Pizzicato

Perhaps not studied as much as bowing technique, there’s more to pizzicato than you might think. Explore our resources on how to enhance your plucking game: Left Hand and Right Hand

Colourstrings

How harmonics and singing can help to build a sound technique

2023-01-10T12:03:00+00:00

Violin and viola pedagogue Jane Metcalfe discusses using techniques inspired by Kodály and Colourstrings methods

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‘Begin with some finger push-ups’ - Technique: Left-hand finger independence

2022-08-19T09:47:00+01:00

How to build strength and flexibility for a truly agile left hand with Adriana LaRosa Ransom, professor of cello and string project director at Illinois State University, US

Left Hand

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Violin techniques with James Ehnes: pizzicato

2022-07-28T01:55:00+01:00

‘Basically, you’re going to grab the string and pull it’

Right Hand

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Technique: How to vary and enhance your cello pizzicato

2022-07-28T20:53:00+01:00

Soloist and chamber musician Christoph Richter talks about good pizz technique with particular attention to the range of sound demanded by Debussy's Cello Sonata. From The Strad's November 2015 issue