Links

Things on the interwebs and elsewhere that have caught my eye, and quick notes about them.

Mathematics

Somehow I have become quite partial to this book as a starting point: https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/algebra-0

A remarkably broad napkin: https://web.evanchen.cc/napkin.html

Music

Playlists

At the suggestion of munfred, I started to organize my playlists a little better: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRc9asVxnipMz7cIs-M6zHQ

Composition

Notes on Brahms Op. 120: https://web.archive.org/web/20210213221850/http://www.solisti.de/brahms/sonatas120_eng.html

Luthiers

A place in the San Gabriel Valley. Luthiers who can also play at a high level are not easy to find: https://www.eso411.com/MUSICINSTRUMENTS/7283.jhtml

Violin

Violin Technique

A study at Utrecht School for the Arts: http://violinistinbalance.org

Expensive chinrests, but I think the fitting set works: https://chinrests.com

One school of thought that has been commercialized (I guess Galamian didn’t exactly do this): https://www.paulrollandsociety.org/

Chinese Phonology

I don’t like spelling-based tones, but the overall structure and philosophy is quite compelling (also see Y.R. Chao’s book): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Chinese

“Blockchain”

A strange collaboration: https://mintable.app/art/item/Caltech-Sovereignty-Club-goes-NFT--A-learning-collaboration-between-SovClub-and-Foresight-Institute/kw9DrtXVTZoyGVK