Sep 12, 2022·edited Sep 12, 2022Liked by Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini
Some 21st century aberrations:
1. Performing hybrid baroque (e.g. synthetic strings but baroque bow, using a shoulder rest for violin, etc,)
2. Playing BWV1012 on a four string instrument
3 playing BWV1011 with standard tuning
4. Recording BWV1012 on violin but electronically adding a C string (done by an outstanding baroque performer. I intend no disrespect).
The spalla is real because it represents the unfixed and non-canonical world of baroque music making. A canon is antithetical to baroque music. It also represents the reality that a baroque professional musician was rarely confined to one instrument.
Feb 27, 2021Liked by Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini
Thanks for this article. Very inspiring. I am learning to.play the cello da spalla and I got people asking me "Why are you playing a da spalla!? Upright cellos are so much louder"
Anyways, I would like to build me a cello da spalla and I was wandering if you can share your templates with me. I'm currently using a 1/8 Suzuki student cello to make my template, but I don't know if it's actually the same dimensions as the Badiarov da spalla. If you don't mind, send a personal message to samuel.antonanzas@gmail.com. Hoping to hear from you soon.
Some 21st century aberrations:
1. Performing hybrid baroque (e.g. synthetic strings but baroque bow, using a shoulder rest for violin, etc,)
2. Playing BWV1012 on a four string instrument
3 playing BWV1011 with standard tuning
4. Recording BWV1012 on violin but electronically adding a C string (done by an outstanding baroque performer. I intend no disrespect).
The spalla is real because it represents the unfixed and non-canonical world of baroque music making. A canon is antithetical to baroque music. It also represents the reality that a baroque professional musician was rarely confined to one instrument.
Thanks for this article. Very inspiring. I am learning to.play the cello da spalla and I got people asking me "Why are you playing a da spalla!? Upright cellos are so much louder"
Anyways, I would like to build me a cello da spalla and I was wandering if you can share your templates with me. I'm currently using a 1/8 Suzuki student cello to make my template, but I don't know if it's actually the same dimensions as the Badiarov da spalla. If you don't mind, send a personal message to samuel.antonanzas@gmail.com. Hoping to hear from you soon.