Join me for 31 days of 31 different ways to approach scales | Day 8: String Crossing Focus. Stopping before each string crossing may seem simple … but the challenge and the results are magical.
A Month of Scales - Day 7: Two-Finger Scales
A Month of Scales - Day 6: One-Finger Scales
A Month of Scales - Day 5: One-String Scales
A Month of Scales - Day 4: Octave Segments
A Month of Scales - Day 3: One-Way Scales
A Month of Scales - Day 2: Upside-Down Scales
A Month of Scales - Day 1: So Long to the Usual
Bernard Shaw on Beethoven
How The Bow and String Work Together
or… WHY speed, weight, and contact point matter. Have you ever wondered how exactly your violin bow makes the strings vibrate? Why does the bow sometimes get a beautiful sound, and sometimes a horrifying sound? And why are speed, weight, and contact point so crucial to getting a good sound? The answer is actually pretty straightforward.
Top 10 List: Music for Mourning
Thumb Tension? Don’t Blame Your Thumb!
Every good violin teacher encourages their students to keep a relaxed left thumb, which gently counter-balances the action of the fingers. And every good violin student takes this to heart, trying to keep it relaxed. But what if it won’t give up its grip? What if it takes all of your attention to get it to relax ... but as soon as you focus on something else it clamps down again? The cause might lie elsewhere.