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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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
The earliest references to jazz performance using the violin as a solo instrument was during the first decades of the 20th century. Early jazz violinists included Eddie South , who played violin with Jimmy Wade 's Dixielanders in Chicago; Stuff Smith ; Claude "Fiddler" Williams , who played with Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy.