feels antagonistic to play on, more wrestling…
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Continue reading →: Bow woes…
Well I seem to be on track for monthly blog updates, which is… a better track record than I normally have. I’ve been paying attention to my basic bowing technique, and I can see some progress. I’ve also been working on my bow hold, as it has a tendency to…
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Continue reading →: Oh yeah, a blog!
Well, the stars aligned today and I recorded myself during practice. It’s an interesting experience!
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Continue reading →: Thinking about rabbits…Or more specifically: I’ve been having some thoughts about Rabbit, my bard character from Baldur’s Gate 3…
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Continue reading →: Amateur Bard
This blog is dedicated to my journey to relearn violin after a seventeen year break and to document my build of a BG3-style bard costume and accessories.
Amateur Bard 