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Technique: Creating core in your viola sound

31 January 2025

Jeanne-Louise Moolman shares tips on how to create a sound with core on the viola

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Technique: Sautillé

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Tips to help you master a bow stroke vital for making a good impression at any orchestral audition

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7 pointers for perfect pizzicato

7 February 2023

Advice on plucking and strumming from 120 years of The Strad

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‘We still get nervous’: violinist Brett Yang on performance nerves

18 July 2023

The key to dealing with performance anxiety and nerves is to have the confidence to gain more experience performing, says the violinist

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Technique: Finding your voice on the viola

7 February 2023

Susie Mészáros’s thoughts on shifting and articulation

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Vibrato: three reminders from our online editor Davina Shum

25 May 2023

Don’t overdo it and avoid slipping into auto-pilot mode, writes the cellist

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6 tips for improved coordination

8 May 2024

Guidance from The Strad’s archive for greater synchronisation between left-hand fingers and bow

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Ask the Experts: how to encourage students to trust their ears

30 January 2023

A reader asks what can be done to help young students who rely on learning finger placement rather than trusting their ears. Three teachers give their views

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Technique: Cellist Inbal Megiddo on removing tension in the left hand

30 July 2024

The cellist shares tips on achieving a tension-free left-hand set-up

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How to memorise earlier and smarter: Adam Hockman

5 April 2023

The practice and performance consultant identifies what causes memory slips and gives tips on improving memorisation technique