Dec 20, 2013 | Repertoire
Do you have to practice an etude or piece that you find boring? Do you almost fall asleep after the first bars and do you get annoyed by playing it? Let me give you some tips to make that boring piece sexy and make it sound like beautiful music! 1) Know that you can...
Dec 18, 2013 | Play Comfortably
Do you have pain in you shoulder when you are playing on the G string on the violin a lot (C string in case you play the viola)? Why does my shoulder hurt? Lifting the shoulder String changes should be done by moving the elbow and upper arm up and down. The...
Dec 6, 2013 | Bowing Technique
Learn some jazz bow technique! How to bow in such a way that your bowing sounds jazzy, your sound swings and every bow stroke is with a bite? Today we are going to talk about playing jazzy, because lots of classicly trained violinists play pop music or jazz music like...
Nov 22, 2013 | Bowing Technique, Play Comfortably
Let’s talk about a fobia lots of violin and viola players suffer from… In this video, I’m going to talk about the phobia that many violin players have, and that is…. the Fear of the Frightful Frog! (woooo) We have quite some bow, but for some...
Nov 6, 2013 | Practice Tips
How frustrating is it when you are practicing the violin or viola very hard… but the results are not there… even worse: your violin or viola playing seems to get worse. Sometimes you’ve been practicing for some time, but your playing only seems to get...
