Now, we all know that most violinists chose their instrument in part because they cherish the singing high melody you can play way up on the E string, and that violists chose their instrument because they got confused on instrument picking day…I’m sorry — couldn’t resist. At any rate, most of us high strings players are generally pretty comfortable and satisfied in our respective tessiture. But from time to time, at least I and I’m sure most of you, have wondered what it would be like to dig into that low cello C string and rumble the stage a bit, though we violinists (1st violinists, especially) would never admit jealousy of another string instrument aloud. We at Electric Violin Shop would like to save high string players the potential embarrassment of being caught sampling a cello after rehearsal — hey, we’ve all done it once — by letting you know that your own violin (or viola) can rumble the low notes. And those J.S. Bach cello suites you’ve been searching for a violin transcription of? Well, polish up your bass clef reading and play them at pitch! How, you ask? Well, there are two fun, easy ways… Read the rest of this entry »
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