All Focus articles – Page 38
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FocusHow early can the Bach Cello Suites be introduced to cello students?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusNever judge a book by its cover
This story about the instrument repairer and the farmer's violin from The Strad, November 1959, contains all the hallmarks of the Hans Christian Andersen tale The Ugly Duckling. Its message remains as pertinent today as ever
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FocusHow do you encourage students to develop their own musical ideas?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusFrom the archive: Mannerisms
A recent Teacher Talk addressed the question of how students can avoid making tense facial expression when playing. In this article from The Strad, April 1949, our writer has some words of advice for those afflicted
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FocusShould crescendos always be played on an up bow and decrescendos on a down bow?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusHow do you help students avoid stage fright?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusEight great performances of the Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Over the past week we’ve been posting videos of some of the finest performances of the Beethoven Cello Sonatas on YouTube. The playlist begins with Rostropovich and Richter performing – for the first and only time in concert – the complete set at the Edinburgh Festival in 1964, ...
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FocusFrom the archive: The day the 'Huberman' Strad reappeared
In this article from The Strad 1987, Charles Beare recalls the media storm that followed the discovery of the stolen Stradivari violin
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FocusFrom the archive: Mozart's Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa Violin
This article from The Strad, December 1945, describes the story behind the Dalla Costa violin believed to have been owned and played by Mozart during his years living in Vienna.Click on the pdf to read the article. Click here to read the news story about the Dalla Costa violin donated ...
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FocusExpert advice on bow hold, bow changes and collapsing top finger joints
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusFrom the archive: The tale of the King of Spain Strads
The set of decorated Stradivari instruments housed at the Royal Palace of Madrid made news recently when they received their first public performance, by the Quiroga Quartet from Spain (see link below). The stringed instruments have an eccentric history, shrouded in mystery and conflicting views. Stradivari made them for the Spanish ...
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FocusExpert advice on sweet incentives, facial expressions and combating tiredness
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusExpert advice on underprepared students, learning the viola clef and playing etudes
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusMaking the most of one hour of practice
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusHow to deal with unsupportive parents
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusThe stolen instruments of the Third Reich
In an article from 2009, Carla Shapreau exposes the systematic theft of stringed instruments under Hitler's rule, and today's efforts to locate them
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FocusHow to market yourself as a string player
You need flexibility and business acumen as well as talent to stand out from the crowd in today's rapidly changing music world, argues double bassist-turned-agent Corrado Canonici
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FocusWhat competition success did for my career – by six prize-winners
Seasoned competition goer Heather Kurzbauer considers the place of competitions today, and violin laureates discuss how their wins have helped their careers
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FocusShould one borrow, hire or buy the first violin for a beginner?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusWhat criteria should be followed to determine what bowing to use in bass music?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
