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Date: | Fri, 14 Jan 2000 14:51:15 -0500 |
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David Runnion wrote,
>If she broke a string on the instrument she probably would have had
>to stop and either replace the string or, what's often done, grab the
>concertmaster's instrument and finish the piece. ... (you simply can't
>continue after breaking a string, either you need it for certain notes,
>also the breaking of one string changes the pressure on the bridge and
>throws the other strings out of tune)
I have to disagree. In my student days, my A-string broke shortly after
I began the finale of the Mozart D major (4). I didn't stop and, while
it was scary -- the broken string was hard to keep out of the way, for
instance -- and while I had to avoid open strings at all cost, it wasn't
as hard to play in tune as you might imagine. Afterward the conductor told
me drily that I should play with three strings all the time since that was
the only way he'd ever heard me paying attention to what I was doing. In
fact, I was a crummy violinist and it was an easy concerto compared to
some. I couldn't have done it with the Beethovn, I'm sure, let alone the
Tchaikovsky or Bruch or . . . But that's okay. I couldn't play those
concertos with four strings either.
"Richard Todd" <[log in to unmask]>
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