#virtuosic violin

[your-funky-human-companion]

whenever i share my music tastes everyone is surprised because “i never thought a violinist would listen to this…” and just

lets think about that

we are CLASSICAL violinists

do you think anyone listens to or plays mozart because we enjoy it??? no, we do this shit to assert dominance and gloat to others (just like mozart really…)

[gentilhommejfgh]

[yume-x-hanabi]

I'm watching the Queen Elisabeth Competition rn (livestream, not in person, tho I've got tickets for two nights of the final round at the end of the month) and trying to think of who I'd hypothetically vote for is so hard because they're all so good. How are the actual judges doing it XD

[giuseppebonaccorso]

Unveiling Paganini's mastery: violin virtuosity and guitar compositions unveiled

Explore Paganini's enigmatic musical realm: fascinating melodies, intricate compositions for violin and guitar, and unparalleled mastery.

[hustlerose]

Sorry for the spam likes today. Favorite jazz album?? I saw a post on your blog that mentioned Mingus ah um. That’s either my fave or Birth of Cool (Miles Davis does do my favorite version of On Green Dolphin Street). Though both are kinda basic choices I want to expand my listening.

so i'm gonna give you a few albums (and album-adjacent things) with the caveat that i haven't heard most of what's out there ^_^ i'm just a casual fan

ornette coleman - the shape of jazz to come

this album is on another level. the multiple layers of brass crisscross each other, playing dissonant chaos, then they rip into solos that could melt charlie parker's fingers. the bass shreds and stumbles up and down some wild assortment of scales. the drums patter out a frantic rhythm that somehow ties everything together.

it shouldn't make sense, but it feels so alive. you'll catch quotes from flight of the bumblebee over rainy oceans of rhythm. herds of wild animals shuffle back and forth in a forest painted by jackson pollock. and then whoever's not soloing yells "woo! alright!"

it's not even my favorite ornette coleman recording. that honor goes to this youtube upload of a live show in germany, 1978. the bass intro, instantly picked up by the drummer, is so electric. the haunting melodies, borrowed from the rite of spring, are traded from sax to guitar. the whole band feels like they're operating on instinct. this is what a basquiat painting SOUNDS like. like a genius artist drawing with their non-dominant hand. LITERALLY coleman plays a violin left-handed at one point. it's incredible.

john coltrane - my favorite things

trane puts so much panache into this simple little pop song. the opening chords are heavy with drama. the groove is insanely tight. every time he plays the melody, it's got a new rhythm, to the point where he seems to be playing a game with the listener. "how many ways can i get you to feel this groove?" the song is melted, bent, and stretched like molten glass, in a 13 minute display of total virtuosity

and that's just track 1!!!! this album is timeless. every second is as fresh and vibrant as it was in 1961

herbie hancock - headhunters

herbie has always been at the cutting edge of jazz fusion. this is his definitive statement on funk

this album is intensely rhythmic, laying out catchy melodies over funk foundations. the whole band seems to just be having a blast. the grooves are often busy and hypermelodic, with no room to breathe as everyone jams at once. it's like an all-night house party in a bouncy castle full of confetti

if you're a fan of japanese jazz like caseopia, or jazz-influenced video game music, this album will feel shockingly familiar to you. its wildly creative synth work, uplifting and colorful chords, and eclectic sound palette are all DECADES ahead of their time.

where would we be without herbie? i'd wager the entire global music landscape would be different. from hip hop to big beat to drum n bass, we all stand on the shoulders of giants. hancock is a titan. the giants that raise us up are standing on his shoulders

[nocturna-iv]

Look, I love the detail that #HazbinHotelLucifer is left-handed (the evil hand) and plays the violin. Yes, it connects with

🎶But give the devil his due I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul 'Cause I think I'm better than you"🎶

Which goes with Pride but ALSO with Tartini's Violin Sonata in G minor, famously known as the 'Devil's Trill Sonata,'. It was given its nickname by Tartini himself. He explained that he composed the piece after experiencing a vivid dream in which the Devil played the violin with ferocious virtuosity.

