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...
Jul 8, 2016 | Start to Play
In this video I give you 5 tips to end the confusion if you find something different on the internet than your teacher tells you in your private lesson. It might clarify some things to you and end some frustration for teachers. Tip 1: Check the source of your...
May 13, 2016 | Play in Tune, Start to Play
Before I explain how you can play in tune on the violin right from the start, I will first explain why you would want that. This video is inspired be an e-mail conversation I had with one of my followers. He wrote that his wish was to first learn as many notes and...
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...
Apr 29, 2016 | Start to Play
In this episode I comment on a video sent in by a viewer who wants to improve her vibrato as a beginner violinist I’ll teach you how to loosen up your wrist, so you can create a beautiful sounding vibrato and control it’s tempo Tape your orchestra scores together in...
Mar 31, 2016 | Start to Play
This episode of Violin Lounge TV is about violin sizes, click here to watch the episode about viola sizes. The violin, viola and cello are available in different sizes. Smaller sizes are made for children (3/4 size and down) and adults for which the standard size is...