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These tricks always get some great laughs from my colleagues. Use caution when shooting the conductor though. They may not have as good a sense of humor as you do. LOL
The over tuning the E string trick won't work if you don't have a hard edge to put the string up against and place your violin against the edge slowly so as not to damage the string, violin or chair.
To get a good machine-gun sound keep the bow stick real close to the bridge for a faster speed and more control.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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Love it! Thanks for making me laugh.
(Naska! Look! A new smiley!)
I've learned so much from my mistakes that I've decided to make some more.
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OH mon Dieu!
I was squealing in fright when I heard the wood munching/beaking sound even though I was sure it was a trick, my heart almost stopped 
I'm so practicing this one. Thanks for some fun on a fiddle Pierre! 
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
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LOL 
I like the eating the violin trick. Pink Panther is playing in the background. My favorite tune to play in high school. I wish I can play it again but I lost my copy of the sheet music.
16 years of experience and relearning.
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Love it. FM is contributing to the delinquency of musicians.
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Cool man I gotta try those on a few people. 
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Ya, Pink Panther is real fun to play. That is from my quartet in Sweden, TEMP quartet, a long time ago. We actually did that very performance on a TV program and that is where I got the recording.
We just took the first letters in our names and played around with those four letters till we came up with something that made sense and this did in so many ways.....
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I swear, I'm going to get into sooo much trouble thanks to you, Pierre! LOL Well, at least these are a lot "nicer" then the ones we used to pull in the brass section! 
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So far I've managed to shoot all kinds of conductors without ever being caught by the conductor. Sometimes the conductor wonders why so many people are laughing though.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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You are quite the riot in an orchestra eh?
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
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You should NOT be teaching these kinds of tricks to your students!
Hahaha, what a hoot.
Will try the E string tuneupat the beginning of tomorrows lesson!
I am amazed at how old people of my age are.....
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Evil, FM! LOL
You must be great fun at gigs and jam sessions.
"This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in 5 or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development." ~ Itzhak Perlman
BaaaaaHaaaahaaaa! WoHoooHooooooo!!!!!! LOOOOOOOL!
Love it!!! Heee-heee!!!!
I've found myself, closing my eyes and turning away from the display while You made that trick with tuning the E!! 
Waaa!
ROTFFLMAOWTO!!!
THANKS!!!! 
@Gail: Oooo-yep! Love the smiley
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HAHA very cool. Thanks for sharing them with us
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