Jan 22, 2014 | Start to Play
Violin or viola playing (and especially violin) is learning to do less instead of to do more. How to get more with less on the violin or viola Today we are going to talk about a question that lots of violinists have: how much pressure should you use in your bowing to...
Dec 27, 2013 | Beautiful Tone
4 Ways to Play Soft or Loud on the Violin or Viola Can you play as soft and loud you want on the violin or viola? How to do it? Do you know there are 4 ways to play soft and loud on the violin or viola? UPDATED VERSION: Click here to watch my video with 7 different...
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...
