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Can I play jazz on violin?



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Christina Barrett
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Better than I could!

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I'm getting tired and it's hard. I like teaching music, though.

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Christina Barrett
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No.

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Christina Barrett
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Lol, so cute.

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Christina Barrett
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Nice. I love her in Bad Teacher. I don't care how poorly that movie is rated, it's hilarious.

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She looks cute-

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Christina Barrett
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Yeah. I think she was a model before she was an actress. Now she's retired.

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Christina Barrett
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I will be one of the few that will be honest with you instead of patronizing.
Your violin playing is horrible to the ears.

If you want to film yourself practicing, fine, then keep it to yourself.
If you are going to share it then expect criticism.

Others will stay silent or pretend they like it for whatever reason.
I am not one of those.
Keep at it and then come back and share after practicing and getting good at in after a few YEARS.

Unless you are not really who you come across and is just trolling us with an act.

So how long does it actually take, to sound good on the violin or viola? As a teacher, I would say that most students take around three to five years to start sounding good and probably 10 years to sound like a completely fluent player.

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By your own admission you don't know what a violin is supposed to sound like. I must conclude you're in no position to critique violinists.

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Ditto.

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Christina Barrett
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Well, I might get better and better.

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Christina Barrett
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Keep at it and you will.

I would suggest you keep it to yourself until you do unless you want ridicule and cruel criticism.

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No, but then nobody can. And your playing is not good.



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Who would you blame?

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Christina Barrett
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It's not so much who I would blame, but what I would blame. I would blame your lack of talent.



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I'm still learning.

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Christina Barrett
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Unfortunately talent cannot be learned. You either have it or you don't.



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People thought I had talent on the piano.

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Christina Barrett
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Your family grimacing and saying "that was lovely, Christina!" after you torture them by playing the piano doesn't count!

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Christina Barrett
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"Booooooo! Get off the stage!"

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Much better Christina 👍 Don’t know what you did different that time, but it worked.

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Well, things like pop and jazz are tricky with all the syncopated rhythm and grace notes and not very musical, more like rap and repetition.

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Christina Barrett
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I haven't heard you play the piano, do you have talent?



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but it's hard to play hard songs.

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Christina Barrett
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Of course it is! That's because they're hard! You have to have real talent to play them, and unfortunately you do not. And no matter how much you practice, you can't change that.

I'm not trying to be cruel, I'm just giving you the truth. But some people can't handle the truth. And people on this board are being cruel by giving you false encouragement.



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Isn't that just racism in college?

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Christina Barrett
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WTF??

No, this has nothing to do with racism, it has to do with you not having the necessary talent. And now, you're just asking utterly ridiculous questions.

You need to shape up and face the truth. You will never play in an orchestra anywhere. You do not have the talent.



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"And people on this board are being cruel by giving you false encouragement."

Agreed.

It's like the retarded kid who gets a participation medal in the Special Olympics then thinking he has a shot at the real Olympics and his parents encourage him just so they don't crush his dreams.

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Re: Can I play jazz on violin?

Sadly, yes.



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She could get better with practice.
She does have the chops for it.
Just not the sweet sound yet that would come from a hell of a lot more playing. And I mean, tons more practice.
The violin is not an easy instrument to master or else it takes many years and a lot of patience.

I could only stand listening to this for seconds. Not more than a minute.

If this is legit and not trolling there is just no way in hell she will ever make it for an orchestra in Germany at this stage.
Obviously.
LOL

And I don't understand that dream when there are tons of orchestras right here in America.
Every big town and city has one.
To go and play for a foreign one without knowing the language, people and culture just seems like an impossible hurdle to me.

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Doubtful.

No matter how much she practices, she simply does not have the talent to play other than at home for her own amusement. And I couldn't listen for more than a minute either.

She will never make it in an orchestra anywhere. I hate to sound cruel, but this is simply the truth. Unfortunately some people like Christina and Ginny simply can't handle the truth.

They both think that if they just keep trying, they will somehow succeed. That is not how it works. In music, you have to have talent, and neither of them has much of that.

And people on this board are being cruel when they encourage them.



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I think you and I are two of the few who will tell the truth on this out of the realm of "tough love," ya know?
Others will be patronizing out of not wanting to hurt fweewings.
Better to be honest then to be leading one on.

This is like the parents of a retarded kid who says he will be president someday and they know he won't be but they go along with it so they don't make him feel bad which is BS.

I dunno if you saw them but I started two threads showing videos of Chris playing and asking the board if they thought she was a good violin player.
Most came back with a "no" while others were misunderstanding morons getting on my ass for what they saw as a call out thread, which it was not meant to be in any way.
I was legit curious.
Then after making a comparison to a better violinist the answer was obviously no.

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Being the bearer of truth is a lonely job.



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No. That was terrible.

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It depends on how you listen to it.

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Christina Barrett
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Learn to play and get back to me.



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Her playing is pretty much what that song sounds like.

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Very hot.

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Christina Barrett
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Of course you can. But whether you should…😅

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😅

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Christina Barrett
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How come you can't play yet? You've been practicing for years.

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Whoo knows exactly….

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