Violin
A player begins to do several warm ups before practicing piece. An excerpt of the warm up is selected, here is a 3 octave A major scale. You can hear the player go higher and higher in the octave. As octave got higher, noise isn't as strong so the sound is begin to be lost. You can also hear squeaks and the bow isn't in a continuous motion so you can hear pauses in between. Recorded on an iPhone 6s.
A triplet is a rhythmic feature in which a beat is subdivided into three. Triplets were a common feature of the galant style of the eighteenth century.
This excerpt includes 15 examples of triplets played by violins, both ascending and descending.
Violins play tremolo over moving ensemble line. Tremolo is a bowing technique for effect achieved by rapidly switching the direction of the bow while sustaining a specific pitch.
This typical string section of a galant/classical orchestra consists of first and second violins, viola, cello and bass. The string section of the orchestra plays an interlude between episodes of a movement. The first violins and violas play moving line in unison punctuated by second violins, cellos, and basses playing in unison.
Sound recording of a quartet coaching on a movement of Tchaikovsky's 3rd string quartet in a rehearsal room at UNCSA. Recorded on an iPhone 5s.
Sound recording of Hana Kim tuning her violin.
Sound recording of the finale to Duke University’s Ciompi Quartet playing of Schubert’s Quartet in A minor in the Blackwell common room. Recorded on Samsung Galaxy S6
A professional violin player talk about the use of glissandos in both violin playing and opera singing. We think glissandos often represents crying, teasing and funny in music.
Sound recording of Kate Pearson playing Meditation by Massenet on a violin Recorded on an iPhone 4