Emma Flournoy

We’re playing at the college; I think it’s just a free concert for anyone who wants to come/family members of orchestra peeps, etc. Lessee…we’re playing the third mvt. of St. Paul’s Suite; a few movements of Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto”; the first two and the last mvts. of the Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock; the first mvt. of Bach’s 3rd…[Read more]

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Sounds like quite the repertoire. I hope you do well and enjoy yourself!

Our performance this afternoon went quite well, though I don’t think I personally played my best. We played a song called Fiesta for Strings, Lady Madonna (the Beatles), It Don’t Mean a Thing, a Mozart piece called Overture and an ABBA medley.

Wow that was fast. XD

Thank you! 😀

Good, I’m glad! I mean, not that you didn’t personally play your best, but yeah. ;P Is there any way for you to tell if you won’t be playing so well one day, and apprehend it, esp. if you have important violining to do? Some days I have are really really good (those are the rare ones XD), some are just good,…[Read more]

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Lol, I thought the same thing. XD

That’s a good question… I know what you mean, some days I just feel like my fingers aren’t cooperating or the bow isn’t working well (I think it may need a re-hair anyway 😛 ), other days I feel like the best violinist in the house! (oh, wait… I’m the only violinist XD)

I know my fingers…[Read more]

XD Yeah. Hey, I’m just having my bow re-haired. I didn’t really know about that before, but it came up as an option instead of buying an expensive new bow (I wanna wait till I have enough money to buy a pretty nice bow, not just mediocre, before buying another bow at all). Haven’t gotten it back yet, but I’m hoping it’ll be a big improvement. I’m…[Read more]

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Yeah, I know what you mean, I didn’t know about it either. My friend who was learning violin lives on a farm and he has a horse and he was telling me he wants to re-hair his own bow with his own horses’ hair, and I was like, “I don’t think that’ll work quite like that.” XD

If you can help it. It’s not too bad, if you have straps,…[Read more]

Ha! XD If only…

Well, that’s true; I guess I don’t normally have it in the car unless I’ll be using it.

I know whatcha mean. XD

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It would have been really cool if he could have. XD

Yeah. I don’t just think, “I’ll take my violin shopping today.” XD

Yeah. Do you have any idea what Mozart Symphony no. 40 is?? If you don’t, YouTube it and I bet you you have heard it before. 😉 I didn’t know, but we’re playing it in orchestra so I listened to it and I…[Read more]

Yeah. 😛

XD

Ohh wait I think I actually do… Goes like ‘duh-da-duh duh-da-duh duh-da-duh-Daaa —- DA-da-da da-da-da da-da-duh-duh…’ etc. If you know the tune you’ll be able to read that properly. XD That’s Molto Allegro, which I think must be the famous movement. I used to listen to that all the time because I used to listen to Mozart all…[Read more]

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Yes, that’s it exactly! XDXD Yes, it is rather fun, but we haven’t been playing it up to speed yet. 😉 XD

Oh yay! XD Yeah, it’s so fast. Fun. 😀

@emma-flournoy Yeah, I think we’re playing it a little over half speed.

*nodnod* Cool.

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Another one we got that’s really cool is the second movement of Beethoven Symphony no. 7.

Ooh. I don’t know that one off the top of my head, but most Beethoven symphonies are pretty epic.

Our last rehearsal besides the dress rehearsal on the day of the concert was last night. The director said he’s feeling confident about the concert, but I’m still not quite clear on how it’s all going to be good on Thursday. I think maybe they just…[Read more]

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Look it up. 😀 And if you can, find it on the YouTube channel smalin. He makes animated score things and they’re so pretty!

Ooooh! Getting close then? You’d do great. Trust me, I know about not perfect. My first concert with the CSO (the big orchestra), we had this piece for How to Train Your Dragon (which sounds epic when played…[Read more]

I shall, eventually. 😀

Ooh. XD

Well, that’s an encouraging thought. *nod* I’ll try not to stress. XD

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Yeah, ooh. XD

*hugs* You can do it!

