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What does this bowing marking signify?
It's a normal down-bow. For some reason the publisher, Durand, seems to invert down-bow markings in certain scores.
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Will this section be playable by a professional pianist and a professional violinist?
To address the violin part: This should be quite reasonable for a professional or even advanced non-professional. I think I could play it correctly even without any practice if I turned the page and ...
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Will this section be playable by a professional pianist and a professional violinist?
Your score calls for 9.33 repeated notes per second (140 x 4 / 60).
With piano, you have one additional problem: fast repeated notes are lot harder to execute in upright pianos due to the inherent ...
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Paganini's Cantabile for violin and guitar in D - clarification on the notation
Those are fermatas, and they indicate to hold the note longer than the given duration. There’s no defined length, but 1.5x the given duration is a frequently suggested rule of thumb. They create a ...
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How many lessons are necessary to pick up the basics of violin with sufficient practice?
Adult students, their violin goals and expectations, are different from young students. They are most often people who are successful in their field and set high standards for themselves. They also ...
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