[scp-l4-clef-alto-001]

hi i want to show you my family's precious cat. her name is violin (other option was pepsi. we aren't really good at giving pets names). we found her on a street when she was a little kitten

What a lovely and fluffy cat. Violin is a wonderful name, it speaks to the virtuosity of their purrs, I'm sure.

This cat deserves good pets and snuggles. Please give it to her.

Clef

[devil-doll13]

Wild Imagination

(Brahms x Nanny!Reader)

Tw: G/N reader, I just use ‘nanny’ as a catchall term, Angst, Typical Jealousy/Possessiveness, Stalking, a.k.a Brahms being Brahms, Alcohol Mention, also sort of a character study? Idk

So I remember I said something about writing for Brahms and this is sort of a warmup/experiment for him! This is fairly short too, so I may or may not make a followup but for now have this.

Dividers by delishlydelightfuldividers

Brahms is fascinated by you.

This is understandable; you are a kind, attractive person, and he has rarely seen those not only as fantasy manifested in the pages of a novel.

But it is also simply because you are you, and uniquely so. All of your preferences, habits, interests; every minute detail he commits to heart.

Brahms likes routine. Brahms likes structure. He watches closely and memorises you as if you are his favourite story; playing those special little moments over and over again in his head.

Only, in his make-believe world, he is right there with you. In spirit, he always is; the doll is by your side, therefore he is as well. He cherishes your presence within his home, he loves your cooking if only because it is made with genuine care, he enjoys your piano playing, whether masterful or amateurish. He falls asleep - however awkward his position behind the walls might be - to your soothing voice reciting poetry to the doll, as if those porcelain eyelids might be closed.

But that isn’t the same as being with you truly, really, physically. That doll; his child persona, is a barrier separating you from him, perhaps even more than his place between his walls. All his little games he likes to play, you assume to be nothing more than a figment of your wild imagination. He has become so attached to you, but you don’t even know he exists.

Sometimes Brahms wonders what it would be like to be with you as the man. To welcome you into his home, as he should have when you were hired. To play the violin or cello or piano for you and impress you with his musical virtuosity. To hold you in his arms - a real human being, not only a sub-par effigy of your likeness - and softly read along with you. To conceal a laugh at your momentary fright as his cold hands run goosebumps down your spine. To be your Darcy or Rochester or Heathcliff.

But… No. He must be good. He must stay hidden.

He reminds himself of this every passing day, but by every passing day his desire to have you see him, as Brahms, in the flesh and blood and sweat, grows stronger and stronger.

His need for this surges, rather violently, when he sees you smiling and laughing with that damn Malcolm - only at the door, because you are a good nanny and follow the rules as you should - for he is reminded so unpleasantly that you will never smile or laugh for him. Not for him, not for Brahms the man, flesh and blood and sweat.

Brahms’ resentment for this fact soon bubbles over, soon he feels a sort of hateful jealousy directed at that doll and how beloved it is; for he is not scarred or ‘odd’ or wrong, not a failure of a son or a disappointment. He is ‘Brahms,’ without flaws, without blemishes, without room to embarrass or bring shame. Silent and perfect forever.

Now he cocoons you in his wool knit cardigan, safe from the outside world. Although you might struggle, he knows you need him as much as he needs you; you must, for all the nights you have imbibed wine and spilled your deepest secrets to him. To the doll, to a figment of your imagination. But it was him the whole time, and now he has revealed himself to you for you to love as deeply as you did that broken bundle of porcelain.

He loves you. You do too, right?

I didn’t tag any of my usuals bc I didn’t know who would want it but lmk if you want to be on my slasher x list!

[jingwei]

暗殺教室 OC

her Fandom Wiki, Family lore, her in KoroQ

Kunugigaoka Junior High 3-A Miyagiri Yoru

The Members of the Miya Clan

Father : Conglomerate Chairman

Mother : Chief of Staff

Siblings : Deceased Older Brother by assassination (...?)

The student council vice president who supports Class A with strategic thinking.

