Marin Marais "Folia" - viola d'amore - Garth Knox

[cyllansse]

1 is mad. (fou)

[221Dw]

Does anyone know how much one of these would cost to buy? I don't imagine they are that easy to come by.

[pradlee]

@221Dw from the bit I've found, a cheap one would be about $5000 (U.S. dollars)

[221Dw]

@pradlee Wow lol i'd probably be better off making one myself =P.

[televisiekijken1]

contemplating.....would it be easyer to play thé Chaconne on a viola d'amore than on a violin.....?

[armatulo]

@televisiekijken1 I assume it depends on how the punctuation will be adopted. But you have to remember that Chaconne is a violin piece, written specifically for violin which means that playing it on other instruments, even belonging to the violin family group kind of defeats the purpose. Chaconne is one lovely piece though, when you hear it it makes you wish you would be able to play it, and play the violin. Absolutely divine music.

[armatulo]

@televisiekijken1 I assume it depends on how the punctuation will be adopted. But you have to remember that Chaconne is a violin piece, written specifically for violin which means that playing it on other instruments, even belonging to the violin family group kind of defeats the purpose. Chaconne is one lovely piece though, when you hear it it makes you wish you would be able to play it, and play the violin. Absolutely divine music.

[ericoschmitt]

@televisiekijken1 i think so. viola d'amore uses a tuning where the open strings form chords, so you can make a richer harmony. you can also tune your violin differently, but it has only 4 strings and the chords cant be so full

[UncleTito72]

@televisiekijken1 Probably not. If you keep the tuning in 5ths, then it would be the same a s a violin. I'm a guitarist (guitars are tuned in 4ths with an oddball 3rd) I have made comparisons with both tunings, and when transcribed for guitar the guitarist has to do a lot of string skipping. The Viola d'amore does not use any of those tunings, it is tuned to a Dm chord most of the time, plus the strings are closer together than that of a violin. You would have to find a scordatura transcription.

[death0personified]

Isnt this a Corelli piece?

[evolvingstring]

@death0personified Yes, there are also some variations written by Corelli on this same theme. At the time, this was a popular theme to write variations on, and many different composers wrote pieces based on it. Incredible how many different styles and idea you can get out of a very simple theme.

[ModellMeister]

@death0personified Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Corelli, Marais, Bach, Lully, almost ALL baroque composers composed a Folia. Its just a musical variation.

[LegacyKillah]

Fantastic. Wish only that the quality was better.

[artabanes]

Interesting, thank you for sharing.

[KhmerSerey1]

The Viola d'amour look a bit larger than the viola,furnished with frets and a greater number of strings,seven above and seven below the finger board..

[Pasaxero]

@KhmerSerey1 How is this instrument tuned?

[evolvingstring]

@Pasaxero It's in open tuning on a d minor chord - ADADFAD and the sympathetic strings the same

[UncleTito72]

@KhmerSerey1 The viola d'amore has no frets. Also, even though the sympathetic strings have become associated with the instrument, and now it's common to think of this instrument with them, It was very common to see them without those strings, about 50% of the time.

[RasputnaViolist]

awesome!

[saintesavine]

thanks for posting, i have been waiting for something like this

[romeosuicida]

Ven a Chile una vez màs!

[LaFamilleDesCordes]

Wonderful

[flind15]

Lovely. Thanks for sharing.