Apr 14, 2016 | Play Comfortably
This episode is specifically about the movement of your left arm while crossing strings. Also watch my other videos about string crossing more focussed on the bowing technique of it: How to Cross Strings without Noise How to Smoothly Switch between Strings with your...
Mar 15, 2016 | Start to Play
In this episode of Violin Lounge TV I discuss the mysteries of talent… Before I do this I want to share with you the outcomes of a research by the Swedish psychologist Anders Ericsson. He researched three groups of conservatory students and tried to link their...
Nov 3, 2015 | Start to Play
How Long Should You Practice the Violin or Viola? | Violin & Viola TV #206 This video is about how much and how long one should practice the violin or viola. As you might know, it takes 10.000 hours to master something, but I don’t know if that’s what you want...
Jun 30, 2015 | Start to Play
I know from my ground school days that playing on the street can be quite lucrative. To get some extra cash you can put down your open violin case in front of you. This is where the term ‘playing with a cent container’ comes from. I translated directly from Dutch, so...
