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 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:33 pm
After five years in band, my mother has decided that I should experience a different kind of instrument: strings!
My questions are, what instrument should I choose? Which one could cover high and low tones, pitches, etc. My right hand is missing a knuckle (since birth), will this affect my playing? My previous instrument was Trumpet and I'm slightly uncoordinated with my hands, what should I do?
Basically I'm here to learn everything I can about Orchestra and these things, so any replies would be greatly appreciated- thank you!
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:08 pm
Hello there!!!
I have played in an orchestra for three years. I am an oboe player. But I am going to answer some of your questions......
The first- String instruments have large ranges.... all of them, even the violin can play pretty low. If you want an instrument that reaches well into the bass clef then you want viola or cello... cello being the lowest (but it can also play up high but I believe that involves pretty advanced technique.) So maybe viola is what you want (you will have to learn to read alto cleff... if you choose this one.)
I don't think that your missing knuckle will be to much of a problem the right hand on all of the string instruments is used for bowing... the left is used to change the pitches of the strings (it has finger movement... the right hand does not.)
What you should do is explore... realized that it is going to be difficult to switch to any of the strings because it is different. You should maybe thing about private lessons once you know what you want to play that way you will be able to catch up the students that have been playing those instruments from an earlier time (while you were playing trumpet).
I hope that helped. If you have any more questions you can comment me or PM me.
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:09 am
Congratulations on orchestra biggrin I play violin
If you want an instrument with a wide range, probably think about choosing cello or viola. Violins are more high and basses are low. Also, think about whether you'd rather sit down and play or hold up an instrument and make sure you learn the cleff for whichever you chose. Just realize switching from any instruments is difficult...
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:31 am
Im not in orchestra but I have a friend who is so I know a little. The violin is the highest, the viola is lower but not the lowest, and chello and bass are the lowest.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:53 am
well all the intruments i would say require the same amount of hand coordination, because they are all played the same way. i think the bass is probably the hardest, because of its size, so i would choose viola or cello. violin probably has a lot of people already in your orchestra, and viola is bbasically the same except larger and a lower sound. so that is just something to consider. but if you dont want to have to learn new notes, i would pick violin because it has the same clef as trumpet i believe. and i wish you luck joining orchestra and picking an insrtument!!
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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:09 pm
okay so i dont know anything about band but bass and cello are low and they read bass
violas play next and they read alto ( i would describe it as if a violin and a cello had a baby)
violins play trebble ( sp?)
i dont know how tall you are or anything but if your to big you wouldnt want to go for violin... i know from trying it.
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