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Wieniawski “Alla Saltarella” arranged for 2 violins
To download this arrangement as a PDF, scroll down to just above the video... During this time of trouble, hordes of unaccompanied pieces for every instrument have crawled out from under their …
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Master the ricochet stroke with the Way of the Fist
Here's a secret they don't tell you about joining a professional orchestra: over the years, your colleagues get younger and the jokes get funnier. When you start out as a bright-eyed 20-something, …
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Speed up Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo with Parallel Tracks
I have an ambivalent relationship with the metronome. We've had enough difficulties over the years that we eventually had to set some ground rules. Still, the metronome (or its modern cousin, the …
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Sync up your hands with the Goldilocks Method
Sometimes you know without a doubt that your hands are out of sync on the violin. Other times, things seem just a bit... unclean. You'll notice it most in fast passages with all separate bows, and …
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Mazas “The Mordent”, Op. 36 No. 15
If you joined the Violympics this past summer, this Mazas is already an old friend! If not, you'll love exploring what seems at first to be a run-of-the-mill etude. It's all about hand frame on the …