All Regulars articles – Page 28
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Gluing the C-bouts using a Cremonese mould
An alternative method for this part of the process, which may be more authentic than the standard procedure
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I believe in contributing to a team of players, rather than just blending in’ - Carmine Lauri’s life lessons
The co-leader of the London Symphony Orchestra on growing up in a musical family in Malta and the importance of keeping one’s individuality
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Premium ❘ FeatureStraight lines within the arches of Stradivaris and Guarneris - Making Matters: Straight talking
Andrew Ryan investigates the presence of regular straight lines within the arches of the top and back in the instruments of Stradivari and Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: How learning a language can inform musical practice
Naomi Yandell’s efforts to learn a language using Duolingo have inspired her to rethink the way she teaches her own students, particularly with regard to repetitive practice
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The building was a lampshade factory and still retains its industrial character’ - My Space: Mechthild Ossenbrunner
The luthier takes us on a tour of her and her husband’s Cologne workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Cello warm-ups - the bow arm
Cellist Mats Lidström discusses how to prepare the whole body for efficient, time-saving repertoire practice
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Hummel Sonata op.5 no.3 for Piano and Viola
Violist Tabea Zimmermann offers her advice on how to practise this playful, virtuosic work
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1932 tenor viola by Jacint Pinto
Jordi Pinto examines an unusual tenor viola made by his own great-uncle, Jacint Pinto
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Teaching collé
Marcos Santos, teacher at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, on how to work on this short, articulated bow stroke to improve students’ overall bow control and sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Memory and mental practice from violinist William Herzog
Techniques to help you learn music off by heart and protect against memory slips. From December 2020
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2022: ‘It’s not about transforming your school overnight; this is going to take time’
As the UK’s National Plan for Music Education is unveiled, questions still remain about the amount of funding behind the initiative, as well as the number of trained teachers. By Peter Somerford
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Premium ❘ Focus‘The atmosphere was exceptionally energetic and full of excitement’ - Postcard from the Sibelius Violin Competition
Kare Eskola reports from Helsinki on 2022’s emotionally charged International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, the first to take place for seven years
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Begin with some finger push-ups’ - Technique: Left-hand finger independence
How to build strength and flexibility for a truly agile left hand with Adriana LaRosa Ransom, professor of cello and string project director at Illinois State University, US
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The system proceeded upon was in every way unsatisfactory’ - From the archive: September 1922
Author and expert Towry Piper condemns a recent blind-testing experiment for old and new violins, giving his own opinion on why such endeavours are doomed to failure
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Some of the most otherworldly violin lines I can imagine’ - Jack Liebeck on Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.1
Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto provided some early inspiration for the British violinist – as well as a crash course in some fast, efficient playing
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Premium ❘ ArticleSeptember 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the September 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘Centuries ago, Stradivari had no idea ivory would be subject to legal issues’: Letters to the editor September 2022
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2022: Dolfinos chin and shoulder rest
A chin and shoulder rest system receives a lightweight makeover
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2022: BAM Youngster violin case
The range has been updated to fit 1/8- and 1/4-size instruments
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2022: D’Addario hypoallergenic rosin
A rosin designed to avoid allergic reactions
