no.177 A Major scale in 5th position I’m playing the preparation in the recording. This gives you a little opportunity to work on shifting. Also,
Category: Violin Etudes and Studies
no.210 Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes As the book says this is an old (17th century) English ballad. The poem was written by
German violinst/violin teacher, Franz Wohlfahrt (1888-1894) wrote a wonderful etudes, Sixty Studies, op.45, which can be the very first etudes for the beginning students. Wohlfahrt
This is a wonderful exercise to work on changing positions. I added supportive notes so that students can get the feel of changing the position
Introducing the Positions for violin Vol.1 (third and fifth positions), Vol. 2 (2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th positions) by Harvey S. Whistler (Rubank/Hal Leonard) are
The Character of the etude: Lyrical / Legato This is a short, but the only truly lyrical etude in Kayser 36 Studies for the violin.
This is a good etude for legato (slued notes) as well as intonation. Most Demanding Section for Intonation Usually my students have difficulty playing mm.25-27
“This is a third position exercise. You can play now.” 🙂 Oh! !! The way you played was very unique, which made me
This is a very simple etude. It is to improve a very important stroke, Detache, and the third position. In addition, with 21 variations of
Very often, students have difficulty playing m. 15.I’d like to explain 3 things on Kayser no.31: 1. How to practice m.15 2. What you