Sound sample of an old, Austrian violin from the beginning of the 20th century. The piece is Czardas by Vittorio Monti. The player is a student violinist.

Duration : 0:1:41

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Practice session of Tricia Ng on 12 Jan 2011 (& testing the video recording of BB Torch 9800). Video recorded using Blackberry Torch 9800 at 640 by 480.

Tricia Ng 6 years old from Singapore, currently residing in Doha, Qatar with her parents. Started learning violin when she was 3+. She started learning violin from Mac Chan (Principal of Mac’s Music School at Forum Shopping Mall, Singapore). Due to her relocation (her father works in Qatar now), she moved to Qatar in Oct 2010 and started learning violin from her current teacher Dmitri Torchinsky (who plays for Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra).

This is just one of her practice session at home.

Duration : 0:2:6

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Sound sample of a very fine old 19th Century violin, possibly by Boston maker. The sound sample is TAMBOURINE by François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829), a French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works. He’s an interesting composer (worth looking up his bio). This piece was originally written for flute. The player is a student violinist.

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Duration : 0:1:22

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6-month violin learning

Duration : 0:2:45

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Sound sample of a fine, old 19th century violin. The piece is Bach’s Partita No. 2, Giga. The player is a student violinist. strpy

Duration : 0:1:5

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