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first position questions

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Mon, 04/11/2011 - 13:25
jodanchudan
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When you're playing the high end in first position, do double stops work the same way as in the lower and middle octave - ie. the main note is the lower note and you let the higher one bleed in, or is it the lower note that bleeds in? And can they both be bent at the same time? (You may have answerd this in the first position lessons but I haven't got there yet!)

Also, is vibrato preferred over tremelo on the high end? I've noticed that my tremelo makes high end notes sound tinny.

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Mon, 04/11/2011 - 21:21
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David Barrett
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#1) Yes, they work the same as the low end
#2) The high end uses the tremolo or chewing vibrato

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Mon, 04/11/2011 - 23:14
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chewing vibrato!

I was experimenting all I could imagine to make the last note of temperature fade away, chewing vibrato (or at least the version of it I figured out... jawing the note) is apparently what I was missing, cool trick

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