by Lora | Aug 24, 2013 | Expressive playing, Music tips
As promised, this post will follow up on the previous post about learning to play expressively on the violin, or playing with emotion. Remember, we draw from several sources to play expressively, or with emotion: intellectual, bow hand, and left hand. Other factors...
by Lora | Aug 18, 2013 | Ear training, Expressive playing, Music tips
Expressive Playing Is Important Of all the students of all the musical instruments in the world, I would have to say that the violin and violin students have higher expectations as far as expressive playing. Think about it: the mythos surrounding violin is one of...
by Lora | Mar 8, 2013 | Memorization, Music tips
It’s funny, when teachers tried to tell me how to memorize, I got silly suggestions. “Pretend there is a silver thread connected from your brain to your fingers….just hear the notes, and your fingers will play them”. Meanwhile, I have to stand...
by Lora | Sep 15, 2012 | Music tips
A student recently asked me why different editions of the same violin music cost more than others. At first, I thought the answer was obvious, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this is an important topic that anyone wanting to learn to play the...
