glad to hear that

I love the recorder too, but it's so unstable, I feel I am on a high wire all the time, will that high G work this time :blink:

Now that you have got me interested in viola as well, I guess after I save up enough $ for the $2000 bow (I decided I will get it) I will have to get a nice viola. Maybe I can start a collection...

...O - you need to download a recorder recording for us...:guitar:

...and R - previously known as Q (just curious ...why the name change???)...is now officially addicted...LOL...glad to hear you're getting the bow...I just made that suggestion in a previous thread...

download or upload? :unsure:

what shall I play :blink:

Sorry! You upload...and then I download! ...

...play whatever you like the most!...

maybe if daniel would write me something easy

my mic is horrible by the way, so all the smooth creaminess in the tone of my alto will run away. (plastic recorders are very mellow, not too resposive though <_< )

...I saw some very nice wooden recorders at Long and McQuade (our local music 'chain') that weren't all that expensive...I wonder what they sound like?...

I used Quaverion in SoloViolin, and it seemed kind of old. Rhad I think is better. It has a lot of neat history behind it. B)

...gonna share the history? ...

The ancient Greeks actually invaded Greece from somewhere else, I don't know where. When they came to what is now Greece, there were people there already, who spoke what is like "pre-Greek." They were called the Aegeans. Their word for "devil" was Rhadamanthys. I thought it was good because the violin is the devil's instrument. B)

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...now that's very interesting! Thanks...and can we call you Rhad for short???...

Yeah, sure. I was actually going to say that myself.

Thanks! Rhad it is!

I just came from the library...borrowed the Suzuki Violin CDs...

...and I found a viola series called 'The Recorded Viola (The History of the Viola on Record)' ... with Vol. 1 and 2 at hand...and just found out there's also Vols. 3 and 4...I haven't listened to them yet...but they look very cool...(Gemm CDs)...

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both the price and the sound would depend on the wood, and the size.

not all that expensive? then they are probably pearwood, or maple, which would have a very soft mellow sound, not exactly loud (or resoponsive), and unsuitable for solo work, their only advantage is that they are very cheap.

of course there are other alternatives, kingswood being horribly beautiful, excellent sounding, and obscenely expensive.

grenadilla (clarinet-wood ) is the usual solo instrument, also expensive

ebony is wonderful, but also expensive.

olive wood (my favourite) is excellent, but olive recorders are very rare, and consequently rather expensive.

shouldn't we move this to its own thread?

Should I move it? How would I do that? I haven't gotten a reason to use any of my moderatotion powers yet... Do I just select all of the posts I want to move and select move post?