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When I was ten ,my teacher handed me his Gagliano violin and his bow to see how I played them .The bow distracted me when I felt the soft sticky bow grip .I always remember that . I have used harder b ...

A different performance of Banjo shows a lady plucking with the forefinger . But apart from the quick gearchange to start bowing she plays it so fast it might set a new time record but musically falls ...

A violin masterclass by Hagai Shaham shows a great teacher with clear advice that even I can understand . The lesson was for Ravel`s Tzigane . I often feel masterclasses can be obscure and confusing . ...

An analysis of Pepe Romero`s technique on guitar shows him playing fast and then he says "It`s not so much Playing Fast as ---Relaxing Fast ". He was demonstrating to a lady pupil how his ha ...

A popular argument always starts if anyone mentions tilting the bow. The main theme is the bow Has to be leaning towards the scroll . Some argue that the hair should always be flat on the string . So ...

On a piano the black notes are either Sharps or Flats White notes are all Naturals .

For absolute beginners use a keyboard first. Play a C major scale using only 8 white notes. Listen to that a ...

Five days ago I had an operation to fit a Cochlear Implant in my right ear . In two days they might try to activate the implant after they take out the stitches . I had forgotten exactly when my heari ...

The current state of Russia still does not wipe out the rich cultural legacy from such a huge country .Sadly it was almost impossible for many violin forums to admit that Ukraine was not Russia .Heife ...

I need to correct some of my little analysis here .I just looked at a short Itzak Perlman lesson about his Belgian bow hold and I forgot the main contact with the bow is between Thumb and Middle finge ...

My teacher could play this piece and I always thought it was a kind of ultimate test of violinist ability . How many violin teachers would be happy to demonstrate their style if a pupil made that the ...

Banjo and Fiddle by Kroll is a good test of bow control after plucking the starting chords . I wanted to know which finger does the plucking to leave a steady control of the bowing so soon afterwar ...

Well hush ma mouth. I know how to spell Dixie !
Now , the e bay message on this came up under Violins @violins ,com. Why is that not Violin Forum/Message Board ? How many names does one forum Need ? ...

My son in law plays a guitar with nasty steel strings and I asked him about chords .He knows the names of chords from charts --whereas I grew up reading notes without chord names on the sheet music. S ...

[quote="John Cadd"]Is Plade dead like playing dead as if you were acting. I suppose it`s legitimate to follow what is in the title question . Otherwise-----can we have the correction to the ...

Is Plade dead like playing dead as if you were acting. I suppose it`s legitimate to follow what is in the title question . Otherwise-----can we have the correction to the title ? Then it would be more ...