by Lora | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
…continuing our discussion about playing musically and how bow distribution assists our violin playing, the first article is here, and the second is here: Next in the hierarchy of playing musically is control over the character or the “tone color”...
by Lora | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
You can read the first part of this “bow distribution” article chain here. So, you have started developing your instinct for making spontaneous bow distribution choices using the note values of a piece to guide you. The next step in developing your...
by Lora | Sep 27, 2018 | Expressive playing, Left hand technique, Uncategorized, Vibrato
When a violin student learns vibrato, they literally have the ability to create hundreds of shades in their playing. It is like handing an artist a tube of red, yellow, and blue paint….does every artist know how to create any color from the primary shades? No,...
by Lora | Sep 9, 2018 | Adult learners, Bow hand technique, Expressive playing, Violin tone
Let’s think about driving a car for just a second: You have driven for so many years, you don’t think about all the complicated things that you do each time you drive. It’s just part of your “driving instinct”. Good drivers have amazing...
by Lora | Sep 9, 2018 | Adult learners, Bow hand technique, Expressive playing, Violin tone
Did you realize that LOUD does not equal INTENSE? Once you realize this fact, you are well on your way to achieving the subtlety and nuance that makes the violin speak with greater inflection and expressive range. When I first start to teach my students how to play...
