As I've done a few times before on here, I thought I'd share a few thoughts that occurred to me whilst practising - but this time, whilst practising the viola! (You never thought to Google 'May Robertson, viola', did you?). Having thought about it for a long time, I finally got around to getting a …
Chin-on and chin-off violin playing
Some of you know that I've been experimenting with holding my baroque violin low down, below the collarbone. The Geminiani way. What I'll call, very broadly, Baroque Violin Hold no.3. A Digression - Yup. I tried the other two. Not sure what I'll do next. Balance it on my head? Go Carnatic full-time? (Yes, that's me …
Days off
I love music. So much so that you might see me doing my thing on a concert stage. But audiences often don't get to share in much more of the musical process. So today I'm trying to share an impression of time off when I've got music on my mind. Here's some of what I …
Webs
This morning I saw a spider spinning an enormous web. It must have been working from sometime in the night, because already in the low sunlight of this autumn morning it had worked its way towards the centre. There was only a small amount of framework left in the middle, which the spider was busy …
