Alayna is playing the first violin part of the Concerto for Two Violins by Johann Sebastian Bach, with her teacher, Qiao Laoshi, on second violin. She polished this piece just as she was transitioning to a full size violin, so there are a few intonation problems. She performed the second violin part to the same song just before we moved here last February (see March 2009 blog). My video camera battery made it to the 3rd to last note of the song, so if you make it all the way through (it's pretty long!), you'll have to hum the last two notes.

Lanie also plays the traditional Chinese string instrument called the Erhu. Her teacher says she's the fastest learner he's ever taught, but that comes from her years of violin (and viola) training. It's the logical choice for a string player because it is also tuned in 5ths. I tried to rotate this video, but apparently there are limitations to our video camera (or the operator!).