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The Dharma at Big Sur is a composition for solo electric violin and orchestra by the American composer John Adams.The piece calls for some instruments (harps, piano, samplers) to use just intonation, a tuning system in which intervals sound pure, rather than equal temperament, the common Western tuning system in which all intervals except the octave are slightly impure.
This is a list of violinists notable for their work with electric violin This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body .
Violin Solo Sonata No. 1 (1940) -dedicated to Ruggiero Ricci- (I. Praeludium con bravura; II. Cantabile; III. Allegro) Philip Glass "Strung Out", for solo amplified violin (1967) "Knee Play 2", violin solo from Einstein On The Beach; Partita for solo violin (2010/11) -dedicated to Tim Fain- (I. Opening; II. Dance 1; III.
A standard violin and an electric violin with a cut-away body. Big bands are loud, but the violin is quiet. One person to address the problem was Augustus Stroh, who invented the Stroh violin in the 1890s that was inspired by the gramophone, [1] with a horn connected to project the sound. In the 1930s, Stuff Smith experimented with electric ...
Jobson was born Edwin Jobson in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, England on 28 April 1955. [2] [3] He started to learn piano at age 7, and added violin when he was 8 - he received a Diploma of Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music at the same age, and was playing in an orchestra at 12. [2]
Rock violin is played on solid body electric violins or on violins fitted with electric pickups. These are mounted on the bridge, on the sound post or stuck onto the body much as is done with acoustic guitar. Sizzling effects are achievable using aggressive bowing technique and runs high up the neck up to the limits of human hearing range.
He is one half of the electric violin band FUSE with Linzi Stoppard. [2] In 2010, Lee set a Guinness World Record for "world's fastest violinist" by playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 64.21 seconds, [3] [failed verification] and later set the record for "fastest electric violinist" in 2013. He had also previously held the Guinness World ...