Jun 10, 2020 | Interviews, Practice Tips
Getting back to practicing violin after injury, quarantine laziness or… life! with Vivien Hoffman | Violin Lounge TV #370 Motivation, warming up exercises, how to polish up your technique, how to choose repertoire and more in this interview with concert...
Jan 2, 2018 | Play in Tune
I play the violin for over twenty years, but my intonation improved most in the two years I didn’t practice scales… The thing is… There’s a time and place for scales I had always been playing scales on the side and it intensified during my...
Jul 27, 2016 | Start to Play
Is there a mistake that you just keep making all the time in your violin playing? A difficult run perhaps? In this video I’m going to give you some practice strategies to correct this mistake. The practice mistake lots of people make is that when something goes...
May 31, 2016 | Play in Tune
This episode is about having more fun while practicing scales. You probably know that practicing scales is essential for building up a good violin technique and playing in tune with a beautiful tone. 1. Have a clear goal Some students don’t really understand why...
May 5, 2016 | Start to Play
This episode is about how many times you should repeat something while practicing the violin. We all know practice makes perfect. Did you know in some cases too many repeats can make your playing worse? It’s been researched that five to nine repeats is most...