Not if you play your cards right. Playing the violin definitely can impair your hearing, but it’s not like picking up the instrument comes with the understanding that you’re going to ruin your...
Category: Violin
These are the best of the best, the crème de la crème. I wanted to share with you the violinists I love. They have accompanied me throughout my life and career. Of course, choosing is hard and...
Table of Contents Play the violin without a shoulder restPlay the violin without a chin restA violin without a bridgePlay the violin without a soundpostA violin without fine-tunersA violin without...
The main difference is about twenty years of training and no one minds if you spill beer on a fiddle. Kidding aside, though, the two instruments are actually the same thing despite how radically...
Where to Place the Bridge on a Violin? Don’t break the table!
So you have to replace your bridge. I have resisted the urge to touch a violin's bridge for so many years that you scare me! But maybe your strings changing have gone wrong, or you have just received...
Best Films about the Violin: the films you can’t live without
These are the films that I found most interesting about playing the violin and music in general. I recommend watching them and being inspired by them for any serious student, whether beginner or...