In her capacity as the vice president of the student council, she epitomizes discipline and diligence. Boasting excellent grades, proficiency in martial arts, virtuosity in the art of the violin, and astute business and financial acumen, she is the heir apparent to a prominent conglomerate that serves as a pivotal sponsor to Kunugigaoka Gakuen.

She and Asano both have father complexes!

Miyagiri Yoru's Hidden Side!

→ When she’s lonely, she enjoys logic puzzles such as Sudoku, KenKen, Kakuro, and Nurikabe.

Extracts of what was written to Miyagiri Yoru

Let’s play Shogi again sometime!

— Kanzaki

Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing you run for the student council again in high school.

— Asano

Even if we’re in a different classes, our friendship still remains. Despite that, you always talk to me with interest, which makes me really happy.

— Shiota

Personal History

Private Kunugigaoka Junior High School

Private Kunugigaoka High School

Received her MBA in Finance in Stanford University.

Assumed the CEO role in her family's conglomerate.

[chicago-geniza]

Bach did sooo much for the cello. He made the cello a virtuosic instrument. When you play the Trio Sonata in G Major, BMV 1038 you handle the cello like a violin. You are going all the way up to the fret and doing vibrato. The left hand dexterity his composition demands is fucking insane. I love my good friend JS Bach. Yes I just saw a Baroque quartet performance. They concentrate mostly on marginal or forgotten composers but played a Bach piece to showcase their cellist because Bach is the fucking cello maestro

[your-funky-human-companion]

the urge to show off your one good talent every single chance you get but the pain that knowing that if you did, you would most definitly be the biggest jerk on the planet

[graceshouldwrite]

How to Write Musicians

I hope that this post is helpful for anyone who's writing musician characters! As a musician myself, I love reading about them and definitely encourage people to write them, so much so that I'm actually considering adding instruments like violin or piano into my fantasy world...

1. Determine what type of musician you're writing about

The most typical character that comes to mind is probably the instrument performer, but musicians come in all shapes. Composers, conductors, accompanists, recording artists, etc. etc., do research on what YOUR specific musician character is.

Genre is also an important consideration. A classical musician, rock musician, or jazz musician will probably each have a different approach when it comes to things like:

practicing

performing

attire

friend circles

thought and composition processes

Each musician will probably differ in all the aspects listed above depending on what instrument they play, as well.

Finally, think personal. Musicians, like anyone else, will also have varying goals depending on their personalities. For example, a more shy person might naturally gravitate towards composing offstage, while a spotlight lover could enjoy performing. Or, a fame-driven person might dream of making it on Broadway, while a more modest one aspires to teach music instead.

2. Don't forget to spend time BTS

If you're writing a pro/aspiring pro musician, they will—or should—spend a ridiculous amount of time practicing!

Lots of media like to glorify only the moments onstage. The characters bask in the spotlight and wear fancy clothes and get roses thrown at them, but that's the product of lots of sweating offstage.

Depending on skill and performance level, most professional musicians often practice anywhere from 3-8 hours a day (with many falling in the 4-5 hour range), which is a lot of work. So, dedicate more time featuring the actual practicing, rather than just the performances, or at least have your musician characters MENTION the practicing instead of everyone being a flawlessly sight-reading/photographically memorizing child prodigy.

Writing practice scenes can also be excellent characterization—for example, you can show their patience level in how much they might rage over mistakes, or how perfectionistic they are if they obsessively repeat measures over and over again until they sound flawless.

3. Research their instrument

All instruments have different mechanics and terminology, so do proper research regarding what they're playing.

You may write your character spending time on instrument maintenance; if I were to write about a wind player, for example, I'd have to do a lot of research on things like cleaning a mouthpiece or tightening the joints (I'm just a piano player!).

4. Use specific descriptors

Much like how certain writers use art-specific terms to describe things when writing an artist character's POV, or someone in any other specific discipline, emphasize music's connection to the character's life by using some music terms.

For example, a musician has a higher chance of describing sounds as "percussive" or a "crescendo" than, say, a person who's worked at a blacksmith their entire life.

