Hi everyone! Next up on our list is Suzuki’s Twinkle Variation C. Remember that these variations are only on the rhythms. The order of your notes always stays the same. In this video, I play the piece both fast then slow so that you can play along easily. Additionally, I suggest you use this video […]
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Hi everyone! Here’s the next installment in our Let’s Play series. This is our final Twinkle stop, my friends. This time we will take a look at the Theme for Suzuki’s Twinkle Variations. There are five variations that lead to this theme (the nursery rhyme everyone knows). The theme is what Suzuki uses to produce
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Here we go again! In this video, I play Suzuki’s Twinkle Variation E. This is the variation with the quickest bow movements and it’s a great skill builder. Don’t worry, because I play this piece fast, then slow, so that you will be able to follow along. I suggest you use this video to work
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Hello friends! Here we are with Suzuki’s Twinkle Variation D. This piece is very fun to play. You will be playing triplets for the very first time. Therefore, be ready for a new experience! Since this is new, I suggest you simply watch the video a few times and then you can try playing along.
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Hi everyone! Here’s another entry in our Let’s Play series. This time we will take a look at Suzuki’s Twinkle Variation B. There are five variations total culminating in the theme (the nursery rhyme we all know and love). The Twinkle variations keep the same pitches and order of pitches as the original nursery rhyme,
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Household name If you’ve been in the violin game for any longer than sixty seconds, you’re likely to have heard about the fabled, mythical, and legendary Stradivarius violins. These instruments are lauded as the pinnacle of musical engineering. They often sell for millions of dollars. For the most part, only the most accomplished and revered
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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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