Violin Playing Practice Exercises : Violin 5th Position


Before practicing 5th position on violin it is important to master the previous violin playing positions. Learn more about 5th position for violin with tips from a classically trained violinist in this free music lesson video. Expert: Elizabeth Willis Bio: Elizabeth Willis is a classically trained violinist and pianist. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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Violin Lessons: The A Harmonic Minor Scale : The A Harmonic Minor Scale on Violin & Higher Octaves


Musical scales like the A harmonic minor scale can be played on the violin at higher octaves to increase range. Play the A harmonic minor scale at a higher octave with a violin instructor in this free video violin lesson. Expert: Jason Salmon Bio: Jason Salmon has been playing the violin for seventeen years and been teaching violin for seven. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – Yearning Just for You (1938)


Bob Wills was the driving force behind Western Swing, a form of Country & Western that fuses Jazz, Hillbilly, Blues, Big Band Swing, and many more rhythm forms together creating a truly Unique, Diverse and Unforgettable sound. Wills’ shrewd mix of horns, fiddles and steel guitar made for a swinging sound that grabbed the public’s ear during the mid 1930s and 1940s. Bob Wills was born into a family of fiddlers on March 6, 1905. His father, John Wills regularly won Texas fiddling competitions. Bob learned how to play fiddle and mandolin from his father. As a young man, Wills performed at house dances, medicine shows and in 1929 made his debut on the radio. With commercial sponsorship, Wills’ bands performed on radio in the early 1930s as “Aladdin’s Laddies” (for the Aladdin Lamp Co.) and “The Light Crust Doughboys” (for Light Crust Flour). Following a salary dispute, Wills renamed his band the Texas Playboys and relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he had a live radio show. This exposure led to a contract with the American Recording Corporation – later absorbed into Columbia Records. In September 1935, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys recorded their first songs in a makeshift recording studio in an old Dallas Warehouse. From that point on, The Texas Playboys became an overnight sensation and recorded prolifically and made such classics as “Steel Guitar Rag”, “Maiden’s Prayer”, “Take Me Back to Tulsa” and Wills’ signature song, “San Antonio Rose”. Their biggest hit, was “New

Violin Lessons: C Melodic Minor Scale : C Melodic Minor Scale on Violin & Higher Octaves


Musical scales like the C melodic minor scale can be played on the violin at higher octaves to increase range. Play the C melodic minor scale at a higher octave with a violin instructor in this free video violin lesson. Expert: Jason Salmon Bio: Jason Salmon has been playing the violin for 17 years, and has been teaching violin for seven years. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

How to get out of playing the violin for a day?

I’m having a playing test tommorow in Orchestra. Yeah, we have playing tests. So freaking retarded. Anyway, I’m not ready for it. So what’s a way to get out of playing my violin for a day. And yeah I did practice! So don’t go saying that I should practice, because I go, but it’s just really hard. What;s a way to get out of playing my violin for a day.

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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – Trouble In Mind (1936)


Bob Wills was the driving force behind Western Swing, a form of Country & Western that fuses Jazz, Hillbilly, Blues, Big Band Swing, and many more rhythm forms together creating a truly Unique, Diverse and Unforgettable sound. Wills’ shrewd mix of horns, fiddles and steel guitar made for a swinging sound that grabbed the public’s ear during the mid 1930s and 1940s. Bob Wills was born into a family of fiddlers on March 6, 1905. His father, John Wills regularly won Texas fiddling competitions. Bob learned how to play fiddle and mandolin from his father. As a young man, Wills performed at house dances, medicine shows and in 1929 made his debut on the radio. With commercial sponsorship, Wills’ bands performed on radio in the early 1930s as “Aladdin’s Laddies” (for the Aladdin Lamp Co.) and “The Light Crust Doughboys” (for Light Crust Flour). Following a salary dispute, Wills renamed his band the Texas Playboys and relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he had a live radio show. This exposure led to a contract with the American Recording Corporation – later absorbed into Columbia Records. In September 1935, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys recorded their first songs in a makeshift recording studio in an old Dallas Warehouse. From that point on, The Texas Playboys became an overnight sensation and recorded prolifically and made such classics as “Steel Guitar Rag”, “Maiden’s Prayer”, “Take Me Back to Tulsa” and Wills’ signature song, “San Antonio Rose”. Their biggest hit, was “New

Violin Lessons: C Melodic Minor Scale : C Melodic Minor Scale on Violin: 7th Degree


The seventh note in the C melodic minor scale on violin is a B natural. Play the first note of the C melodic minor scale with a violin instructor in this free video violin lesson. Expert: Jason Salmon Bio: Jason Salmon has been playing the violin for 17 years, and has been teaching violin for seven years. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

World record in violin playing while skydiving!


Done in December 2006. Part of the project “Soundtrack for Life” (C) under international laws, offenders shall be prosecuted. This is a badly edited clip, to be followed, hopefully, in the near future with a better-made one relying on the two-angled original clips.

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – Trouble In Mind (1936)


Bob Wills was the driving force behind Western Swing, a form of Country & Western that fuses Jazz, Hillbilly, Blues, Big Band Swing, and many more rhythm forms together creating a truly Unique, Diverse and Unforgettable sound. Wills’ shrewd mix of horns, fiddles and steel guitar made for a swinging sound that grabbed the public’s ear during the mid 1930s and 1940s. Bob Wills was born into a family of fiddlers on March 6, 1905. His father, John Wills regularly won Texas fiddling competitions. Bob learned how to play fiddle and mandolin from his father. As a young man, Wills performed at house dances, medicine shows and in 1929 made his debut on the radio. With commercial sponsorship, Wills’ bands performed on radio in the early 1930s as “Aladdin’s Laddies” (for the Aladdin Lamp Co.) and “The Light Crust Doughboys” (for Light Crust Flour). Following a salary dispute, Wills renamed his band the Texas Playboys and relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he had a live radio show. This exposure led to a contract with the American Recording Corporation – later absorbed into Columbia Records. In September 1935, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys recorded their first songs in a makeshift recording studio in an old Dallas Warehouse. From that point on, The Texas Playboys became an overnight sensation and recorded prolifically and made such classics as “Steel Guitar Rag”, “Maiden’s Prayer”, “Take Me Back to Tulsa” and Wills’ signature song, “San Antonio Rose”. Their biggest hit, was “New