For years I struggled with vibrato. The two types of vibrato I could accomplish were uneven, tight, and narrow, and uneven, wide, and slow. Basically I sounded like an unfortunate church choir. It wasn’t until my last year of my Bachelor’s degree I finally realized why. My fingers were double-jointed! At the lowest part of […]
Violin Technique
5 Violin Teaching Tips, Tricks, and Resources I’m Loving This Week July 28, 2016
Violin Vibrato Tips… This week’s round-up of violin teaching tips, tricks, and resources features five helpful youtube videos about vibrato. 1. Vengerov: Bach (Sonata No.1) — How To Achieve A Good Vibrato This video is a gem, here is Maxim Vengerov explaining how to coordinate vibrato with the bow. Besides he’s a delight, you gotta love […]
How to Improve Your Students’ Violin Posture
5 Ways to Say “Stand Up Straight” Without Saying “Stand Up Straight” Yet Again… I’m still waiting for the day that teaching the violin becomes easy for me. It has definitely become much easier than it used to be, but I still struggle. Last week I wrote a blog post, “Are You a Strict Teacher […]
10 Cures For Stiff Bow Arms
Free up tension and let the bow sing! We all know that the most important ingredient for good tone is beautiful right arm technique, yet so many of our students saw away at the fiddle with locked wrists, elbows and shoulders. This has something I have struggled with time and time again. How can I […]