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Focus7 ways to improve your tone
The elusive and deeply personal subject of tone production is pondered in the following quotes taken from the pages of The Strad over the past 130 years
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Premium ❘ Feature6 tips for launching a music career after graduation
As hundreds of young string players leave college in a few months, music careers expert Angela Myles Beeching hands on advice for life after graduation
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Focus9 perspectives on spiccato
Like riding a bicycle, mastering spiccato is all about striking the perfect balance between control and release, as these excerpts from 100 years of The Strad demonstrate
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DebateAre US instrumental teachers failing in their duties by being too nice?
String teachers in America are accentuating the positive at the expense of the negative, argues Stephen Shipps
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NewsElectric guitar overtakes violin on list of students' most popular musical instruments
A comprehensive study undertaken by the UK's ABRSM finds shifting trends from traditional to pop instruments
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NewsMiklós Perényi appointed Royal Northern College of Music International Chair in Cello
The cellist joins the UK institution this year
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NewsUniversity of Michigan appoints violinist Danielle Belen to its string faculty
The musician is a seasoned pedagogue and member of the Colburn School violin faculty
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NewsCharles Castleman appointed professor of violin at Miami's Frost School of Music
The violinist is currently a professor at the Eastman School of Music in New York
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BlogsMelancholy and perfectionism: South Korea's love of Western classical music
German violinist Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner reports on her experiences teaching in South Korea for the past three years
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ArticleViolinist Renaud Capuçon appointed to the UK's Royal Northern College of Music
He joins a number of new staff members in 2014 including violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, violist Vicci Wardman, and violist and conductor Henk Guittart
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ArticleLondon's Royal College of Music launches postgraduate string quartet programme
The new Artist Diploma provides an intense year of study for a pre-formed quartet
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ArticleNew string appointments at London's Royal Academy of Music
Dominic Seldis, Giovanni Guzzo and Richard Ireland to join in 2014
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Blogs
The art of distraction is more effective than repetitive practice
Repeating a difficult passage over and over again can lead to stress and tension. Instead distract your mind at the point of execution to feel relaxed as you play, writes cellist Thomas Demenga
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Blogs10 habits of successful musicians
American cellist David Finckel embarks on a series of seminars – entitled Being a Musician – at Stony Brook University, New York on 3 February. Here, he identifies the important habits of those musicians who have built and maintained successful careers
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ArticleStudy finds long-term goals are as important to musical achievement as instrumental practice
Australian university researchers arrive at results following ten-year investigation
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ArticleVerbier Festival Academy launches outreach programme
Reaching Out will help Academy graduates to work actively in their communities
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ArticleGerman music schools report 14 per cent rise in student numbers
The number of young people learning musical instruments in Germany has risen by 14 per cent in the past decade, according to new figures released by the Association of German Music Schools (AGMS). A total of 920,000 students are currently involved in music education programmes, compared with ...
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FocusDrawing the line with student–teacher relationships
A string player discusses the contentious issue of student–teacher relationships in and out of the conservatoire. Where does responsibility lie?
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FocusDo you encourage viola students to bring chamber music parts to lessons?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusShould crescendos always be played on an up bow and decrescendos on a down bow?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts