Mar 12, 2014 | Practice Tips
Practicing daily? Should you really? Yes! Why do you have to practice daily? Automated movements When you start playing you need to learn a lot of automated movements. If you want to program these in your brain, you have to repeat them a lot so your brain can process...
Feb 25, 2014 | Start to Play
To play the violin or viola beautifully, you will have to practice… a lot. Lots of violinists and violists don’t know what practicing exactly is. Repeating the same piece over and over again is not the most fun nor most effective way to practice. In this...
Feb 19, 2014 | Play in Tune, Position Play
Position play is something that lots of violin and viola players find difficult and sometimes scary. How to ‘get’ that high note in tune confidently? In this video I share with you 9 tips to make your position play more confident, more in tune and less...
Feb 12, 2014 | Practice Tips
Have you also heard so many tales about that you have to study many hours a day to be able to play the violin or viola beautifully? Using the 80/20 rule for studying the violin/viola If you want to become a good violist, you have to spend time studying it. But most...
Feb 4, 2014 | Practice Tips
Shirley writes: Hello! I am a violinist and now retired violin teacher. I have a friend who has been playing about 10 years and is not progressing as she feels she should. I have seen her play and have given her some advice as her request on bowing. For some reason,...
