Mar 12, 2014 | Bowing Technique
In this video, I will answer a question from Lam, who writes: Dear Zlata, can you do a video on how to make a beautiful sautillé? How to make a beautiful sautillé? Sautillé is a bowing technique where the bow leaves the string (jumps) and you can play very fast short...
Mar 5, 2014 | Bowing Technique
How to Make Smooth Slurs on the Violin and Viola Valyncia asks: how to make smooth slurs on the violin? Watch this video and learn about… What is slurred bowing? Two sorts of slurring: with a string change and on one string Four tips on how to slur smoothly: 1...
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...
Nov 6, 2013 | Practice Tips
How frustrating is it when you are practicing the violin or viola very hard… but the results are not there… even worse: your violin or viola playing seems to get worse. Sometimes you’ve been practicing for some time, but your playing only seems to get...
Jul 26, 2013 | Play in Tune
How to keep your 2nd finger low when you play a 4th finger “(…) Do you have any advice on how to keep my 2nd finger from moving out of the C natural position while playing the E note on the A string? I have noticed this problem lately as I have been trying to...