Don't try to shoehorn in a music term every line, though—like anything else, it'll get overbearing and unnecessary. Be subtle about it! Try to find words that CONNOTE music, but are still generally used outside of it (like "lyrical," or "rhythmic").

5. Read about the lives of actual musicians, current or historical

Like anyone else, each musician can lead a very different life. For example, there were widely celebrated, famous musicians like Liszt, existing in the same era as musicians living in general poverty like Schubert.

With different personalities, writers could also explore various compositional methods and performance stances. Some people like Liszt valued virtuosic playing, sweeping sounds, and impressive, flashy performances, while others like Clara Schumann detested this emphasis on virtuosity and valued simplicity.

Other musicians like Bach or Wagner wrote for greater causes, such as religion or nationalism, respectively. More interesting angles could be taken regarding the musicians composition methods, like Berlioz, who wrote a symphony inspired by unrequited love and insane opium trips.

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Hope this was helpful, and let me know if you have any questions by commenting, re-blogging, or DMing me on IG. Any and all engagement is appreciated :)

Happy writing, and have a great day!

- grace <3

[opera-ghosts]

OTD in Music History: Celebrated violinist-composer Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880) is born in Lublin in what is now Poland. Hailed as one of the greatest violin composers of the 19th Century, Wieniawski’s talent was recognized from a very early age. In 1843, the eight-year-old Wieniawski was accepted as a student at the Paris Conservatoire under “special exemption” (since he wasn’t French and was technically too young to be admitted), and he studied there for the next three years. After graduating, Wieniawski immediately arranged an extensive concert tour which took him all across Europe and effectively made his name as a concert artist on the international scene. (He also found time to publish his first original composition in 1847.) At the invitation of his friend, the celebrated concert pianist Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), Wieniawski relocated to St. Petersburg in 1860; he would remain there until 1872 and support himself by giving lessons and leading the Russian Musical Society’s orchestra and string quartet. From 1872 to 1874, Wieniawski toured North America with Rubinstein, and then in 1875 he was tapped to replace the ailing Henri Vieuxtemps (1820 - 1881) as violin professor at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. As a violinist, Wieniawski was widely admired for his tone, his temperament, and his technique. As a composer, he specialized in writing virtuosic showpieces and small character pieces for his own instrument – his output includes two violin concerti as well as a slew of etudes, mazurkas, and polonaises. The prestigious "Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition" (which is named in his honor) has been held in Warsaw every five years since 1952. Pictured: A c. 1900 real photo postcard, showing the middle-aged Wieniawski staring intensely into the camera.

[waterlemon-melon]

✨a classical and rock sensation: klavier gavin!✨

og text post | phoenix | miles | maya and pearl | franziska | mia | apollo | trucy | ema

world famous classical violin soloist and rock star (plays guitar and sings). didn’t do any classical concerts for 7 years until he heard of the news regarding his brother and wanted to play with the person who had exposed that side of kristoph. kristoph was his teacher and mentor all throughout his life so he really trusted what interpretations he should go for and what techniques he learned (up until aa4-4 plot and he breaks free from kristoph’s control and plays what his heart wants to play (with apollo and co supporting (aka tchaikovsky violin concerto mvt 2)) (he gets to be in the spotlight for his concerto performance before a more symphonic work is performed and apollo gets to shine). overall, very flashy playing but it gets more nuanced and sad and melancholy later on. also does composing on the side but it’s a private thing.

his go-tos:

ok this fits him so well bc paganini was also a rockstar back in the day and his works are just a show of virtuosity basically so i think klavier plays this a lot to impress his fans

ok so the reason i put 2 mvts of the tchaik vc here is bc the 1st mvt is basically his love letter to apollo! he plays this only for apollo, just wants to serenade herr forehead, no matter if it’s in public or not (actually in private it’s intimate and not all showy so apollo likes that version from klavier way more lol).

the 2nd mvt on the other hand is more abt his journey through his various misfortunes (disbarring phoenix, leaving trucy orphaned, forged evidence, kristoph and his killing spree) and with the clarinet (and oboe but whatever), he acknowledged that apollo has slowly guided him and in the end (to the 3rd mvt that is fun and full of folk dance melodies) he has pulled the darkness out of klavier

not his go to but i think the sibelius vc as a whole tracks klavier’s whole arc basically (from the ominous vibe of the 7yg, soaring melodies representing the highs of his court battles with apollo, to finally pursuing the truth with apollo)

[e-adlirez]

Tell us about your favorite Violet headcanons!

