This is a wonderful introduction to the chromatic. The beginning students do not have many opportunities to play chromatic scales in pieces or etudes. Some
Wohlfahrt no.5 is the first etude in F Major for my students. By lowering your index finger, 3rd finger also very often pulled lower. Listen
This is a preparation to play two octave D Major scale using the 3rd position. Example of the scales E Major (one octave), d minor
This is an etude in D Major. You can learn the feel of 6/8. It is written as a 6 notes slur (a long slur!)
We are continuing on to be familiar with A Major. no.7: Long Long Ago The main rhythm here is: Basically, long-short-short. You can practice with
Welcome to the new world of the 3rd position! about 3rd position on the violin By learning the 3rd position, you can use more area
Question: Is there any small music competitions? Due to the pandemic, so many competitions started to take place online. It is unfortunate that performers cannot
question: I don’t know what those dashes on the notes are in Bowing variation 6 of Wholfahrt op.45, no.49. beams and flags of the notes
Shinozaki Violin Method is one of the most popular violin method book in Japan. I grew up with it and now I went through it