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ArticleDitch the shoulder rest to improve your playing?
In this article, first published in 2007, violinist and pedagogue Aaron Rosand explains why a shoulder rest can get in the way of good technique
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ArticleOnly have an hour to spare? Then practise like this
Two top pedagogues give their us their best 60-minute practice tips
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Article‘There’s nothing more I can do than my two to three hours of practice a day’ – David Garrett on Covid-19
In this extract from our April issue, the crossover start tell us how past injuries have stopped him turning to intense practice to fill the hours
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ArticleViolist Geraldine Walther to head Colburn School chamber programme
Walther spent 14 years with the Takács Quartet, following almost three decades as prinicpal violist of the San Francisco Symphony
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Cello Bachelor of Music
The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) degree program is the principal undergraduate program in music, and nearly all of the undergraduate musicians are enrolled in it. It requires students to supplement their music studies with a prescribed number of courses in the Liberal Arts Department. The B.M. degree program normally requires ...
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen warming up
The following video from our archive is linked to the Technique article in the April issue of The Strad on warming up the left hand when playing the cello Violinist Ray Chen warms up with an excerpt from the second movement of Bruch's Scottish Fantasy at the Curtis Institute ...
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ArticleThe Juilliard School
Courses Bachelors/Diploma/Doctorate/Masters/ Electives Early Music/Joint Major/Performance/ Violin Teachers David Chan/Catherine Cho/Kyung-Wha Chung/Ronald Copes/Frank Huang/Hyo Kang/Lewis Kaplan/Masao Kawasaki/Cho-Liang Lin/Joseph Lin/Li Lin/Itzhak Perlman/Daniel Phillips/Sylvia Rosenberg/Joel Smirnoff/Laurie Smukler/Naoko Tanaka/Sally Thomas/Areta Zhulla Viola Teachers Misha Amory/Toby Appel/Heidi Castleman/Hsin-Yun Huang/Masao Kawasaki/Paul Neubauer/Cynthia Phelps/Samuel Rhodes/Carol Rodland/Roger Tapping/Steven Tenenbom Cello Teachers Richard Aaron/Darrett Adkins/Natasha Brofsky/Timothy Eddy/David Finckel/Clara ...
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ArticleA beginner’s guide to identifying a Stradivarius
Figuring out the maker of an unknown violin takes a trained eye and a detective’s skill, says luthier John Dilworth. Here he gives his personal perspective on the clues and processes of elimination that help experts pinpoint an instrument’s origins.
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ArticleProducts April 2021: Dominant Pro violin strings
A familiar favourite gets a high-tech update
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ArticleDouble bassist François Rabbath demonstrates his crab technique
In honour of François Rabbath, who turns 90 today, we are republishing content from our archive related to the French-Syrian double bassist
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ArticleTales of an orchestral violinist – sitting correctly
In one of two companion pieces to a feature published in our April 2021 issue, former Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Gerald Elias reveals the secrets of maintaining a good sitting posture while playing
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ArticleTales of an orchestral violinist – imperceptible page turning
In one of two companion pieces to a feature published in our April 2021 issue, former Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Gerald Elias explores the art of turning the page
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ArticleProducts March 2021: Musafia violin case
Reducing weight with a layer of ‘bullet-proof’ protection