Uh uhhhh uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh--

Violet had a phase where she wanted to learn the pipa. She spent a couple years trying it out until she realized her one true love really was violin. She's out of practice in pipa now, but she can play some beginner's songs :]

She likes attempting to compose virtuosic arrangements of classical pieces, though she never finishes them because she's never satisfied. The Sibelius energy is awakening

Ironically, she isn't the biggest Sibelius fan. Weird since both of them are perfectionists at heart, but I guess the perfectionism was bleeding so much from Sibelius's work that it makes Vi uncomfortable or be unable to see it the same way as say, a Mozart.

She can sleep anywhere and everywhere, just give her time and not too much noise. Actually even the noise is negotiable, woman was canonically able to conk out in a plane in the middle of a conversation with the other girls, she’s hella built different.

Her ability to psychoanalyze people comes from her background in China, where social politics is complicated enough that people are using the smallest clues to hint at their true intents between layers and layers of polite lip service (seriously Chinese people can roast you with even the politest sounding sentences it’s kinda terrifying :D). She’s capable of doing the polite lip service thing, but she’s either really good at it or she’s really bad at it. There is no in between :D

She giggles like a little girl when she laughs, but if you make her laugh really hard, she will expose her secret half-kettle lineage /j

She accidentally got Nicky into classical guitar casually. She has no idea how it happened, but it did.

I dunno if I mentioned this headcanon already, but she has purpur contact lenses :3 she’s blind as a bat without them and has a spare pair of glasses somewhere. The girls haven’t seen them and have yet to find where she puts them in their quest.

And my absolute favorite… (TW: arachnid)

It’s a guilty pleasure of hers that she satiates every time she goes back to China :]

Yes those are scorpion skewers. For those who don’t know, it’s a street food in China that’s sold in open markets. Vi likes them fried <3

To answer Paulina’s question, the poison in their stingers is neutralized through the heat that comes with frying them.

Nicky is curious about what it tastes like, and before you know it Vi bought her a skewer and now the two of them are enjoying themselves. Little dorks, I love them

“Where’s Pam?” you may be wondering.

I mean, where else would she be besides one entire block away from the stall? :D

[kawaakari-orchestra]

Actually if its not a spoiler question, can I ask why each of the members chose to play the instrument they did?

This is partially a spoiler but as there's actually multiple factors as to why everyone chose why they did, I can answer parts that are non-spoilery and then put a ✨ to say "this isn't all there is to it though". Let's see!

For Maki, the violin just seemed like an obvious choice. It was a bit of an impulsive decision and she didn't really think about it beyond surface-level, and the violin is usually what comes to mind when one considers learning an instrument that isn't the guitar or the piano. She really wasn't into classical music at all at the time she decided to start learning.

Karin just plays her instrument because it's what her family told her she should do. It simply stuck with her through the years. Plus, she likes the virtuosity and the "show-off" vibe of the violin, which isn't as obvious in other instruments. ✨

For Kairi, piano was pretty much the only available choice at the time. ✨

Suzuka likes the deeper tone of the cello and personally found the violin too screechy and the viola too unyielding. When she tried cello, it just kind of made sense to her. ✨

Akari didn't really choose her instrument. ✨

Reishi liked the idea of the elegance and that kind of dreaminess that came with playing the flute. Like with Suzuka, it just seemed right for him to pick it. That said, he doesn't really have anything against other instruments, and is particularly fond of strings; he could have picked violin just as well if flute didn't feel much more natural for him.