Violinists! What Genre Of Music Do You Play?   

Wow, I never heard of violin tabs! That absolutely sounds horrible!

I learned to play viola before violin, so I had to learn a new clef to read the music. It was awesome though, that was absolutely my favorite clef as it made the most sense to me. I played a lot of classical music, but later played a lot of movie music as well, which was really cool.

In college, I took up the violin on my own while still playing viola in the orchestra. I came to enjoy fiddle music, especially bluegrass. I have since dropped out of orchestra, but still pick up my violin from time to time.

I too enjoyed Baroque as a kid but now that I'm older and maybe it's just from my experience but I find most Baroque to be cliche or at least The Four Seasons are cliche classical pieces but I do prefer their liveliness to other types of classical. As a teen I dabbled in country although I don't like country and enjoyed Russian classical composers somewhat. Now I enjoy Chinese classical such as Sunshine over Tashkorgan which I first heard on the arts channel several years back.I immediately fell in love with its beauty and complexity. As a strong classically-trained player I needed a challenge and something to keep me interested and Chinese classical was it.

If you have a chance, listen to the original recording of Sunshine over Tashkorgan. It's a good first piece if you've never heard Chinese. The violinist was only 13 when he recorded it and the first time I heard it I cried.

Right now, I'm forced to live in the Classical and Baroque realm. It's not my favorite, but I still enjoy playing it. I don't really have a favorite. I don't get to explore different genres because I'm a procrastinator and I don't have a permenant private teacher. But yeah. Jazz interests me, since I was introduced to it from a project I did on Regina Carter. She has inspired me so much!