Rachel Davis

Author's details

Name: Rachel Davis
Date registered: July 15, 2011

Biography

Rachel grew up in a musical family. She was started singing and playing piano at an early age. In fifth grade, she began playing the violin in the school orchestra. It wasn't long, however, before she fell in love with the sound of the cello. Cello has since been her favorite instrument to play. Growing up in Portland, OR provided many opportunities for musical growth. Rachel participated in local groups like the Metropolitan Youth Symphony and the Portland Youth Philharmonic. After earning her Bachelor's of Music from Berry College, in Rome, GA, she moved back to the Northwest where she currently plays for the Willamette Falls Symphony, Willamette Falls Trio and the indie rock band, Capraesque.

Latest posts

  1. Music Theory Basics Part 4: Scale Degrees — March 26, 2013
  2. 2013 Poetry Contest…WINNER Announced! — February 22, 2013
  3. Poetry Contest is Back! — January 28, 2013
  4. Music Theory Basics Part 3: Key Signatures — January 7, 2013
  5. Music Theory Basics (Part 2) — November 19, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Stradivarius in the Attic? — 6 comments
  2. Music Theory Basics Part 3: Key Signatures — 5 comments
  3. Music Theory Basics (Part 2) — 5 comments
  4. Roses are Red… — 5 comments
  5. Playing While Pregnant — 4 comments

Author's posts listings

Mar 26

Music Theory Basics Part 4: Scale Degrees

Scale Degrees

This is the last installment of Music Theory Basics.  Why?  Well, beyond this you are getting into more intermediate and advanced concepts of music theory.  Even this entry is pushing the limits on what is “basic,” which is why I strongly recommend taking sometime to review the previous three entries before reading this one. In …

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Feb 22

2013 Poetry Contest…WINNER Announced!

This year, our entrants really brought their A-game!  It was difficult for the judges to come to a decision, but a winner has finally been announced!  The winner is Elizabeth Ryan and her poem “The Beauty of Music.” A well worn case sits on a shelf, its surface framed with dust. Its leather covering is …

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Jan 28

Poetry Contest is Back!

Last year, we asked our readers to submit a poem about how much you love music or playing music.  The outpouring of prose was lovely and we felt all warm and squishy despite the harsh Pacific Northwest winter weather we experience each year.  Well, the temperature is dropping and the need for poetic verse is …

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Jan 07

Music Theory Basics Part 3: Key Signatures

In the first two parts of Music Theory Basics, we covered a lot of topics.  Today we will only be focusing on one topic: key signatures.  There are, however, several layers to this concept.  I will try an lay it out in a way that makes it a tasty parfait and not an onion. Let’s …

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Nov 19

Music Theory Basics (Part 2)

In Music Theory Basics (Part 1), we discussed the musical staff, clefs, and note names.  Today, we will cover the basics of rhythm and note duration.  There are lots of charts in this one! The term rhythm has come to mean several different things in today’s culture, but for our purposes, we will use the …

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Nov 05

Music Theory Basics (Part 1)

Music is a language and like any other language it has a written form.  The parts that make up the written form of music and the rules for writing is are know as music theory.  No matter your age or experience level, reading music and understanding music theory is a valuable skill.  Not yet music …

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Oct 19

KV and the Stephen Foster Old-Time Music Weekend

The Stephen Foster Old Time Music Weekend has been held annually since 2005 at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, FL on the banks of the beautiful and historic Suwannee River.  Each year SFOTMW holds classes and jams on fiddle, banjo, guitar, and singing.  To teach and lead these sessions, …

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Oct 08

Online Music Lessons: Helpful or Hurtful?

We live in an interesting age, musically speaking.  Through the avenue of the internet, so much is available to us in the way of recordings, videos, articles, pictures, etc, etc.  From this sea of information, any aspiring musician with a computer can find tools and resources for online music lessons and often times for free. Learning …

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Sep 26

Video Contest Winner is Announced!

This past summer, we launched a video contest with the theme of “Play.”  Entrants were encouraged to show us how they play, why they play, where they play, or just how they have fun with their stringed instrument.  We really enjoyed getting to watch the videos submitted.  We are pleased to announce that Ted Whittington …

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Aug 16

Rent or Buy? That is the question!

Around this time every year, as the musical season gears up again, we see a lot of new string players preparing to start a new adventure.  There are inevitably A LOT of questions, and we are happy to address them.  In the past, on the blog, we have covered many topics about Beginner Basics.  One that …

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