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How to Play the Violin
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This is a list of tips on how to play the violin.
When holding the neck of your violin, ensure your wrist is curved and your posture is perfect in order to create a rich tone.
Make sure your left wrist does not "collapse". You should support your violin with your neck and shoulder. Your left hand must be free to move, though you can bring your thumb underneath a bit to slightly counterbalance your fingers.
Keep your fingernails trimmed short. This is important for a clear sound. You should depress the strings with the tips of your fingers on your left hand and you won't do that well with long fingernails. Also, a good vibrato will not be achieved with long fingernails ...
From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection:
This is a list of tips on how to play the violin.
When holding the neck of your violin, ensure your wrist is curved and your posture is perfect in order to create a rich tone.
Make sure your left wrist does not "collapse". You should support your violin with your neck and shoulder. Your left hand must be free to move, though you can bring your thumb underneath a bit to slightly counterbalance your fingers.
Keep your fingernails trimmed short. This is important for a clear sound. You should depress the strings with the tips of your fingers on your left hand and you won't do that well with long fingernails. Also, a good vibrato will not be achieved with long fingernails ...
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Josephine Baker A violinist had a violin, a...
Honore de Balzac The majority of husbands remind...
Ethel Barrymore Fundamentally I feel that there...
Ritchie Blackmore Jimmy Page had a volume pedal...
Carla Bley I had to keep writing music...
Napoleon Bonaparte I love power. But it is...
Samuel Butler Life is like playing a violin...
Alejo Carpentier When I write literature, works...
Elliott Carter The Third Quartet I made the...
Mark David Chapman I don't have a violin. I...
Guy Clark It was really amazing. I mean...
Tommy Cooper I inherited a painting and a...
John Corigliano If you take a violin, you...
Jacques Yves Cousteau It takes generosity to discover...
Blythe Danner I started studying violin and...
Blythe Danner Uncle Bill is a violin maker...
Paul Desmond I would also like to thank...
Placido Domingo I am looking for ways of...
Albert Einstein A table, a chair, a bowl ...
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Answers: Playing the violin This article is part of the Fiddle & Violin series. Violin construction Playing the violin Making and maintenance History of.
The violin player usually holds the instrument under the chin, supported by the left shoulder (but see below for variations of this posture). The strings are sounded either by drawing the bow across them or by plucking them (pizzicato). The left hand regulates the sounding length of the strings by stopping them against the fingerboard with the fingertips, producing different notes ...
The violin player usually holds the instrument under the chin, supported by the left shoulder (but see below for variations of this posture). The strings are sounded either by drawing the bow across them or by plucking them (pizzicato). The left hand regulates the sounding length of the strings by stopping them against the fingerboard with the fingertips, producing different notes ...
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the violin and bow, instrument care, tuning, rosin and sound, changing strings, bridge adjustment, choosing a violin, note reading, rhythm, measures and key signatures, music symbols and terms, music history highlights ...
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5. stage fright playing the violin performing the violin tips to help musicians by violinist sue aston
Sue Aston has appeared on professional classical recordings, radio broadcasts, and television, both nationally and internationally, and worked with eminent musicians such as Simon Rattle, Nigel Kennedy, Peter Donohoe, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Charles Groves, and Esa Pekka Salonen.
Stage Fright
One of the commonest and most natural problems of playing the violin – or indeed any instrument – occurs when the time finally comes to perform in public. This could arise either during a concert or in an exam situation. I have suffered from severe nerves and stage fright myself, so I understand how awful fellow performers and pupils feel. The approach I use to help myself comes under four headings: - Preparation, Visualisation, Breathing, and Exposure ...
Celtic Cornwall CDs DVDs Celtic Classical Music from Cornish Composer and proffessional violinist Sue Aston
Stage Fright
One of the commonest and most natural problems of playing the violin – or indeed any instrument – occurs when the time finally comes to perform in public. This could arise either during a concert or in an exam situation. I have suffered from severe nerves and stage fright myself, so I understand how awful fellow performers and pupils feel. The approach I use to help myself comes under four headings: - Preparation, Visualisation, Breathing, and Exposure ...
Celtic Cornwall CDs DVDs Celtic Classical Music from Cornish Composer and proffessional violinist Sue Aston
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