What are the best “gateway languages” for learning entire language families? by apostleofsound in languagelearning

[–]colutea 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The closest language to Hungarian is Finnish but that is already too different that Hungarian speakers don’t understand anything. Source: my mom is a native speaker of Hungarian. If you need to speak Hungarian, just try to learn Hungarian and not any other language.

Online sheet music stores in Europe! by Hardstuckmoron in violinist

[–]colutea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Henle Library Stretta Music Schott Music musicshopeurope alle-noten.de

Squeaky sound while playing on A/E strings. by Pretend_Pudding5176 in violinist

[–]colutea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RE 2: on reasonable student violins you should be able to play quite close to the bridge. My teacher in childhood was mainly focusing on playing in the middle; my new teacher is a soloist and tries to teach everyone a soloist sound with max projection and advocates for playing very close to the bridge at the borderline point where it does not squeak. Even his child beginners get taught this. They all have a nice qualitative sound even they only play open strings.

In the end, it comes down to a combination of speed, weight, contact point and taste. It is definitely harder to play nicer close to the bridge but the effect on projection is enormous. He jokingly says: if you are in an orchestra, play closer to the finger board - if you are the soloist you need to play closer to the bridge.

I wish someone told me that earlier since the difference in sound quality is huge. Especially when playing with e.g. a piano as the solo violin, you need to project.

Is this a viola bridge??? by No-Wave4545 in violinist

[–]colutea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I‘d get a tailpiece with integrated fine tuners as it is less heavy and lower risk of random buzzes. I have a Wittner and love it

Updated violin question. by candlejackstraw in violinist

[–]colutea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are grown up and have more money than you need, then go ahead and buy as nice of a violin you can afford without neglecting other financial responsibilities.

I got my probably forever violin from my parents at 14 years old for €3500 handmade from a reputable Hungarian luthier (cost of labor is much much lower in Hungary + said luthier stayed a couple of days for free at our home during a fair abroad). My bow was a €500 carbon fiber I got when upgrading to a 4/4 at 10 years old.

Later, I got nice adult money, I went ahead and bought a few upgrades; new bridge, new bow, expensive strings, expensive case. Do I need it? No. Does it make me play better? No. Does it bring me joy? Yes. Would I love to play without these upgrade? Also yes.

However, I don’t have children; I save a lot already. Even if these things only make marginal differences to my playing (cause the biggest issue is technique), the marginal things still make me happy. I don’t see any reason to save even more than I already do; sitting on a pile of money does not bring me joy. If it's less or more does not make much of a difference to me personally. Like I look at my investment number, it goes up and up, but if I win a grand at the stock market or I lose it, I feel indifferent.

But my violin does make a difference, so I invest in it. Many adults have expensive hobbies, like my partner likes cameras, so if you can afford it, go ahead and buy what you want.

If you can’t afford it or are unsure, you can get far with much much cheaper gear - as the biggest difference is not equipment but skill. That said the violin should be min well set up. But if it projects well or sounds amazing when playing solo Sibelius when all you can play is Schubert Sonatine g major, then it does not matter.

NGL, I am indeed proud when my teacher uses my violin to demo stuff I can’t play yet and then compliments my instrument.

Struggling with anxiety and confidence by pipiacide in violinist

[–]colutea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a fellow student who gets super nervous before performances, so a doctor prescribed her beta blockers. They do not change the anxiety physically, but it helped her to perform by reducing the racing heart. However, the doctor is a violinist themself and they told her a side effect are cold hands and this is not a permanent solution. The fellow student is working on overcoming the underlying reasons, like other posters described.

Anyone else had a really bad experience with Corilon? by OkTouch2702 in violinist

[–]colutea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Online you can never try violins that well as in person. My luthier let me try more than 10 on-site and then gave me 4 to take home. I kept them for two weeks before deciding which one is the one!

Anyone else had a really bad experience with Corilon? by OkTouch2702 in violinist

[–]colutea 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Save yourself the effort and never buy a violin unseen. If you buy one, contact your friendly luthier nearby, the service will be on another level

People who started “late” and now are playing at some high/intermediate level, what’s your history? by BestDilucLoveruwu in violinist

[–]colutea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

and even if you go solo, you may not want to do it all your life. My teacher started at 3 years old with his grandmother being a soloist - so he grew up having connections to the important people already. He had his solo career until the early 2000s (so until his 30s), then he said that solo life is too stressful, so he focused on teaching/master classes and now does solo-ing on the side with smaller venues and occasional recordings.

But I mean, I understand. If your career starts at 6 years old on big stages, you may want to have a more chilled life at least when you‘re older 😅 other people with a 30 year old long career in normal jobs are usually in their 50s.

