There was a time when electric violins were strictly for rich and famous professionals. That time has gone the way of the dodo and now the variety and price ranges are broader. Certainly they come in nearly any color you can imagine. The cost is not much lower now, but it is at least within sight of someone with less than a fortune.
While the professional symphony has yet to embrace the electronic age, blue grass and jazz have taken to the electrified stringed instrument with glee. Finally the favored few stringed players can be amplified and heard over at outdoor venues and in concert with other, louder instruments.
The shapes of these violins might be similar to the wooden variety or something much more surreal. Because they can be formed from Lucite and high tech composites, they are more akin to modern sculpture than musical instruments.
Since violins have moved into the world of jazz and bluegrass as well as world music, they have had greater acceptance than in the past. The classical orchestra is slow to incorporate them, but soloists have made inroads in that direction.
There is one place that the E-violin really takes the stage. Despite the fairly stiff price, it may be worth the money if you have a budding virtuoso in the house. The output can be routed to headphones only leaving the rest of the household in blessed silence.
Durability, flexibility in form and color and style are some points to consider when thinking of a new violin or cello. Still, abandoning the acoustic and heading for the amplifier may not be for everyone. At least, not yet.
Weighing the pros and cons is a job best left to the consumer and his pocketbook or perhaps his sense of tradition. But make no mistake, you will be seeing more electric violins than ever before and one of them might just be yours.
While the professional symphony has yet to embrace the electronic age, blue grass and jazz have taken to the electrified stringed instrument with glee. Finally the favored few stringed players can be amplified and heard over at outdoor venues and in concert with other, louder instruments.
The shapes of these violins might be similar to the wooden variety or something much more surreal. Because they can be formed from Lucite and high tech composites, they are more akin to modern sculpture than musical instruments.
Since violins have moved into the world of jazz and bluegrass as well as world music, they have had greater acceptance than in the past. The classical orchestra is slow to incorporate them, but soloists have made inroads in that direction.
There is one place that the E-violin really takes the stage. Despite the fairly stiff price, it may be worth the money if you have a budding virtuoso in the house. The output can be routed to headphones only leaving the rest of the household in blessed silence.
Durability, flexibility in form and color and style are some points to consider when thinking of a new violin or cello. Still, abandoning the acoustic and heading for the amplifier may not be for everyone. At least, not yet.
Weighing the pros and cons is a job best left to the consumer and his pocketbook or perhaps his sense of tradition. But make no mistake, you will be seeing more electric violins than ever before and one of them might just be yours.
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