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Mar 1, 2008

Free Video Violin Lesson 6

Posted by Thom in All, Lessons 11 comments

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 [...]


Feb 18, 2008

Free Video Violin Lesson 5

Posted by Thom in All, Lessons 2 comments

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 [...]


Feb 12, 2008

Free Video Violin Lesson 4

Posted by Thom in All, Lessons 6 comments

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 [...]


Jan 27, 2008

Free Video Violin Lesson 3

Posted by Thom in All, Lessons 23 comments

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!


Jan 20, 2008

Free Video Violin Lesson 2

Posted by Thom in All, Lessons 9 comments

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 [...]


Jan 16, 2008

My Grammy Moment Audition for the Foo Fighters!

Posted by Thom in All, Videos No comments

Wish me luck as I try out to be a part of the Foo Fighters special event at the Grammys!


Jan 13, 2008

Free Video Violin Lesson 1

Posted by Thom in All, Lessons 19 comments

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 [...]


Jan 7, 2008

Contra NES Theme by 8 Bit String Trio!

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8 Bit Trio performs their arrangement of the popular Nintendo game “Contra” at a Panera Bread Open Mic in Batavia.
Filmed almost a year ago, a last minute rehearsal led up to a great performance
8 Bit Trio is
Thom Zolghadr - Electric Violin
Andrew Pearson - Electric Violin
Jason Peters - Bass Guitar


Dec 22, 2007

Access To Music Winter Concert 2007

Posted by Thom in All, Pages, Videos No comments

The students of Access to Music did a fantastic job performing at their concert earlier this week! Congrats! Watch the video of their performance below!