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Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:54 am**

Of course each person has their own sensitivities... melodies and sounds that make us stop and listen. Some are partial to drums, piano, guitar ...

... but there is something about stringed instruments ... that I find quite often have the richest melody, often conveying the more subtle of emotions and harmony.

Personally, it feels as if both of my brain cells are tuned to the violin frequencies. Every time a melody starts to make sense, or a portion of a song becomes appealing, it most often caused by the inclusion of a violin somewhere in the composition.

So here I would like to dedicate this thread to this instrument.
Anyone who is also partial to violins, please feel free to contribute

Here is a small collection harvested from youtube containing violin sounds in one form or another:
(The classic melodies are nice ... but I often prefer the violin a little spicy

)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84yc45l5xWM - Fearless at Four (some start young

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:43 pm**

Nice compilation here Thomas.

OT: ...damn, recalling that movie Requiem for a Dream, ... just brutal, ..once is enough for me on that one.

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:06 am**

Nice stuff Thomas. Thanks for posting those links.
A few of my favorite violin or fiddle players are David LaFlame (Its A Beutiful Day) , "Sugarcane" Harris (Mothers of Invention and John Mayall), Vassar Clements (bluegrass) and whats-his-name Goodman with the 1970's Mahavishnu Orchestra (jazz fusion) and Jean Luc Ponty.
And any good Classical.
I've read that of all the traditional instruments, the violin most closely imitates or simulates the human voice and thus its appeal. I don't know if that's the reason I like it, but it can be an hypnotic and emotionally charged sound.

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:35 am**

ivox3 wrote:Nice compilation here Thomas.

OT: ...damn, recalling that movie Requiem for a Dream, ... just brutal, ..once is enough for me on that one.

Hi Chris,

Thanks for stopping by

... yes that was "interesting" wasn't it ... some of the most thought provoking movies these days are from independents (or foreign).

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:40 am**

glypticmax wrote: Nice stuff Thomas. Thanks for posting those links.
A few of my favorite violin or fiddle players are David LaFlame (Its A Beutiful Day) , "Sugarcane" Harris (Mothers of Invention and John Mayall), Vassar Clements (bluegrass) and whats-his-name Goodman with the 1970's Mahavishnu Orchestra (jazz fusion) and Jean Luc Ponty.
And any good Classical.

Hi Larry,

Thanks for stirring the memory and bringing these names to the mix. Good choices there

David LaFlamme has some real nice sounds! I dig it

http://itsaboutmusic.net/samples/Its_A_ ... o_Eyes.m3u

Jean Luc Ponty has some great mellody as well. Nice !
http://tinyurl.com/y837zr
http://tinyurl.com/y3mb5m
http://tinyurl.com/y5emuo

Jerry Goodman !
http://tinyurl.com/yytwdk
http://tinyurl.com/wny7y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDy7mf4hAOM

Vassar, has an interesting cheerful/playful sound. I am not always fond of it, but I appreciate the light tempo (in the blue grass it has a country/wildWest kinda music sound. No ?).

I've read that of all the traditional instruments, the violin most closely imitates or simulates the human voice and thus its appeal. I don't know if that's the reason I like it, but it can be an hypnotic and emotionally charged sound.

That could be it ... it has a unique capacity to capture subtle emotion and convey it with clarity.

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:56 am**

Hi Thomas,
And I forgot Stephan Grapelli.
Yes, Vassar is pure bluegrass, emphasis on *blue*. Very expressive. I'm less sure of the *wild west* flavor. Bluegrass and western swing are actually very different. Differentiating between them is impossible for me to explain. I'm not good at descriptions relative to musical sounds.
Every once in a while I just need to play "Willy The Pimp" by Frank Zappa and "Sugarcane" Harris. There is just something very primal about it.
"Bombay Calling", "Bulgaria", "White Bird" and "Time" by D. LaFlame are also on that list of must listen to every so often.
Don't get me started, the list will go on and on.

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:16 am**

glypticmax wrote:Hi Thomas,
And I forgot Stephan Grapelli.
Yes, Vassar is pure bluegrass, emphasis on *blue*. Very expressive. I'm less sure of the *wild west* flavor. Bluegrass and western swing are actually very different. Differentiating between them is impossible for me to explain. I'm not good at descriptions relative to musical sounds.
Every once in a while I just need to play "Willy The Pimp" by Frank Zappa and "Sugarcane" Harris. There is just something very primal about it.
"Bombay Calling", "Bulgaria", "White Bird" and "Time" by D. LaFlame are also on that list of must listen to every so often.
Don't get me started, the list will go on and on.

Willy The Pimp - Frank Zappa
http://tinyurl.com/vpg6z

Bombay Calling - D. LaFlamme
http://tinyurl.com/yyy8j2

Bulgaria - D. LaFlamme
http://tinyurl.com/y64y4g

White Bird - D. LaFlamme
http://tinyurl.com/y7x7xh

Flamingo - Oscar Peterson, Stephane Grappelli
http://tinyurl.com/sddse

Autumn Leaves - Grappelli and Menuhin
http://tinyurl.com/yfxqou

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:05 am**

Why won't my Win98 online box play any of those links?
I'll have to drag out my CD's!!!

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:54 am**

Thanks Thomas !

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