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[-] RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

Rosin

Which is also a type of cannabis concentrate, lol

[-] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago
[-] kionay@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Alternative hint: "Johnny _____ up your bow and play your fiddle hard." From The Devil Went Down To Georgia

[-] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

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[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Yup it’s rosin. I did this puzzle earlier today.

[-] PrimeErective@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago
[-] edinbruh@feddit.it 1 points 2 months ago

Don't smoke rosin, it's carcinogenic

[-] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] themusicman@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

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 points 2 months ago

Do you heat it to apply it?

[-] ninjabard@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

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 points 2 months ago

That's cool, pretty similar to archery then

[-] Crow_Thief@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

But what kind of drugs do you like?

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

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 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago

Lmao nice

(Rosin, if you're serious)

[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It depends on the violinist, Sherlock Holmes liked cocaine lol

[-] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Just out of curiosity what app is this?

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Nigel Kennedy could probably list a dozen

[-] Crow_Thief@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I knew a heroin player once and he was pretty onto violins.

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