What do you think of this band?

Question

http://www.bebo.com/quatrostringsquartet

Honest.

And if it's bad, tell us how to improve!

Please!

xx

Answer 1

wowwwwwwwwwww!! hey u guys, i'm classical music lover

a question : R U in this band.

nice to meet you honey(:D)

Answer 2

im not much for those kinds of bands but its okay

Answer 3

you guys are very good and it sounds and seems like your putting your whole heart into it have fun!!! Hope this helps!!!

Answer 4

r u in the band

Answer 5

classical music.  not really my type, but you guys sound really good.

Answer 6

I'm not into that type of music, but it sounds pretty good.

Answer 7

Pretty good. I absolutely loved the cello part.

Answer 8

Congratulations- You're on your way!  You all sound very good, but a little constructive criticism, if I may...

The "Bach Double Concerto" was excellent... even without seeing you play, I could tell that you were all very aware of your cues, listening, and communicating as only a small chamber group can.  You seemed to be really enjoying yourselves... the timing and tuning were firmly planted.  You are all very fine technical players, but you could use a little more expression.  Add a few wider dynamics and you've got this piece nailed!

The same cannot be said about "Air on a G String"- you all seemed to be bored playing it.  And guess what?  Your audience becomes bored, too!  The 2nd violin had a tendency to rush, and the cello was badly out of tune.  Actually, I don't think it was so much out of tune, as just being unsure.  Also, there was not a unified phrasing throughout the group.  This piece is VERY unforgiving... it is open, and written to be incredibly sparse... if one person makes one mistake, if there is bad tone, a slight pause where there shouldn't be... there is no hiding and it goes over like a f**t in church! lol

The cello player needs to work on being more confident and sure... without a stable base, none of you will play as confidently and expressivley as you could.  Be sure to work on playing long tones together and listen to your tuning (though tuning was only a problem where you were all very exposed)... otherwise, you all just need to mature a bit as musicians.  This is not meant to be a slight- and in a few years, you will uinderstand what I mean.  Most of your indiscretions were in timing and phrasing, and learning to hold back where apropriate (especially on slow pieces) is something that comes with time, experience, and maturity.

You should put some more recordings up... I would love to hear more of your works, and would love to watch your progression.

You guys are all very talented, and I wish you luck in all your future musical endeavors! :)

Answer 9

I think it's great. I wish I could play the violin!

Answer 10

The cello sounded a little off to me, but I'm far from qualified to judge the performance on a formal level.

Answer 11

It ok. Unlike alot of bands on bebo it achely has a point! By the way you are cute.

Answer 12

cool. you got any digital recording equipment you could use? maybe multi track?

Cool Music Though, I Like It