This was my first time trying to repair any thing on any guitar. The frets were replaced with stainless ones. K&K Pure Mini pickup was installed. The tuning machines were replaced with Gotoh 510 (SGV510Z-L5-XN MGT Locking Tuners). The pickguard was removed simply because I don’t like it. The guitar was made in Taiwan in …
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The year of 2020 has been very tough for everyone. I’d like to wish you a happy new year with this song by Bon Jovi – New Year’s Day. New Year’s Day A personal note This is meant to push myself to step out of my comfort zone. Although I studied violin and piano when …
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I started to learn classical guitar about 4 months ago as we continued to stay at home due to the pandemic. As a violinist, I was able to pick up some basic skills quickly, especially the left hand techniques. But there are still many differences between violin and guitar, and I will keep trying to …
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Native Instruments recently introduced their new plugin – Stradivari Violin. I was so eager to give it a try. So I came up with this idea to compose a capriccio for solo violin based on Star Wars theme songs related to Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. It might be a little bit boring if I just made …
I recently had an opportunity to collaborate with Taiwanese cellist Li-Han Eliza Tseng on her project: Star Trek Picard Cello and Violin Cover. We got to know each other through a Taiwanese artists group on Facebook. She brought up this idea last month and we started to work on it for the past several weeks. …
Violinist Ray Chen and LA Philharmonic are hosting a competition called Play with Ray. Here is part of my submission. If you’re interested, act fast! The deadline is May 1st, 2019 at 11:59PM PDT. Good luck!
Violin Professor Tyrone Greive is retiring from the University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring. He had retired from the Madison Symphony Orchestra as a concertmaster in 2010. He performed the Violin Concerto No.2 by Szymanowski with the UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra tonight. The Department of Music will hold a Retirement Reception for him on Sunday. I was …
I have been watching the talks on TED quite often recently so as to look for some inspirations. Today I found this talk by Benjamin Zander not only inspiring but also very touching. Hope you enjoy it, too! In case you never watch any TED Talks before, most of the videos provide subtitles, and you …
I haven’t touched my violin since the concert early this month, which I think is a privilege of not being a professional violinist. After watching some of the performances at the Queen Elizabeth Violin Competition, however, I was inspired again and began to think about what pieces I would like to work on next. Now …
在台灣的時候，我大都是用 Dominant 的弦為主，因為它在台灣賣的價錢很便宜，也有很多音樂家在用。來到美國之後，雖然相較之下 Dominant 還是算便宜的弦，但價格上比台灣貴蠻多的。第一次拿琴去給這裡的師傅調整琴的時候，他建議我可以試試看 Evah Pirazzi 的弦，比較貴沒錯，但是應該會對琴的音色有幫助。