Question, is your sister doing NaNoWriMo?

Yup. XD

‘I think the general rule is if it’s sharp, you move the finger up and if it’s flat you move it down.’ Ahh, OK! Makes sense. Thanks. 😀

Gotcha. 😉

Heh. Cool. XD

Sweet. ;D Yeah, that was pretty funny. ( :/ yay)

😀

It’s about two weeks till our first concert. I’m still wondering how this is all gonna come together before then…

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Well that works. XD Choosing favorites is really a terribly hard thing.

Oh, that makes a lot of sense! *cringe* I do have some scale/positions books, but not really technique books, and I admit I hardly ever practice just raw technique by itself. :/ I don’t even really know…how one would go about that? Or is it MEANT to be really boring……[Read more]

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Have you had any concerts yet (forgive me if you’ve already mentioned that XD)? Do you have a dress code for them? Our concerts for the big orchestra are usually all-black unless it’s more casual, like playing at a local showground or at a retirement home, then we have these coloured shirts (green for strings, yellow for winds,…[Read more]

It’s OK. XD No, not yet—first one’s November 8th. Just four more rehearsals. *endeavors not to shudder* Yes, the dress code is all black. Most of the time, I think. So I’ve been trying to find a good, classy black shirt and skirt, ’cause I don’t normally keep those on hand. XD At least not the shirt. Those concerts definitely sound colorful. ;D…[Read more]

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I know! I had to get so much black for these performances ‘cuz some are not as formal yet still need to be black and some are quiet formal so I actually went and made a dress (with a lot of help from a couple of sewing teachers but it was good). And now most of my nice stuff is black which I don’t particularly like wearing. *rolls…[Read more]

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Hey, you really wanna know my name? 😀

Here’s my introductory post. Page 5 (if the link doesn’t send you right there), Grace W. aka rebelutionary is a good friend of mine and here she accidentally dropped my real name.

– (@) October 14, 2018

Ahh! XD

All right, my post in on page 9 of the Start Here space, called Just Another Girl. Page 5 of that post. XD

Well that sounds wise. *shudder* Hopefully I’ll never be playing for awhile outside in hot weather. Hot weather is the bane of my existence anyway. 😛

Okay, that makes a lot of sense! Coolio. Do you have a favorite of your arrangements?

And btw, as it turns out now, we’ll be staying in both the little and the big orchestra groups this semester…[Read more]

I know whatcha mean. 😛 But hey, it is still mostly the same community, just in a different place. I didn’t move partly ’cause the forum’s supposed to be a little more serious/focused, and since I’m not actually a writer it prolly wouldn’t work that well. XD They’re more focused on focusing on writing.

Oh yikes, doesn’t that mean you’re the…[Read more]

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Yeah, I have YWW for that. I liked KP because it was lots of fun and the articles were really good. 😀

LOL! No! Far from it! XD I sit right next to the concertmaster in the smaller group and sometimes I sit there if she’s not there. But in the bigger one I’m in seconds so if I sit in the first chair of the seconds I’m just leading…[Read more]

Well that it certainly was and they certainly were. 😛

OHH okay. XD Well still. That’s not at all bad. XD Ha! Sounds like your orchestra is ever-fluctuating indeed. Must make things interesting…

Noice! Looks quite fun. I’m gaining a new appreciation for orchestral music in general and the people who make it work together. I mean… dis takes…[Read more]

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😛 XD

Lol, yeah. It’s good though. We’re usually using string arrangements now and the brass and wind have to transpose if there isn’t something for them already (I don’t know if you would have figured this out by now, but some instruments aren’t tuned the same as violin, like with clarinet and trumpet their A is really Bb so if…[Read more]

Heh! XD Yeah, as far as I know she’s not very active there; she’s most active on Story Embers. Have you checked that out? I know it’s got a pretty active and awesome forum. Okay then. Louise. That’s right, I think I did know that was your middle name at one point. Very well. 😀

Oh yeah. XD

Yeah, we like it! We’re still just getting our feet wet,…[Read more]