Feb 16, 2016 | Repertoire
This arrangement started of as a joke… One of my students is an adult beginner and he was wondering how long it would take to play Mendelssohn’s violin concerto. This is his favorite piece and he dreams to play it one day. He just started to play the...
Feb 9, 2016 | Bowing Technique
In this episode I’m answering a question from one of our viewers about Beethoven’s Violin Sonata nr 5 ‘Frühling’. Hi Zlata, I have a question. It is about Sautille. My bow can bounce. When I learn/practice to bounce 4 or 2 times for each note,...
Jan 27, 2016 | Play in Tune, Start to Play
In this video I’m going to explain something a lot of beginners struggle with: placing your second and third finger close enough together to play the semitone in tune. A lot of beginners play the second finger too low or the third finger too high or both. In the...
Jan 19, 2016 | Christmas Songs on the Violin, Repertoire
How to Play Schubert’s Ave Maria on the Violin | Violin & Viola TV #216 In this video I teach you how to play Schubert’s Ave Maria on the violin. I use the first and the third position. If you can’t play the third position yet, it’s...