Chris Gerth

Life-long student of the violin, University of Missouri School of Music 2020

[Chris Gerth @cgerthviolin]

@emckayp I’m Gemini, so maybe I shouldn’t comment. But since I never had the Gemini personality, I never liked astrology until I moved to China and learned that my zodiac (rat) is 100% accurate. Maybe there’s some truth to this after all.

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@Starbust92 @0xgaut Still no excuse for a lack of infrastructure. From an American gladly living in China.

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@andreamatranga Baidu Maps in China was fantastic for transit, as long as you can read a little bit of Chinese. It made travel in Guangzhou so easy, and it might even be better than Google Maps in my current city of Hong Kong.

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@ardenthistorian @DannyMarcalo Genau, mit der aktuellen Struktur ist es für die Demokraten extrem schwer, eine Mehrheit im Senat zu Erreichen. Es ist unfassbar dass mein Staat genauso viel Senatoren hat als Kalifornien oder New York.

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@GarrettMcQueen @KatieBassooner @WWFMClassical The ending of Mahler 6 is the first thing that comto my mind.

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Practicing die Zauberflöte and realizing that not even the violins play a higher note than die Königin der Nacht. Our highest note is a half step below the famous high F.

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@calciocomun Nürnberg hat mich sehr positiv überrascht. Sehr schöne stadt.

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@doodlyroses I micromanage if I go too slow. I have to get that one shift and that one string crossings absolutely right or I fail. I now accept that I really can’t do metronome practice slower than 60.

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Hilary Hahn once again showing us that no one can play with as much control as she can. Absolutely fantastic performance tonight.

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@mshebertmusic And I really don’t see how waiting until age 6 or 7 sets you any further back than starting at 3.

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@mshebertmusic It often depends on the teacher. My teaching style focuses a lot on small details, and my fundamental goal is to help my students learn how to practice independently. That requires some maturity, so I don’t accept students younger than 5 or 6.

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Ever since I started a new violin teaching job a month ago, my teacher personality is starting to show itself in the worst situations. Such as telling someone twice my age “no, your other left.”

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Some of the bowing patterns in Dvorak are making me very thankful for my 2 years of fiddle lessons.

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Bilingual problems, continued: entering my password incorrectly 7 times because my keyboard was in German.

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Currently preparing the Dvorak concerto for masterclasses and I can’t help but wonder why it’s so rarely performed. It’s actually much better than some of the “standard” literature.

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In the past week, I played in my first orchestra rehearsal in 14 months and taught 5 lessons in person. And the strangest part? It all felt normal. I think I can live with that.

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@BernhardNeuhoff Das finde ich auch. Die erste drei Sätze sind sehr stark, die letzte zwei viel schwächer. Und das ist wirklich schade. Es hätte seine beste Sinfonie sein können, wenn das Finale stärker wäre.

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@Michael_Preis Ich habe das Quartett kurz vor dem Lockdown im März gespielt. Wunderschön, aber leider nicht sehr bekannt.

https://t.co/W8MMK3XoL0

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@Streberbarbie @Michael_Preis Symphonie Fantastique und alles von Aaron Copland.

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@Michael_Preis Ich mag sein Streichquartett sehr. Und natürlich auch die Sinfonien und das Violinkonzert.