Vida Altoé Violin

18/01/2024

Annnd BLANC!

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15/01/2024

I started to use these shapes to help me teach my students rhythm.

These are all 5 rhythms used on Suzuki Twinkle Variations!

My idea is that when the student is comfortable enough with the rhythms (eg. Pea-nut-but-ter-san--dwich) we can start dividing them (eg. Pea-nut-but-ter & san--dwich) and eventually swiping orders (eg. San--dwich--pea-nut-but-ter) or with other rhythms (eg. Pea-nut-but-ter-Play--fid-dle).

Suzuki

19/12/2023

Pictures from our performance last Sunday at the Monte Vista Christian Church sent to me by Shelly!

Thank you so much Shelly for coming and for sending me these amazing pictures!

Thank you Monte Vista for receiving us and such a great treatment as always!

🎄Come watch Las Burqueñas Quartet on Dec 24th at 10:30am for some amazing Christmas Music! Christmas 🎄

13/11/2023

For Thanksgiving!!

03/11/2023

The crew of Paños Prophecy ❤️

28/10/2023

27/10/2023

Stay tuned for more info!

26/10/2023

On the 9th of November UNMSO (which I'm part of) will be performing:

• Coleridge-Taylor: Overture to "The Song of Hiawatha"
• Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate: Chokfi'
• Antonin Dvorak: 9th Symphony ("New World Symphony")

26/10/2023

This Saturday, at 2pm!

Come participate in Nathan Felix's new Opera!

03/05/2023

Tomorrow!

29/04/2023

Pic with my student after yesterday's recital

24/04/2023

From my amazing friends who came what's today's Power Concert with being conducted by !

They also brought me flowers 🥰.

Thank you guys!

14/04/2023

My next concert is Apr 28th at 7pm!

It's free admittance at Keller Hall.

I'll be playing two pieces with my friend Xiaokang Bu: Brahms' Violin Sonata N°2 and Handel's violin sonata in F major!

For those of you who can't come in person, the recital will be live transmitted through YouTube at UNM Music department's channel!

See you there!

09/04/2023

Memories of an amazing concert of last year!

29/03/2023

Tomorrow

It's you want free tickets let me know now!

6pm is the last call for free tickets!

08/03/2023

From inspiring women musicians: Midori Gotō is definitely one that comes to mind!

She is a Japanese-american violinist who started soloing by the age of 11 with the New York Philharmonic in 1982!

A happy international women's day with Midori playing Ernst's "The Last Rose of Summer"

28/11/2022

So many layers of rock that water and wind cut through.

It is a slow process that take many many years and that ends building up something monumental!

It's the same for violin!

21/11/2022

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In this image is possible to see where the soundpost is located!

It stays under the feet of the bridge from the E string side.

The soundpost function is to transfer the vibration of the bridge and the top of the violin to the back. This makes possible for the body of the violin to vibrate at the same time improving a lot the projection of the instrument and the quality of the sound!

20/11/2022

🇧🇷 posição dos dedos no arco

19/11/2022

🇺🇲Practice with me playing after me!

🇧🇷 Pratique comigo tocando depois de mim!

12/11/2022

Sometimes ah we need is a cup of coffee

09/11/2022

TOMORROW!!!

08/11/2022

🌐🌐😴

04/11/2022

This is the first pattern we learn at violin!

A whole step between 1st and 2nd fingers, half step between 2nd and 3rd fingers and a whole step between 3rd and 4th fingers!

With this pattern you can play tree different one octave scales: G major, D major and A major!

This is also the Pattern you will use at the 11 first songs of Suzuki Method Book 1 😱:
Twinkle, twinkle little star; Lightly Row; Song of the Wind; Go Tell Aunt Rhody; O Come, Little Children; May Song; Long, Long Ago; Allegro; Perpetual Motion; Allegretto and Andantino!!!!!

Of course those are not the only pieces that uses this pattern. The 12 first notes of Bach's concerto for two violins uses this pattern as well, among many other examples.

The most important thing of learning this pattern is to make sure that your third finger is ringing every single time! After we have the perfect third finger ringing we start to be pickier about the 1st and 2snd finger and lastly we add the 4th finger which is also a ringing finger!

Wich pieces you play that uses the first pattern of the left hand?

09/10/2022

My student Liza graduated from Suzuki Book One this past weekend.

I'm so proud lof the progress she have making!

19/08/2022

The first contact I had with corporal conscience while playing was during some masterclasses about body mapping Dr. Douglas Johnson gave at the University of Brasília (UnB), my first undergrad university.

A special thank you to Dr. Ricardo Freire (Clarinet teacher at UnB) for bringing Dr. Johnson from the Berklee College of Music to Brazil's capital!

These lessons opened my mind about my body and the use I was making of it and it completely changed the way I teach violin to my students!

13/08/2022

Today is International Lefthanders Day, which made me think about how lefthandeds play violin. I am righthanded, but I had received this question on the past so here are some questions and curiosities about how to be a violinist if you are lefthanded!

Today is International Lefthanders Day, which made me think about how lefthanders play the violin. I am righthanded, but I had received this question in the past so here are some questions and curiosities about how to be a violinist if you are lefthanded!

24/07/2022

Are you a fan of Naruto?

What if you could learn how to play it? 👀

I'll say no more! 🙊

31/07/2021

Postura e tanto...