21 Sep International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition Hanover
History of the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition: The International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hanover has been a highlight for me since my childhood in the 1990s. Every four years, the...
01 Sep Violin Maintenance for Better Sound
Violin Maintenance: What You Can Do Yourself Keeping your violin in top shape will help your violin produce the most beautiful resonant sound that it is capable of. Some aspects of...
24 Aug Violin Bow Finger Technique
To develop a smooth and even sound on the violin, the movement of our fingers holding the bow plays an important role. The two functions of the fingers are to...
17 Aug 3 Surprising Facets Of Violin Vibrato
Vibrato Dynamics When performing vibrato on the violin, we manipulate the pitch by rolling our finger up and down the fingerboard. However, several factors, beyond just pitch change, characterize the vibrato’s...
10 Aug 3 Exercises to improve your sound on the violin
First Exercise: The Son Filé: The son filé exercise is a very basic but also effective bow exercise that any violinist regardless of their level can integrate in their...
12 Feb How to tune A Violin For Beginners
Before we can start to tune our violin, we need to know the correct names of the open strings. In this graphic you can see the notes and their names...
10 Sep Larsen “Il Cannone” Violin String Review
In this Video you will hear my opinion about the new Larsen "Il Cannone" Strings. The Larsen "Il Cannone" strings have to stand their own against other brands of new strings,...
25 Jan Third Position On The Violin – Basic Exercises
The third position on the violin is for every violinist a big step forward. I will give you together with the video a full instruction on how to play your...
18 Oct Vibrato Tips and Exercises
In this lesson I give you some vibrato tips and exercises and show you how to effectively practice vibrato on the violin When you want to free your vibrato, you have...
16 Sep Double Stops on the Violin – Basics
Learning double stops on the Violin is a big step for every violinist. In the video I break down the different types of double stops, that exist on the violin. 1. Two...
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