Expert tips, tutorials, and insights to help you on your violin journey. From beginner guides to advanced techniques, find everything you need to improve your playing.
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Master violin vibrato from scratch with this complete guide. Learn wrist, arm, and finger vibrato types, 7 progressive exercises, troubleshooting for common problems, and how to use vibrato musically. Includes video demonstrations.
Master every violin bowing technique from détaché to sautillé. This comprehensive learning guide covers beginner through advanced bow strokes with practice tips, common mistakes, and links to in-depth tutorials.
Struggling with a scratchy, harsh violin tone? Discover the 7 most common causes of scratchy violin sound and learn step-by-step fixes to get a clean, beautiful tone from your instrument.
What is the difference between sautillé and spiccato? Learn how these two bouncing bow strokes differ in speed, mechanics, and musical application, with exercises to master both techniques.
Develop masterful bow control with these 10 progressive violin exercises. From open string long bows to advanced dynamic control, build the foundation for a beautiful, expressive tone.
Transform your violin sound with this complete guide to tone production. Learn the three pillars of tone, bow mechanics, left hand factors, and a daily practice routine for a rich, resonant sound.
Master rhythm and tempo on violin with our complete metronome practice guide. From beginner exercises to advanced techniques, with a free online metronome built for violinists.
Learn ALL violin bow strokes: detaché, staccato, spiccato, ricochet, martelé and much more including notation and examples:
Grade 4 Violin Repertoire List This is the bridge between elementary and intermediate levels. Level 4 starts to incorporate brief sections i...
Grade 7 Violin Repertoire List If you have continued to this point, congratulations! This level adds higher positions (up to 5th) and will p...
Grade 11 Violin Repertoire List This is a collegiate/professional level of playing. However, because the kind of music that fits into this c...
Grade 12 Violin Repertoire List This includes all the big concertos, advanced caprices, and show-stopping encores played by major soloists.
