All Regulars articles – Page 18
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Building a five-string cello
David Folland gives some practical tips, based on his recent experience of building a five-string cello
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Bangkok: International Viola Congress
Carlos María Solare reports from the 48th International Viola Congress, which took place in the tropical surroundings of Salaya, at the western borders of Thailand’s capital city
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Your ideas are never as far apart as they seem’ - Ronald Copes’s life lessons
The Juilliard Quartet second violinist on the joy and value of collaboration in chamber music
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Schubert String Quartet in G major, first movement
Xandi van Dijk, violist of the Signum Quartet, uncovers the details of interpretation that help us relate to a movement of such broad scope
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making an ebony crown
An intricate method for a sometimes vital part of the repair process
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1925 violin by Ferdinando Garimberti
Rainer Michael Cocron looks at a violin by one of the modern Milanese school’s most prominent makers
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Violin bow landings with Gina McCormack
Violinist Gina McCormack on teaching bow landings in reference to Mozart
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Japan: Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
The tenth Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa featured a sense of mutual support between the competitors, reports Robert Markow
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2023: Technology and access to fine instruments
Having survived the pandemic, the city of Cremona is embracing new technology in its efforts to bring its violin making heritage to the world
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: The importance (and difficulty) of playing softly
As string players, we are often encouraged to make a big sound, but cellist Davina Shum believes that the art of playing quietly is an underrated one
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2023: GaiaTone bass fingerboard
A new, ebony-alternative double bass fingerboard
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2023: Schilbach sanding sticks
Multi-purpose sticks for sanding during instrument making
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Premium ❘ ArticleSeptember 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the September 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘His brush was coated with butter’ - Letters to the editor: September 2023
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: September 2023
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ Feature‘I can say with conviction that she can play Bach’ - From the archive: August 1923
Violinist Arthur Broadley, a long-standing contributor, profiles cellist Beatrice Eveline, said to have given the BBC’s first classical music broadcast in 1922
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: EFT for performance anxiety
Violinist Jenny Clift struggled with performance anxiety until she discovered an unusual therapeutic technique
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Players have knocked on my door in a panic’ - My Space: David Segal
The luthier gives an overview of his busy Manhattan workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Adding primer before varnish
Before varnishing their instruments, most luthiers add a layer of primer. Vlado Tilev looks at the types available, and their effect on sound quality
