tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post5641514604391618454..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Learning Violin: Nuts and BoltsBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-69836339084710075462016-01-10T10:40:08.591-06:002016-01-10T10:40:08.591-06:00Actually, I suspect, and some violin teachers woul...Actually, I suspect, and some violin teachers would probably agree, that her progress would have been much better with regular lessons with a good teacher. For one thing, she could have been shown from the beginning how to tune the violin properly. Also, she could have been pointed towards better repertoire.<br /><br />Re male songbird composers: an evolutionary biologist would have a theory as to why most composers tend to be male.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-4490551671547605222016-01-10T02:42:50.749-06:002016-01-10T02:42:50.749-06:00I loved your 'with the possible exception of t...I loved your 'with the possible exception of the meadowlark' comment, Bryan. Very funny. <br />But is this girl's progression typical? Especially since she apparently learned on her own much of the time? I remember reading that Lyndsey Stirling's parents could only afford to pay for one 15 minute lesson a week for her. Gotta give these ladies credit for spunk and determination even if you don't love the repertoire they choose to play. <br />By the way, I read somewhere that most of the great composers among Western European songbirds are males. AHA! Finally the answer to your 'why no great female classical composers' question?Christine Lacroixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006109075551438090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-54235023056020285982016-01-09T18:20:07.947-06:002016-01-09T18:20:07.947-06:00Yes! Or ear-to-finger, perhaps. Uniquely human, wi...Yes! Or ear-to-finger, perhaps. Uniquely human, with the possible exception of the meadowlark.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-63647098830354999462016-01-09T18:13:37.345-06:002016-01-09T18:13:37.345-06:00Very cool! Just love it.
The thing is that evolu...Very cool! Just love it.<br /><br />The thing is that evolution never intended for us to play musical instruments: the kind of eye-to-hand coordination required for great playing is highly unnatural. What's remarkable is how one can, through sheer hard work, make the unnatural natural. Like language this seems a skill uniquely human.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com