Finally, after suffering the fate of most innovations, electric violins have begun to find acceptance in the world of music. The prices have only changed a bit, but the number of models and styles has increased dramatically.
Once considered a toy, just like personal computers, now the electrified stringed instrument is used more often. It travels well, amplifies for outdoor venues and the sound can be tweaked with just like the electric guitar.
The shapes of these violins might be similar to the wooden variety or something much more surreal. Because they can be formed from Lucite and high tech composites, they are more akin to modern sculpture than musical instruments.
Not only the shape has changed. The electrified stringed instrument has become an equal in the quartet and small groups that play at music festivals. To be heard above the banjo and saxophone is now possible. This is excitement indeed. Mixing the sound of an ensemble is now far easier.
Parents of new string players everywhere will appreciate one particular feature of electric strings. They can be silent. Plug the output into the headphones and junior hears his every note and you hear nothing at all. True bliss.
Durability, flexibility in form and color and style are some points to consider when thinking of a new violin or cello. Still, abandoning the acoustic and heading for the amplifier may not be for everyone. At least, not yet.
When you balance cost and flexibility of purpose against cost and lack of snob appeal the scales are beginning to move toward the center. The future looks quite bright.
Once considered a toy, just like personal computers, now the electrified stringed instrument is used more often. It travels well, amplifies for outdoor venues and the sound can be tweaked with just like the electric guitar.
The shapes of these violins might be similar to the wooden variety or something much more surreal. Because they can be formed from Lucite and high tech composites, they are more akin to modern sculpture than musical instruments.
Not only the shape has changed. The electrified stringed instrument has become an equal in the quartet and small groups that play at music festivals. To be heard above the banjo and saxophone is now possible. This is excitement indeed. Mixing the sound of an ensemble is now far easier.
Parents of new string players everywhere will appreciate one particular feature of electric strings. They can be silent. Plug the output into the headphones and junior hears his every note and you hear nothing at all. True bliss.
Durability, flexibility in form and color and style are some points to consider when thinking of a new violin or cello. Still, abandoning the acoustic and heading for the amplifier may not be for everyone. At least, not yet.
When you balance cost and flexibility of purpose against cost and lack of snob appeal the scales are beginning to move toward the center. The future looks quite bright.
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