Hello! I get a lot of comments and questions on this site, and I do my best to answer all of them directly on the comments. Sometimes, however, questions come up that I have come across in the past in teaching but didn’t think to address on this site. This is one such question: Nicola [...]

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 where you fingers go! Are you practicing your bow hold/exercises? Are you comfortable [...]

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 around? Pay attention to where you fingers go! 3. Are you practicing [...]

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 [...]

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! Opening up to page 6 you will notice how the [...]

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 [...]

Hello and welcome to Stringsavvy.com Free Video Violin Lesson #1! My name is Thom and I will be guiding you along! In this first part we will be going over the very basics. I am assuming, whether or not it applies to you, that you know nothing and this is your very first instrument. That [...]