how to play blues on the violin
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How to Play Blues on the Violin: a Beginner’s Guide with Scores

That raw sound, lay-down music, that touches our guts… I am talking about the blues. Blues is mostly associated with the guitar, though, or sometimes piano, saxophone, harmonica… but few people think about the violin in that context. But it is not uncommon to hear the violin playing the blues, except that it is called…

Baby sleeping while I play the violin
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Are Electric Violins Quiet, or perhaps even Silent? (With a dB Chart)

As lovely as the violin sounds, its volume has been the detriment to many players’ confidence, and even consideration, of picking the instrument up for a long time. It’s no wonder that electric violins have become so popular over the years considering that fact. Still, can an electric violin completely eradicate that problem? Electric violins…