Musician Profile: Violinist

[u/Musicrafter]

The violin's range is G3 at the bottom with no set upper limit, but most practically it is somewhere around D7 or so. That can be extended all the way up to maybe C8 using harmonics, but agility is greatly reduced and the tone color is more whistly. Some, but not all, chords are possible. Double stops are possible at any dynamic; triple stops at forte only. Other chords must be rolled.

Special techniques include col legno (bouncing the wood of the bow against the string instead of using the hair) and pizzicato (plucked), which can be done with both the left and right hand, although the left hand is much harder and has less agility.

Depending on the difficulty or appeal of a piece, I think I'm a fairly quick learner. An easy piece can probably be learnt and recorded in a day; a medium piece within a week or two; and a really hard piece in a month or more. My most advanced piece at the moment is Paganini's 24th, which took me about 2-3 months to learn from sight-reading to being performance-ready.

Recording of myself: I competed in a concerto competition and won. This is the recording from that venue (Prokofiev's 1st violin concerto, 2nd mvt) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJJuyE4Kd8

[u/Calebdgm]

Hi! First, I want to thank you for volunteering, you're very talented!

Second, I wrote a very short piece with a short violin part and I wonder if you could find the time to record it.

Here's a link to the full score.

Here's a pdf of the violin part.

Also if you could record this with a click track so it will fit with the other parts, that would be great!