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...
by Lora | Oct 23, 2014 | Bow hand technique, Violin tone
Surviving the First Three Months as a Violin Beginner I recently heard from a frustrated online student. When I asked him how it was going (I always check on my new beginners in the first month), he confessed that he was ready to give up. In his words, “I...
by Lora | Jun 10, 2013 | Suzuki method, Violin tone
In a word, EVERYTHING! In a more specific word, Tonalizations. “Tonalizations” is a term coined by Dr. Suzuki (the wonderfully warm man in the picture). They are exercises intended to help students learn how to recognize beautiful sound, and how to...
by Lora | Dec 28, 2010 | Violin tone
I remember sitting in my car with a violinist friend of mine, listening to Anne Sophie Mutter playing Massenet’s Meditation from Thais. Both my friend and I had played that piece a zillion times…but we sat listening in wonder. We played all the right...
by Lora | Dec 24, 2010 | Violin tone
As promised in my video series on Violin Tone Production, I am making this nifty little worksheet available to anyone who wants it. (Click here to download the PDF.) You can print it out and use it in countless ways, and in the video, I gave you my three favorite ways...
