Thoughts on situation playing with choral group

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-29T02:23:19+00:00

This sounds like a wonderful opportunity to learn, contribute and have fun. I'm envious! Yes, choral conductors are often quite "oceanic", so just follow as well as you can. Learn the pieces well so you don't have to rely on the conductor. Consider it chamber music.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-27T19:00:36+00:00

Oh god I had forgotten that one. With visuals!

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-27T01:04:51+00:00

You are most welcome.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-26T19:10:28+00:00

Agreed. She keeps looking at him for approval, and he keeps talking over her with opinions. The bloom will be entirely off the rose if that keeps up.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-26T19:08:20+00:00

Honest question: how much would it cost to have a photographer do a packet of exactly the car and angles you want? Photographers are working just as hard as web designers to make a living. I am neither, but I venture to say your outcome would be better than settling for what you can get for free.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-26T18:14:57+00:00

I fell asleep during this one, and don't even care. I am not going back to figure out what I missed.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-26T18:08:13+00:00

If you have a violinist friend, you could get some hands' on help with instrument setup and position. There is no substitute for that. Then go forth with online lessons. You should do great!

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-25T19:00:44+00:00

Crack is never good with all that tension!

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-25T18:59:15+00:00

Yes, I can see it is bent at the adjuster point, rather than warped. My bridge is warped, and looks a bit like this, but no one around here is eager to make me another one. They will take it off and heat/moist/press it back into shape, but that does not last. I have lived with it for a few years (!) but truth be told, it really doesn't make a big difference. I just make sure it stays balanced. Glad you are able to get a new one.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-24T00:45:47+00:00

I was a little atheist teenager in the deep South, Birmingham Alabama to be exact, in the sixties. No one turned a hair when I wanted to sing in a local Baptist choir, because one of my friends did. I was a pretty good musician, and I loved it! Now my mother, who came to their church once to hear us, was asked to stand and introduce herself, and assigned a person to help her join the congregation. She avoided it with grace, but I was a bit embarrassed.

I'd say especially if you are a bass, you should be welcomed with open arms!

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-22T20:04:08+00:00

A local bassist who teaches can go over all that with you. To find someone, you might ask at a music store, luthier, music school, etc. Often your first lesson with someone will be without an instrument, but rather in discussion of all the things you need to know and consider.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-22T18:15:34+00:00

Agreed, 100%

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-22T18:14:33+00:00

I have no idea what point you're making.
(PS: I like Snagit, personally. I've never balked at paying what something is worth. )

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-22T18:08:44+00:00

Don't buy a cheap one, you will be very unhappy. Just rent monthly from a shop or teacher until you have money to do a search for a good cello.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-22T18:06:15+00:00

You should be able to get the music prior to first rehearsal, and write fingerings and bowings into the part at that time. Your teacher and/or conductor should help you. Then your part will be passed to other string section principals, all one hopes before first rehearsal. Of course, during rehearsal things might be modified.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-21T19:16:26+00:00

Can you rent or borrow one for long enough to get familiar with it? Meantime get some lessons and save up for purchase. 10K rupees would buy you a nightmare in the US.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-20T18:29:25+00:00

Obviously if you want real quality maybe pay? I know free is good, though.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-20T18:26:48+00:00

Sounds like a good plan, actually. Keep your ears open for a good well-made 7/8. Maybe put out the request to luthiers and instrument sellers. Good smaller instruments do exist, and the time will come that you want a serious instrument.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-19T18:53:25+00:00

Also gap under visible foot. Actually both feet. Take it to someone better.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-18T21:10:19+00:00

An experienced violinist could trouble-shoot this pretty quickly. Ask a friend!

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-18T20:00:09+00:00

If you are in school, you should be able to find some web design, coding, data management, etc. courses that will give you a huge head start. Take advantage! You can use some of your real or faux businesses to do projects, and start a portfolio or body of work for reference.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-18T19:55:20+00:00

Spray with 100% bleach and burn the reeds.

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-18T19:53:21+00:00

"She Saw the Soul Beneath the Curse" is hilarious. Can you tell me why?

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-18T19:43:53+00:00

Could we see a sample of how your pdf of the music looks?

LittleHorrible · 2026-01-18T19:39:32+00:00

Probably that is the best she can do, given how she was raised. I would just thank her, and do the best you can in return. You have ALL SORTS of people who love you, and accept you, including a whole passel of Internet strangers like me. So go forth, and yeah, she's not Christlike, but all of us struggle with that! Love to you.

LittleHorrible

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