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...
Oct 9, 2013 | Bowing Technique, Start to Play
What is the difference between a toddler who paints and a painter who paints? If bowing is like painting, do you bow like a toddler paints? If you are playing the violin, I think it matters more how you play than what you play. If you play something very difficult but...
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 3, 2013 | Beautiful Tone
6 Tips to Improve the Tone on Your Violin Hello Zlata. My name is Wendy. I’ve been playing violin for 19 months. Now I’m kind of lost because I don’t know what should I practice to improve the tone. I think I didn’t press the bow and my bowhold is relax too....
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...
