Thursday, June 29, 2006

Unusual Violin: Mysterious music phenomenon

Mari Kimura is a New York based solo violinist that usually lectures at the acknowledged Juilliard School of 1-MariKimura.jpg Music. She is one of the extremely few people who can produce controlled subharmonic tones on violin. Kimura has developed this trait to a signature feature in her compositions and improvisations. The sounds she plays on violin are usually found in a cello.

"I have done this for ten years, and the researchers in US and Japan have tried to figure it out for as long. I don?t really know what it is I do, because I have an empirical approach to it. It all happens by the method of trial and error", says Kimura. - more

No comments: