I`m having a lot of trouble finding a single bow that isn`t made of horse hair.. Do any of you know a seller, or maybe knows a term for them i should google for ?

I`m ordering a 5 string silent electric violin for computer recording, and plan to use this with it.

Last thing, is it possible to buy a bow that needs to be "rehaired", and get some non-hair type string and attach it to it?

Thanks!

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I’m having a lot of trouble finding a single bow that isn’t made of horsehair. Do any of you know a seller, or maybe knows a term for them I should google for?

I’m ordering a 5 string silent electric violin for computer recording, and plan to use this with it.

Last thing, is it possible to buy a bow that needs to be "rehaired", and get some non-hair type string and attach it to it?
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#1. Bows come only with horsehair and then you put the rosin on the bow for the violin to make sound with a stroke of the string, duh!

#2. The only difference between an electric violin and a regular violin is that an electric one, well is electric and directly plugs into the stereo system using the same horse haired bow.

#3. Violins have only 4 strings, 5 stringed violins only existed hundreds of years ago and aren`t very practical to use today. Oh, and BOWS ARE SUPPOSE TO COME WITH HE VIOLIN that you are getting!!!!!!!!!

#4. You don`t really need an electric violin for recording music on the computer, all you really need is a very small microphone that attaches to the bridge of a normal violin and to the computer.

#5. Any stringed instrument that doesn`t use real horse hair on the bow is crap and will sound like crap.

wow what an enlightened individual

[quote]#2. The only difference between an electric violin and a regular violin is that an electric one, well is electric and directly plugs into the stereo system using the same horse haired bow.[/quote]

Actualy the electrics have different strings, also mine doesnt have a BODY because it uses the electric pickup.

[quote]Violins have only 4 strings, 5 stringed violins only existed hundreds of years ago and aren`t very practical to use today. Oh, and BOWS ARE SUPPOSE TO COME WITH HE VIOLIN that you are getting!!!!!!!!![/quote]

How are 5 strings not practical? I would love to be able to have even more range on the violin!

#1. Bows come only with horsehair and then you put the rosin on the bow for the violin to make sound with a stroke of the string, duh!

I suppose youv never heard of "Synthetic" horsehair, the bows last for years and years, ive seen a few realy expensive ones and im not sure how they would compare to equal cost horse hair bows.
Anyways i finaly found a cheap synthetic for 30$ and it will be fine for me.

Electric stringed instruments are useless, they`re just a waste of money. They cost a lot and sound like crap. Well, when it comes to 5 stringed instruments, why not play a 10 stringed violin, you would even have a higher range of notes. Have you ever heard of Niccolo Paganini, a virtuoso violinist. When he played his violin, the music he played was soo fast, that 3 of the strings broke from the heat and friction and he had to play the rest of his music with only the G string. You don`t need a 5 stringed violin, it`s just a violin for a person that doesn`t like shifting. Notes only get so high, that`s why the violin stops at the E string because it has all the range of notes you need and can hear. I play the Cello better than my violin, but I have music that is so high on the A string, that I would probably need a E string to be able to play it correctly, but that would make it too easy. But that doesn`t means that it`s not the correct way for the high notes on A string to be off the finger board and sound bad and scratchy when I play them, it`s just that I need to practice more and so my music will sound crisp and clear at the end. Oh and it just costs me 10 or 15 dollars to convert my cello and violin in to electric ones.

first im looking for what you call a "Silent Violin", yes that realy does mean it doesnt have a body or normal strings. (wow!)

using metal strings and a magnetic pickup you can work making almost no noise, except what you can hear in your own headphones, oh and you can also run it threw a preamp and computer still without making any noise. Perfect for writing, but i could understand one doing their final recordings on a standard violin.

on your claiming "everyone who wants a high A is lazy", you assume everyone who plays violin plays just like you do, i however plan to give good use to techneqes that your clearly not thinking of, and then get myself a german bow to further use the extra string.

I`d actualy prefer to use the extra string to add a LOWER string to my violin, ive yet to try it yet, i might have to get a special set of strings to get it to sound good.

Well I actually meant

violin:
Electric stringed instruments are useless, they`re just a waste of money. They cost a lot and sound like crap. Well, when it comes to 5 stringed instruments, why not play a 10 stringed violin, you would even have a higher range of notes. Have you ever heard of Niccolo Paganini, a virtuoso violinist. When he played his violin, the music he played was soo fast, that 3 of the strings broke from the heat and friction and he had to play the rest of his music with only the G string. You don`t need a 5 stringed violin, it`s just a violin for a person that doesn`t like shifting. Notes only get so high, that`s why the violin stops at the E string because it has all the range of notes you need and can hear.


Cello:

I play the Cello better than my violin, but I have music that is so high on the A string, that I would probably need a E string to be able to play it correctly, but that would make it too easy. But that doesn`t means that it`s not the correct way for the high notes on A string to be off the finger board and sound bad and scratchy when I play them, it`s just that I need to practice more and so my music will sound crisp and clear at the end.

-Oh and it just costs me 10 or 15 dollars to convert my cello and violin in to electric ones.

You want to use a lower pitch string? Do you mean like the C string which is lower than the G string. You can get the C string off of a Viola if you want because that`s the only one that would fit.

Oh, and if you have a lower pitch string on your violin, then you won`t have any music that goes that low on the C string unless you make your own music, or play Viola music.

hrm,, what would be perfect for me is this:
a 5 string violin or viola tuned to ADGBE (the 5 high strings on a standard 6 string guitar)

i definatly want a fretless instrument, and im looking for electric with silent strings..
so what should i look for? 5 string violin or viola ?

thanks.

Do you mean this;


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2515874842&category=38108


or this;



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2515630960&category=38108

Or this;



http://www.jordanmusic.com/violin.htm

or


http://www.barberatransducers.com/barbera5.htm


or


http://users.netmatters.co.uk/holliman/FNews12.html


or


http://www.barberatransducers.com/barbera5.htm


or


http://users.netmatters.co.uk/holliman/FNews12.html

i wish i could afford any of those ;(

i was gona get the cheap 200$ ebay version:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2515202212&category=10180

?

But did you already get a violin?

no not yet,