Violin Forum/Message Board

Just an idle question. Just wondering, with the scarcity of pernambuco, if anyone has tried to replicate its features by laminating different types of wood together.

Something for strength, some ...

I'm thinking of either buying a kit where I only need to graduate the plates, or, on a long shot, starting from scratch. It's a bit daunting to think about all the tools and expense.

For either ...

I'm thinking part of the problem with the 1 finger wanting to slide forward is that my teacher is telling me that my thumb needs to be right opposite my 1 finger on the neck. At the same time, she's ...

I'm at Allegro in Suzuki 1 book. I'm finding I'm having a problem doing staccato on the A string without also hitting either the E or D string. Due to how much I'm pressing the bow into the string. ...

Yeah, that's a catch-all title.

I'm 65, started fooling with violin 15 years ago, then put it down when my band started getting higher level gigs than what my fiddle playing would warrant (I'm voca ...

I have an old beater fiddle that someone put mechanical tuners in, likely because the peg holes had gotten quite large. I have other fiddles I use for playing, but I'm thinking of a repair job.

I' ...