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PrimeErective@startrek.website · 3 pts · 2y

You got it

edinbruh@feddit.it · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Don't smoke rosin, it's carcinogenic

MrQuallzin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

I'd be worried about anyone smoking the rosins used in orchestra

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Huh. Til.

themusicman@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Violinist here.

Violins make sound by dragging the bow (stretched horse hair) over a string, causing the string to vibrate. At the micro level, the bow pulls the string to one side using friction, until the tension on the string pulls it back - this happens hundreds of times per second, and forms the basis of the sound we hear. Horse hair is slippery by default. To create the necessary tension violinists apply a small amount of solidified tree resin by wiping a piece along the length of the bow. This piece of hardened resin has the same approximate texture as glass or hard candy, and is called rosin.

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Do you heat it to apply it?

ninjabard@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

No. It comes in pucks or small blocks and you simply draw the bow across it or pass the rosin up and down the length of the bow a few times and that's usually enough. Too much rosin can gum up the bow.

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

That's cool, pretty similar to archery then

HelixDab2@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Why not use a fiber that's not not stretchy, and also not smooth? How would using a synthetic fiber affect the sound?

themusicman@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Originally? Probably lack of options. These days the aim of the game is sounding "like a violin", so naturally there's very little innovation in violin technology.

Crow_Thief@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

But what kind of drugs do you like?

themusicman@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Yes

MissJinx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

It depends on the violinist, Sherlock Holmes liked cocaine lol

Marafon@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Just out of curiosity what app is this?

techt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's the NYT Mini

Marafon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Thank you!