Wittner Wide Stable style Black Fine Tuner for 3 4 4 4 Violin
♫ Friday, July 31st, 2009Wittner Wide Stable style Black Fine Tuner for 3 4 4 4 Violin
This is a high-quality fine tuner made by Wittner.
Archive for July, 2009
Intelli IMT 600 Guitar Violin and Chromatic Clip on Tuner
♫ Thursday, July 30th, 2009Intelli IMT 600 Guitar Violin and Chromatic Clip on Tuner
This is the Intelli IMT-600 Auto Tuner, which is an upgrade to the IMT-500. It has a mode selector switch to choose between Chromatic, Violin and Guitar modes. The IMT-600 is a clip style tuner that picks up vibration directly from the instrument. It can be used on a noisy stage because it ignores distracting noise that can confuse other tuners. It attaches easily to any instrument and has an easy-to-read LCD meter that acts like an analog meter. The Backlit LCD panel illuminates making it easy to see in the dark. Some of the technical specs are: Calibrate from A = 430 to 449Hz with 1Hz step. Quadra flat tuning – no need to remove a capo to tune your guitar. Tuning range: 12-note full range chromatic, A2-B7. Tolerance: +/ 0.5 cents, uses Quartz Crystal. Clearly shows how sharp or flat you are in cents. Powers off after 3 minutes to save battery life. Power source: Coin battery 3volt (CR2032) (included). Overall Dimensions: 45×45x55.8mm, (body only 45×45x14mm). Weight: Approx. 50g (including battery)
Scale System for Violin by Carl Flesch
♫ Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Scale System for Violin by Carl Flesch
Scale System for Violin by Carl Flesch is a supplement to book 1 Of ‘The Art Of Violin Playing’ also by Carl Flesch. An instructional book for violin considered by many to be the violinists bible!
Suzuki Violin School Violin Part Volume 6
♫ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Suzuki Violin School Violin Part Volume 6
The SUZUKI METHOD of Talent Education is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s view that every child is born with ability, and that man is the son of his environment. According to Dr. Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child’s potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using the mother-tongue approach. Suzuki Violin School Materials include: Violin Parts (Vol. 1-10) * Piano Accompaniments (Vol. 1-10) * Cassettes (Vol. 1-3 performed by Shinichi Suzuki, Vol. 4-8 performed by Koji Toyoda) * Compact Discs (Vol. 5-8, performed by Koji Toyoda) * David Cerone Performs Suzuki Violin School (Cassettes & Compact Discs, Vol. 1-4) * David Nadien Performs Suzuki Violin School (Cassettes and Compact Discs, Vol. 1-4). Suzuki Method Core Materials available for piano, violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, harp, guitar, and recorder.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Comment on pitches
Several people have commented on this recording sounding sharp. I suspect it has to do with different tuning standards. the standard tuning pitch here in the States is A 440, but in other parts of the world A 445 is often used. It would sound sharp by comparison, but is not necessarily “wrong”.
4 Stars Great to have with the text book!
I have been taking a lesson from Suzuki method teacher, and this CD has been a great suppliment in my busy life. Just listening to this CD for 5-10 minutes a day ( during the commute or cooking time) has been helping me to understand what I need to work on. My daily practice time is avarage 15 minutes or so, but I have been making good enough progress because of this listening program.
2 Stars It’s not good
I’ve been a Suzuki teacher for 12 years. I found that this CD is really out of tune and in many cases sloppy. It has one cool feature and that is it’s Suzuki playing Suzuki and he was in his 80s (I think) when it was recorded. The two other CD’s available, however, in some cases have lightning fast tempos. The new Midi CD-ROM seems to have solved that issue.
1 Star The performance does sound too sharp …
It’s really unfortunate that the performance on this CD does seem to sound too sharp as pointed out by a previous reviewer, who’s a Suzuki teacher. Our violins (both mine and my daugther’s) always sound quite a bit flatter than this CD after being tuned by my daughter’s Suzuki teacher, who has perfect pitch. One time earlier on, I also tried tuning our violins w/ this CD as aid (thinking our violins had gone too flat), and the teacher thought they were oddly out of tune more than usual (or in an odd way I guess since they were sharp, not flat) — well, she didn’t really say so, but her facial expression and gesture said it all. 
I never really brought this up w/ her before, but I think I will in our next lesson. And perhaps, I’ll buy a different CD for this series as well — maybe the David Nadien version as suggested elsewhere.
5 Stars good book
My daughter uses it and so far so good.
She just started to take lesson and 6 years old and able to read it herself.
Glaesel GL 3909 Paganini Rosin
♫ Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Glaesel GL 3909 Paganini Rosin
A traditional bow rosin used by some of the world’s greatest musicians. Unique and handy cork case with plastic cover.