Playing – Page 36

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How to breathe freely when playing a stringed instrument

2014-06-09T00:00:00Z

Ruth Phillips describes how she persuades musicians to rediscover their body and their instrument through the gentle art of inhaling

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How to reduce tension when playing the violin or viola

2014-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mary McGovern provides some advice on holding your instrument without unnecessary spine and shoulder discomfort

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What does the future hold for English fiddling?

2014-05-08T00:00:00Z

Jon Boden explains the difficulties of finding an authentic playing style for traditional English tunes

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From the Archive: advice for second violinists

2014-04-30T00:00:00Z

Intelligent, modest, self-controlled, sympathetic: a description of all good second violinists from The Strad's May 1914 issue

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The skills we learn as musicians can counteract today's short attention spans

2014-03-30T00:00:00Z

Are apps, tweets and status updates killing our minds? Ariane Todes argues that string players are uniquely placed to rise above the dangers of modern technology