De Karlota

Karlota is of Old German origin, and Karlota means "free man". It is an alternate spelling of Charlotte (Old German).

Vibrato

Vibrato in Violin is when the left hand moves back and forth to create that vibrating sound. Been watching a lot of youtube tutorial this weekend and my left hand is shaking alright but then so is the violin, my right hand, the bow as well and even my head a bit. I am telling…

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Fiedel Max

I told myself not to spend any money yet until the next payday but sometimes I have no control of my fingers. Or maybe I do but I am just confident that if worse comes to worst, Mann ist da! 🤭 So here I am, another violin book for 14 euro. Just because I am…

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Catch of the Day

Weather is lovely today for a so called “winter” being 17C, no wind and its sunny. So Mann played hooky today and went fishing instead. Since 8 this morning however, this is his only catch. If Mann is a fisherman, his family will starve. But being a pinoy, I can always stretch this with a…

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Knickerbocker Glory

Knickerbocker Glory, page 5 of Waggon Wheels by Katherine and Hugh Colledge. Youtube has a playlist of wagon wheels and part 1 is with violin only and part 2 is with piano accompaniment. I listened to part 1 and I am not yet at this level. 😭 Maybe in 45 years perhaps? Mann asked me…

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