Kelvin had asked about a particular problem he had with unwanted bouncing of the bow. With his permission I am reposting the video with some tips.
Overall you have great tone! You are doing fantastic work!
As far as the bouncing bow I can’t tell specifically from the angle of the video, however, my [...]
Review Questions
How how many beats is a half note?
How do you play through a first and second ending?
Are you comfortable with the left hand 4th finger pizzicato?
Review Questions
What is subdivision?
What does it mean to play on “The and (&) of one?”
Are you comfortable counting the “Addition Method?” I.E. wuh-uhn two-oo for quarter notes
Review Questions
1. What is U.H, L.H. and W.B.? Can you demonstrate them comfortably?
2. What is the proper way to play shoulder pizzicato?
3. From this point on I will assume you have learned all of your notes on the D and [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Before you begin!
Review Questions
1. Can you place your finger on and name each note on the D and A strings?
2. Are you playing all of your notes with the correct finger, or are you getting lazy and moving your fingers [...]
Before you begin!
Review Questions
1. What is a scale?
2. What does pizz. mean?
3. Can you place your finger on and name each note on the D string?
4. Are you playing all of your notes with the correct finger, or are you getting lazy and moving your fingers around? Pay attention to where you fingers go!
5. What [...]
Hello and welcome to Stringsavvy.com Violin Lesson #3! In the last lesson we went over holding the instrument, how to pluck, and learning our string names. Today we will be learning the notes on the D string as well as how to hold the bow!
Hello and welcome to Stringsavvy.com Violin Lesson #2! Today we will covering some basic theory and then moving on to actually playing our instrument! In our last lesson we talked about clapping and counting to four. When we clapped and counted, each NUMBER was a beat. So 1 2 3 4 was really 4 beats [...]