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It seems to me that Einstein may not have come up with the theory of relativity if he didn't play the violin. The violin has a universe within a small space... as anyone who has ever tried to play one of this incredible instrument can tell you.

I have been playing the violin for a long time. I have also not been playing for a long time too. I guess the height of my fiddler carrer was when I was actively involved in an orchestra, performing in Quartets for weddings and other functions. I really miss those days.

 

 

My aspiration

My aspiration: To make a violin at Cremona!!! Now there is a bit of science and engineering in this. Think about the antenna for a moment. No small antenna can resonate at a low frequency while maintaining much or any efficiency. Similarly, no violin can ever play a note like a cello or double bass! So this, is the law of nature. BUT, one ask, can this fundamental limit be broken, therefore defying the laws of nature???

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The Violin Links

This is probably the best site that host and promotes the classical violin.
THE STRAD is the world's leading magazine for players, teachers, makers and connoisseurs of stringed instruments
This site is hosted by Fritz Reuter & Sons Inc. There are lots of educational information in the site

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The Violin making schools

The International Violinmakers School of Cremona

Contains lots of information on violin making!!

Cremona is the land of the great violinmaking tradition, since Stradivari, Amati, Guarneri up to today.
Site is hosted by Fritz Reuter & Sons Inc.
 
Electric violin players, makers, and resources

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Acoustics society

The Catgut Acoustical Society was founded to increase and diffuse the knowledge of musical acoustics and instruments, and to promote its practical applications.

Research at University of New South Wale , Australia
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Niccol� Paganini

(born Genoa, 27 October 1782; died Nice, 27 May 1840).

By his technique and his extreme personal magnetism he was not only the most famous violin virtuoso but drew attention to the significance of virtuosity as an element in art. Paganini's violin prowess was so astounding that he was thought to be in league with the devil.

He studied with his father, Antonio Cervetto and Giacomo Costa and composition with Ghiretti and Paer in Parma. From 1810 to 1828 he developed a career as a 'free artist' throughout Italy, mesmerizing audiences and critics with his showmanship; notable compositions were the bravura variations Le streghe (1813), the imaginative 24 Caprices op.1 and the second and third violin concertos, surpassing in brilliance any that had been written before. After conquering Vienna in 1828 he was equally successful in Germany (Goethe, Heine and Schumann admired him), Paris and London (1831-4). His hectic intemational career finally shattered his health in 1834, when he retumed to Parma.

Apart from his unparalleled technical wizardry on the instrument, including the use of left-hand pizzicato(plucking with the left hand fingers), double-stopping (two notes at once), harmonics, 'ricochet' bowings and a generally daredevil approach to performance. He is said to hold the world record for fast playing - something like 18 notes a secondHe wrote violin music of near-impossible technical difficulty, and of his famous set of Caprices for solo violin, the leaping lines of No. 24 are familiar through arrangements by everyone from Rachmaninov to Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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