Charming Sirena Huang (11 years old in the video) displays amazing technique and speaks about the sound and technology of violin. Video was taken at Technology Entertainment Design Conference in 2006. With such speakers as former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the founders of Wikipedia and Google attendending these conferences, it is certainly impressive to [...]
We have been having some crazy polar weather in Chicago and I guess my body doesn’t like having to go from 50ยบ to below freezing every couple days
Watch your feeds for the delayed Lesson 8.
For your viewing and listening pleasure, I have included 2 (well 3, one is split into two parts) videos [...]
Review Questions
1. What does Arco mean?
2. What is the Stop and Set technique?
3. What should your posture look like?
Hello and welcome to Stringsavvy.com Violin Lesson #7! In lesson #6 we learned about holding a proper posture, starting form for bowing, and making clean string changes. Today we will begin bowing exercises and then move on to playing notes. [...]
(Left to right): Andrew Pearson, Thom Zolghadr, Jason Peters
On Saturday, March 1st, my group, 8 Bit Trio performed a short set consisting of jazz standards Red Clay, Recordame, and popular video game theme Mario. Although we weren’t mentioned in the article, this fantastic photo above is featured on the page alongside our names!
The Open Mic [...]
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On Sunday I drove with one of my friends [from Chicago] to Nashville, Tennessee to catch a performance by Secret Chiefs 3 on Monday. Secret Chiefs 3 has been around for quite a few years now, as I have grown up listening to them. The group consists of musicians from all over [...]
Many people dislike jazz because of the level of musical experience and listening it often requires. It is for this reason jazz is often referred to as “The Musician’s Music.” However, in 1995 the Rite Of Strings released their self-titled album, peaking at #4 on the US Jazz Charts and stepping entirely out of the [...]
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When you remove the shoulder rest from the box you’ll see that it is in three pieces. There is the shoulder rest pad itself and two legs. The taller of the two legs will be screwed into the skinnier of the [...]
Review Questions
Can you place your finger on and name each note on the D and A strings?
Are you playing all of your notes with the correct finger, or are you getting lazy and moving your fingers around? Pay attention to [...]