CrabtreeWittman97
After i was a young lad learning to play the violin, my music teacher was very strict in his attitude towards the instrument and we played classical pieces. For him even Mozart would be a bit risqué and too modern. Fortunately for me personally his 13 year-old son didn't share his views and every Sunday morning after practice I'd sneak upstairs to his bedroom and listen to "the devils Music." The very fact was, that his son liked just about everything from the Chieftains to Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Pink Floyd. I was hooked and admit to electrifying my violin and playing in a rock-band. Nowadays there is not so much narrow-mindedness concerning the violin and we have virtuosos in virtually every sphere of music. So just how versatile is the instrument?
Classical music may be the oncoming of it all for that violin which for me is the definitive orchestral instrument. There are so many great players that the list would fill this article so I will just mention Yehudi Menuhin, who had been a genius.
Violins and folk music match like strawberries and ice-cream; you just can't be sad hearing an Irish band under way which is great music to party to. Dave Swarbrick springs in your thoughts when I think of this style though there are countless others.
Jean Luc Ponty took the electrical and acoustic violin to new levels in the world of jazz, and set a dark tone for modern violin jazz players to reside up to. Nowadays it's not so unusual to see violins as lead instruments for a jazz band and the different styles within jazz itself vary from traditional to experimental.
The violin had not really removed in the world of pop, though using the arrival of You-tube we are able to see that the web is filled with aspiring pop violinists. Jason Yang who's among the great artists features on You-tube, is at this moment on tour with Madonna and you can't have more Pop than that.
It goes without saying that violins have entered the loud and head-banging world of heavy rock and thrash metal and also the stigma of carrying a violin case these days isn't considered un-cool.
Reggae violinists? Off-hand I can't think about any so maybe you need to dust down you fiddle and put down some dub-beats.
The violin, is truly a versatile and beautiful instrument.
