Brain of a Violist -- the real chart!

By Laurie Niles: Several weeks ago we created a Brain of a Violinist chart, in response to Classic FM's cute series of pie charts which, nonetheless, seemed a little off with the violinist pie chart. Looking at their chart for violists, I thought we could do better here, as well. Do violists really spend most of their brain power on resenting violinists and fending off viola jokes? I knew we had to dig deeper, so I picked the brains of several violists and came up with this chart: What would you add to it? Many thanks to my viola consultants, Julie Bamberger, Carrie Salisbury, Scott Slapin and hubby Robert Niles (a former violist)! You might also like:

• Brain of a Violinist -- the Real Chart!
• Scott Slapin's Innovative Étude-Duets for Violin or Viola
• Music and Your Brain
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Playing the Viola* (*but were afraid to ask)