Doublereed Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2008/05

From: "Judith and James Preston" <jpreston@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Miri Ben-Ari... Hip-Hop Violinist
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 00:42:06 -0400

Little-known fact: Violins and violas are actually the same size. The
violins just look smaller because the violinists' heads are so much bigger!

:-)

-Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin H. Moore [mailto:oboetools@-----.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:09 AM
To: doublereed@-----.org
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Miri Ben-Ari... Hip-Hop Violinist

It's possible I may be wrong.

It sounds awfully deep to be a violin and it looks rather big.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin H. Moore" <oboetools@-----.net>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 13:06 Hrs
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Miri Ben-Ari... Hip-Hop Violinist

> Great video.
>
> I'm not sure why or how they did so....
>
> But I'm pretty sure those who posted this video on YouTube got it wrong.
>
> This appears to be a viola, not a violin. Not that it really makes all
that
> much difference to most lay-persons.
>
> Thanks for posting!
>
> Kevin

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