May 31, 2016 | Play in Tune
This episode is about having more fun while practicing scales. You probably know that practicing scales is essential for building up a good violin technique and playing in tune with a beautiful tone. 1. Have a clear goal Some students don’t really understand why...
May 19, 2016 | Play in Tune
This episode of Violin Lounge TV gives you a good warm up exercise that loosens up your left hand fingers and trains you to move them independently. This is an important exercise that will help you develop a good left hand technique. These exercises are useful for...
May 13, 2016 | Play in Tune, Start to Play
Before I explain how you can play in tune on the violin right from the start, I will first explain why you would want that. This video is inspired be an e-mail conversation I had with one of my followers. He wrote that his wish was to first learn as many notes and...
May 5, 2016 | Start to Play
This episode is about how many times you should repeat something while practicing the violin. We all know practice makes perfect. Did you know in some cases too many repeats can make your playing worse? It’s been researched that five to nine repeats is most...
Mar 25, 2016 | Play in Tune
This video is about how to practice double stops and play them in tune. A double stop is when you play two notes (or more) at the same time on the violin or viola. These notes can be fingered or open strings. Here are 3 steps to practice double stops: Practice the two...
