If you think that trills are just decoration or ornament, then I have exciting news for you! You’re about to build a much stronger left-hand foundation on the violin through daily trill work. It only takes a few minutes a day to build this foundation, and in this video I lay out my daily routine. […]
Pinky power: tame and strengthen a flat fourth finger (VIDEO)
I was always proud of my fourth finger as a teenager. I’d use it all the time for high notes, finishing arpeggios, big shifts, you name it. So it dismayed me to discover, when I was in my early twenties practicing for a Chicago Symphony audition, that my 4 had gone from fit to fat! I don’t […]