http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1630 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1630&cpage=1#comment-5608 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:02:17 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1630#comment-5608 thanks, guys.

]]> http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1630&cpage=1#comment-5607 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:49:58 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1630#comment-5607 hi mig, no, your micro vision is exactly right and one of the great beauties of playing. as sandor vegh would have said, every note is curved. every note has a beginning, a middle and an end. it is coming from somewhere and going somewhere and in the middle it has a wee lull or a new impulse….that’s why the bow is bow shaped and not straight. as vegh would have said (again) everything in nature is curved. nothing is straight except concrete. notes are like wavelets. keep up your exploration. it’s what it’s all about.

]]> http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1630&cpage=1#comment-5606 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:45:54 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1630#comment-5606 I remember when I was briefly in a youth orchestra the conductor talking about this in relation to the different kinds of accents – how you can keep the same emphasis through the whole note, or gently push and pull off so that there’s a little crescendo and decrescendo in each note. It can be very satisfying to concentrate on crafting each note like that, though you’re right, you wouldn’t want to do it all the time.

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