I have or once had rudimentary knowledge of the violin.
Questions come up when I watched advanced violinists play. Many stupid questions, I admit, or rather questions that show my ignorance. I wonder if anyone would care to answer them.
The violin is the highest pitched stringed instrument in the orchestra, but the open G string is pretty low. I have no idea where this note would be on a piano (nor do I know anything of pianos). How much deeper does a piano go?
In most repertory, how often does a concert violinist even play on the G string, what percentage of the time? They seem to be on the A and E strings 90% of the time.
Also, when an orchestra all sounds the one note simultaneously while warming up with the concertmaster, just before they play for real, is that always the same tone? It sounds like the open A string on the violin to me, is it?
Questions come up when I watched advanced violinists play. Many stupid questions, I admit, or rather questions that show my ignorance. I wonder if anyone would care to answer them.
The violin is the highest pitched stringed instrument in the orchestra, but the open G string is pretty low. I have no idea where this note would be on a piano (nor do I know anything of pianos). How much deeper does a piano go?
In most repertory, how often does a concert violinist even play on the G string, what percentage of the time? They seem to be on the A and E strings 90% of the time.
Also, when an orchestra all sounds the one note simultaneously while warming up with the concertmaster, just before they play for real, is that always the same tone? It sounds like the open A string on the violin to me, is it?