Violin Articles
Sit back and enjoy articles about how to play violin, how to find a good violin and bow, practice strategies and more!
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20 Best String Quartets of All Time
Here is a selection of the top 20 string quartets, what makes them special and a listening tip. Enjoy some beautiful classical music!
A Beginner’s Guide to String Quartets
The instruments, history and iconic works explained to classical music newbies with some lovely listening tips
The Bridgerton Effect: How Vitamin String Quartet Made Classical Music Cool Again
Who are the members of the Vitamin String Quartet, what’s their most popular music and how did this ensemble came about? Read here:
Strings on the Violin Explained: easy guide for newbies!
Learn what the open strings on the violin are, how they are tuned, the note names and how they are notated in sheet music.
Fiddle vs violin: different music, same instrument
What’s the difference between the fiddle and the violin? The violin is used for classical music and jazz and the fiddle for folk, country and bluegrass.
100 Viola Jokes for Orchestral Laughter
To make insecure violinists feel a bit better about themselves, we have viola jokes. Violists are amazing musicians and they can take them:
Violin vs Viola: 7 Differences, Pros and Cons
7 Differences between the violin and viola: size, weight, tuning clef, bow, role and playing technique. Which is harder to play?
Do well-behaved children make music or does music make well-behaved children?
How music lessons can help children better regulate their nervous systems, so they can thrive in life
Bariolage Violin Bowing Technique Explained with Examples
Bariolage is a technique that involves going very quickly back and forth between two adjacent strings, usually playing a melody and a bass