Aug 14, 2013 | Beautiful Tone
What if you use a lot of bow, but you still don’t get the rich and warm tone you desire? You want to make a nice full sound… so you use more bow… but it doesn’t work. If you are cooking a tasty dinner… than don’t just use salt to...
Aug 2, 2013 | Bowing Technique
How to Cross Strings without Noise Dear violin teacher, I would like to learn how to switch violin bow from string E to string D, and vice versa without generating any noise. Does the bow actually touch the string A during the transition? The skill is needed in...
Jul 26, 2013 | Play in Tune
How to keep your 2nd finger low when you play a 4th finger “(…) Do you have any advice on how to keep my 2nd finger from moving out of the C natural position while playing the E note on the A string? I have noticed this problem lately as I have been trying to...
Jul 19, 2013 | Play Comfortably
[Video] 15 Tips to Stop your Shoulder Rest from Slipping “Hi Zlata, I have got a question as a violin teacher! Why do Kun and Wolf shoulder rests fall off the violin so often? Which tip could I give my students to solve this problem lots of violinists have? Love,...
Feb 10, 2013 | Beautiful Tone
Less effort, more tone Tone is already there in your violin, you just have to release it… don’t force it! Just yesterday I had a private student. She started to play violin at the age of three and was pressured from the very first lesson. As she was...