by Lora | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized, Violin Teachers
With universities going online worldwide due to Coronavirus, my friend and colleague Katharina Uhde (great teacher, students should consider her for college) asked me to prepare a manual to help violin professionals quickly adapt and give effective private lessons via...
by Lora | Jan 21, 2020 | Adult learners, Left hand technique, Practice Tips, Uncategorized, Violin practice tips
Violins do not have frets. We don’t’ have black or white keys. This makes it extremely easy to play out of tune, and extremely difficult to play IN tune. Lucky for us, our hands are like little brains that memorize the distance between notes. If we train...
by Lora | Jan 21, 2020 | Adult learners, Violin Ergonomics, Where Does It Hurt, Where Does It Hurt & How To Fix It, Your physique
It’s easier to grasp and understand It was conceived by and FOR musicians It seems less abstract and more concrete It’s possible to do in a “do it yourself” approach It requires very little monetary investment The thing I LOVE about Body...
by Lora | Jan 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
For a quick comparison, scroll below to the bullet lists, but you will benefit from reading this brief preliminary information: The reason I am comparing these two specific models is because of the BODY TYPE that tends to gravitate to them: People with tall geometry,...
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”...
