Dec 27, 2013 | Beautiful Tone
4 Ways to Play Soft or Loud on the Violin or Viola Can you play as soft and loud you want on the violin or viola? How to do it? Do you know there are 4 ways to play soft and loud on the violin or viola? UPDATED VERSION: Click here to watch my video with 7 different...
Dec 16, 2013 | Maintenance
How To Maintain Your Violin or Viola and Bow? Lots of people invest a lot of time, effort and money to learn to play, but sometimes they forget that their instrument and bow need some love, care and attention too ;). Without instrument and bow you can’t play. A...
Dec 14, 2013 | Christmas Songs on the Violin, Repertoire
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Violinistic 2014! I wish you a merry Christmas on the violin This is a special episode of Violin Lounge TV in which you will learn to play ‘I wish you a merry Christmas’ on the violin. I will walk you through it and show you how to do...
Dec 11, 2013 | Learn Vibrato, Position Play
Peter asks: could you make a video about vibrato in high positions? Sure! How to use vibrato in higher positions? In high positions there are three differences versus normal vibrato: the proportion vs the string length the position of your hand the freedom of movement...
Dec 11, 2013 | Start to Play
‘Smoesjes’ is a strange Dutch word for ‘excuses’. Over the years I have seen people holding themselves back from playing the violin or viola for the wrong reasons. This is a pity, because those people could get so much pleasure and fulfillment...