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I'm not so serious as to do the "Ling Ling 40 hrs/day" practice, but how can anyone play violin, viola or cello and not be serious?
Long story, short - while researching the million music sub-genres out there (to be able to identify a song I like), I ran across this video!
This video is several years old, so probably everyone knows this artist and has seen this ...except me.
Don't judge me - I've been told my sense of humor is off a little.
- Emily
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Day 2. Any Violin, Viola or Cello humor from anyone?
This is an early Jack Benny episode (about his violin teacher).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?.....PtDbHXkDp4
"Rodchester" would make someone a great wife (lol)!
Wow, I remember watching some of these as a kid...
- Emily
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Emily: I started watching the Jack Benny videos for the first time recently. Although I don’t have to work at sounding bad (that seems to come naturally), I think Jack Benny had to really work at it since he really could play well.
This episode of Jack Benny, Isaac Stern is hiding in a closet playing, making Jack think that he is hearing a recording of himself—too funny. The last 4 minutes of the clip, (~22:20) Stern plays for the audience. I really like the camera close up angles that shows his playing, particularly the angle that looks over his shoulder from behind so you have a really good view of his left hand on the fingerboard.
This clip is from movie Limelight with Chaplin & Keaton is funny (without words). Chaplin actually played violin well—and played left-handed (with the strings in reverse order on the violin).
Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.
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AndrewH - Thanks for participating! Soooo cute!
SharonC - Great videos!
I had a hard time deciding between 1st posting the Jack Benny video I did and the one you posted. I (also) just stumbled on the Jack Benny ones - been ages since I've even seen him in an old movie.
I actually don't remember ever seeing that Chaplin skit!
Thanks for participating!
- Emily
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cid - Thanks!
Only recently (a little too late now) did I give this much thought - except that it would make sense to do the more complicated half of playing with your dominant hand.
I thought, if I'm holding the violin in my left hand I must be a Left-handed violinist - duh!
Good thing I'm too old to worry about embarrassing myself...
- Emily
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BTW, if anyone isn't familiar with Jack Benny - most of the time, in his program skits, he would portray a terrible sounding violinist (didn't believe he sounded horrible) & never improved despite his instructor.
The end of the 1st video (in this thread) shows the superb violinist he is in real life (like SharonC mentiond) - even though the sound department can't seem to keep their hands off anything in these old shows!
- Emily
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cid said
Scroll down to Charlie Chaplin
"As a child, Chaplin had great ambitions of becoming a professional violin player; by the time he was 1, he was playing in English music halls but chose to concentrate on acting later on instead."
Err,...
Andrew
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Gordon Shumway - Andrew, every time I see your "Alf" moniker, makes me 😁. I actually airbrushed a portrait of Alf on an A-7 for nose art back in late 80's. I made sure it was all on 1 panel - the Crew Chief of that jet was able to R&R it to keep when the jet was re-assigned to another Air Base.
Okay, here's a terrible joke...
Q: What do you call 1 pretty good violinist, 1 average violinist, 1 failed violinist and 1 person who hates violinists - all in the same room?
A: A String Quartet!
- Emily
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