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7 tips for playing fast passages for string players

'Popper's cello studies force you to know the fingerboard inside out'

6 ways to perfect your double-stops

5 ways to improve playing in thirds

6 ways to improve left-hand flexibility

Performing entirely by reflex, by cellist Leonid Gorokhov

6 tips for improved coordination

How to make scales enjoyable

Inside this month

The musicians of the Tetzlaff Quartet discuss balancing chamber playing with busy individual careers – and recording their first Beethoven album after 25 years together. We publish English translations of letters by violinist Pablo Sarasate for the first time. Plus more.

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