A little more on Holst

Maestro's violin teacher was most excited at the last lesson. She really enjoys Holst, so we're making the most of her wonderful zeal.

We learnt about a technique that Holst has the strings using to bounce the wooden part of the bow onto the strings to keep the opening rhythmn in "Mars - the bringer of war". Naturally, Maestro just 'had' to give this a try at home. Then I looked for a YouTube video to try and show him how the orchestra plays this piece.




Wow ... and they ALL have to stay in perfect time to give that unified sound.

To read the original post on Holst, go here.