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Tone

A string player’s tone needs to be as versatile and individual as an artist’s colour palette. Here you’ll find articles on exploring the wide world of sound: Dynamics and Projection, Personal Sound

7 tips on adjustments to get the best out of your instrument

The finest Stradivari in the world will sound poor if it is badly set up. Here are some points to consider sourced from our archive

10 views on dynamics for bowed strings

Advice on how to produce effective dynamic contrasts from The Strad archives

4 sound qualities for producing a beautiful tone

Violin professor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Junior Guildhall Ivo Stankov offers advice for creating your best sound

The Strad Podcast Episode #56: Richard Markson on teaching tone and sound

‘You have to hear in your mind a sound that you want to make’

Dynamics and Projection

4 sound qualities for producing a beautiful tone

2022-12-14T10:18:00+00:00

Violin professor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Junior Guildhall Ivo Stankov offers advice for creating your best sound

Technique: Sound travel and projection with cellist Herre-Jan Stegenga

2022-11-03T08:54:00+00:00

Cellist Herre-Jan Stegenga on filling the hall and ideas and exercises for teaching projection

Personal Sound

Finding your own sound: Standing out from the crowd

2022-10-11T07:41:00+01:00

In a world that seems to value homogeneous perfection, how do you develop an individual voice on your instrument?