Aug 18, 2015 | Play Comfortably, Start to Play
It can be really confusing what size viola to choose. This video will help you find out which size viola is ideal for you. This video will help you find out which size viola is ideal for you. With violins it’s a bit easier. Violin sizes start with 1/16 (or sometimes...
Aug 13, 2015 | Play Comfortably
How To Position Your Left Thumb and Relax Your Hand on the Violin and Viola In this episode I’m going to answer a question from one of our viewers: Hi Zlata!I have just bought your Violin Lounge TV DVD box and it’s fantastic – I’ve learned a LOT already and the...
Aug 4, 2015 | Start to Play
Lots of people think that you have to play violin first, before they can play the viola. The reasons why they think this are: Viola’s are not available in fractional sizes You need to have some basic skills on the violin before you can start playing the viola Both...
Jun 30, 2015 | Start to Play
I know from my ground school days that playing on the street can be quite lucrative. To get some extra cash you can put down your open violin case in front of you. This is where the term ‘playing with a cent container’ comes from. I translated directly from Dutch, so...
Jun 9, 2015 | Start to Play
Do you know you can improve your violin or viola playing with a toilet roll? You can do various exercises with one and I use it a lot when teaching my private students. Use a toilet roll to learn to bow straight. You can hold the toilet roll on your shoulder or hold...
