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Playing Beethoven on Violin
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Playing Beethoven Line 1 on Violin
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Beethoven's Musical History
Beethoven Musical Piece Review
Summary: Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest music composers in history. He became deaf as he aged and still wrote brilliant music. Learn tips on how to read music and play this brilliant musical piece from a violin expert in this free video clip.
Jason Salmon has been playing the violin for 17 years, and has been teaching violin for seven years. He taught for the Ladsonian Foundation in New York, which offers affordable violin...read more
The violin traces its roots back to the early 1500s in Italy. There was a time when violin makers, called “luthiers,” introduced a number of quality instruments to the market. Some noted manufacturers from that period, like Stradivarius, are still recognized today as representing the highest level of violin craftsmanship. Modern pop music has incorporated the use of violin, drawing it out of its classical shell. Artists like the Dave Matthews Band, bluegrass group Nickel Creek, and atmosphere rockers Sigur Ros have all made major uses of the violin in their compositions, helping the instrument evolve its sound to adapt to all music. In this free video music lesson an expert will walk you through an original piece of music written by the great Ludwig van Beethoven and explain every line and every measure. He will tech you about several of the musical symbols in this piece and how to read each and every note. By the end of this series you'll sound like you belong in Beethoven's orchestra.
"Hi, today I'm going to show you how to play a Beethoven piece on the violin. Okay? Throughout this piece, there are different dynamics, different strokes. Okay? Different styles used. Okay? And a couple of terms that we've actually used before. Okay? So, we're going to go over those once again and we're just going to go over the piece and make sure we know it. Here's a little playing."
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