Why don’t we use all the strings? This is because initially, it can be tricky making all the strings ring with all the necessary fingers on the fingerboard, having just picked up the guitar. Trust me, it gets a lot easier, but we first need to learn the mechanics of making a chord. What are […]
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The odd couple At first glance, this sounds like the marriage of oil and vinegar. When we think of the violin, we don’t normally think about working out. When we think about working out, we don’t normally think about playing the violin. But let me tell you friends, there are many lessons to be learned
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Knowing your violin is half the battle Welcome everyone! In this article we are going to talk about the notes on the violin. It’s important to know what the violin is capable of in order to make full use of your lessons and the skills they produce. Notes on the violin are also sometimes referred
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To grow, go with a pro Gather round, friends, for today we speak of the great and mysterious violin lesson! Ok, so it’s not so mysterious. But violin lessons are great! I’ve been playing violin for twenty plus years, and of those years, I will have taught music professionally for sixteen years. I’ve sat under
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Old School Meets New SchoolElectric violins have been available for a long time. The first ones became available during the 1920’s. They’re incredibly cool and versatile to use. You’ve probably seen them used by performers such as “Nuttin’ But Strings”, Boyd Tinsley of Dave Matthews Band, or Lindsey Stirling.They are built off of the same
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Pitch perfect Hey everyone! If you’re like me, you enjoy having lots of options when it comes to your purchases. I don’t like to settle. I like to tailor my acquisitions to best meet my overall needs. Well, fortunately for us, that’s exactly the position we find ourselves in when it comes to violin tuners!
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Elementary Essential Elements, my dear violinist. That’s what this article is about. There are a myriad of different methods for learning the violin. Such as the Suzuki Method for learning the violin. Many of them are quite usable and do a good job of teaching students how to play. However, each method has it’s strengths
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Why Suzuki? The Suzuki Violin method is a group of books containing songs/pieces of educational significance. As with any method, it starts out very simple and works it’s way up from there. I personally have found a great deal of merit in using this method under the right conditions. However, I will start out by
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We need to talk So you’ve got your fiddle, your music, your music stand, and you’re about to dive head first into a practice session. You think you’re ready. Nay. You KNOW you’re ready. You’re going to walk out of that room playing like the result of a mad scientist’s efforts to combine Paganini and
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A Violin Bow Buying GuideSo you bought your violin outfit. You’ve been playing for a while now and you notice that your bow just isn’t producing the sound you want. You notice that the bow is on the heavy side, that you’re not moving as nimbly as you see other violinists. Perhaps you are making
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