Princess Leia Teaches The Star Wars Main Theme

So… here's an example of something that started as a joke and has become a reality.

Ha! Actually, I can think of multiple examples of that right here, now that I mention it…

(After the original “Hot Violinist” vid filmed by Paul Michaels went viral, my comedian friend noticed and started the whole idea of having a website called thehotviolinist.com. His name is Kyle Cease. Blame him!)

I don't remember how it came up, but several months back my Pilates teacher (highly recommend Pilates for fiddlers btw!) told me that she had in her possession a film-set grade Princess Leia costume from Return of the Jedi.

Yeah- the gold bikini.

I guess the story goes that Carrie Fisher had been complaining about her original Princess Leia costume.

I mean- it's true… She was basically wearing a head-to-toe bed-sheet for the entire first two movies of the trilogy.

When Groupees.com approached me about doing a “Hot Violinist” bundle deal to spread the word and raise some money for Girls Not Brides Charity, I promised to film a tutorial of the Star Wars Main Theme WHILE WEARING Leia's gold bikini.

This was IF the contributors to the bundle could reach a lofty goal of $5,000.

I didn't think it would happen!

It did…..

 

The Star Wars Theme is super fun to play.

When you're first learning violin, it's tricky to get the notes right because there are no frets. It helps a lot to work on songs that you've heard a bunch so you can have each note in your head and kinda know what it's supposed to sound like before you play it.

Scales don't help if you don't know what the scale is supposed to sound like. That's just one of the many catch 22s about starting violin.

I got an email this week from someone who requested that I play Transylvanian Lullaby from Young Frankenstein while dressed as Elvira…

Please post me a comment below to let me know what songs are super iconic and recognizable to you. Bonus if there's a costume suggestion to match…. 🙂

I want to teach you guys more songs and I have an idea that I think will be even more effective, time saving, and fun than traditional song tutorials like this one.

(Note: I live in a world where I was just able to teach violin dressed as Slave Leia and then actually call it “traditional” with a completely straight face.)

I'll be sending some news about that to the email list only.

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