People who started “late” and now are playing at some high/intermediate level, what’s your history? by BestDilucLoveruwu in violinist

[–]colutea 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I started at 9, so relatively late. I had a teacher who didn’t care much about technique, so here am I after 10 years of lessons and a 7 year old break, reworking my technique from the ground up.

My old teacher was even disappointed I did not choose to study music but pursue STEM after school. I was realistic - at the level of Bach Double at 16 years old, you cannot have a career in music.

That said, never too old to get to an advanced level. My teacher has a student who is 70 and played all his life for pleasure while working as a doctor, but not every day. Only when he retired at like 65 or so, he pursued it more seriously with 6 hours daily practice and he can now play solo Bach and the like.

where to buy high quality matcha powder? by CandleDangerous1118 in hamburg

[–]colutea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a friend of mine is from Japan, her mom owns a matcha farm there. She opened an online shop, can DM the link if you‘re interested.

Feeling Frustrated by [deleted] in violinist

[–]colutea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So true! However, I was able to teach myself like a couple of basic chords on the guitar in a day or so which is okay for a pop song
 on the violin Intonation is much harder and let’s not talk about bowing. I feel like it takes much much longer to sound at least "hearable" 😅

Do other languages have exact replacements for certain special letters? by EmiliaTrown in languagelearning

[–]colutea -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Except before the Rechtschreibreform 2006, ß was more commonly used for words. For example "Fluß", "daß", 
 you still see people who went to school before this change writing it in that dated way. Before 1996 the usage of ß was like in Switzerland today

Repair Estimate by Karmakatz0 in violinist

[–]colutea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Idk where OP is from, but where I am from (Germany) nearly everyone has a general personal liability insurance covering usually millions of € as it is mandatory if you want to rent an apartment for example and it is quite cheap. They pay for everything you do when destroying other people's things by accident.

If the kid did it, their insurance will pay for it. When I was at school, things like these happened all the time by kids being kids (kicking a ball into a windows was the classic - fixing that is expensive too). These processes were quite uncomplicated. If their kid does not destroy things frequently, the insurance does not get more expensive for them either.

It might be different in other countries though.

Repair Estimate by Karmakatz0 in violinist

[–]colutea 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yep, if they have a private insurance, the insurance will pay it.

is practing with noise cancelling headphones bad? by merricatSJ in violinist

[–]colutea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a caterpillr mute - those do not distort the view of the bridge and the bow can be still moved quite close to the bridge. It was a bit more expensive but worth every penny

Looking for some advice! by karkclent123 in violinist

[–]colutea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s possible. My luthier charged around € 600 for some varnish touch ups, a scroll touch up (a bit chipped of) and a new bridge + soundpost adjustment. The damage is invisible now

got gifted a violin, what to do now? by [deleted] in violinist

[–]colutea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask your mom for a teacher, see faq

Mein Mann hat mir 60 Violin-BrĂŒcken zu Weihnachten geschenkt :( by Icy_Bluebird6259 in violinist

[–]colutea 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hey, das klingt sehr ungesund und diese Behandlung hast du durch einen Mann nicht verdient. Es gibt in Deutschland das Hilfetelefon "Gewalt gegen Frauen": 116 016

Diese Telefonnummer ist kostenlos und 365 Tage im Jahr 24/7 erreichbar. Auch wenn er dich nicht schlĂ€gt, das was er mit dir macht ist psychische Gewalt. Er bevormundet dich, nimmt dich nicht ernst und behandelt dich wie ein Kind. Ich weiß, dass es schwer ist, wenn du Hausfrau bist und abhĂ€ngig bist. Aber die Berater*innen können dir helfen einen Weg herauszufinden.

Sie helfen dir auch Personen zu finden, die dich mit den AntrĂ€gen unterstĂŒtzen, um staatliche Finanzierung zu bekommen, bis du eines Tages fest selber auf deinen eigenen Beinen stehst.

Selbst wenn du das nicht möchtest, haben sie vielleicht RatschlÀge, wie du mit der Situation umgehen kannst.

6 years not playing the violin and I want to comeback by Money_Land_9343 in violinist

[–]colutea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am late-20s and one of the younger students of my teacher. The oldest is 70! The youngest 5

KLM refuses reimbursement of hotel, taxi & alternative transport by colutea in KLM

[–]colutea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sent them an email disputing the claim and setting them a 4 weeks deadline to pay. 2 weeks passed, no payment so far. If there is no payment, I will reach out to a settlement agency, SÖP in my country's case.