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FocusLeon Bosch: Life Lessons
The acclaimed solo and chamber bassist stresses the importance of self-reliance and self-discipline in building a meaningful career and life
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August 2021: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the August 2021 issue
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Soundpost: Letters to the Editor August 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: August 2021 issue
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Analysis August 2021: Adaptive learning
During the pandemic, some luthiers have begun making online courses to record their techniques and share their knowledge. Is it a viable alternative to one-to-one teaching? By Peter Somerford
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: August 2021
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Products August 2021: BAM Case Protector
A new version of BAM’s Case Hoody as part of its travel-inspired France range
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Products August 2021: Larsen violin strings
Larsen’s Aurora strings for beginners are now available for violin
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Products August 2021: Online Tuner
A user-friendly tuning website for stringed instruments
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Opinion: Relaxed body, focused mind
The art of Chinese calligraphy has much to teach us about playing a stringed instrument, writes violist Hsin-Yun Huang
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In Focus: A c.1680 double bass by Girolamo Amati II
René Zaal details an instrument by the son of the more well-known Nicolò Amati, and the grandson of his namesake Girolamo Amati I
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Trade Secrets: Making a martelé button
A simple method for adding this small detail to your bows
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My Space: Gertrud Reuter
The luthier’s workshop, based in Basel, Switzerland, contains furniture from the Paris firms of Caressa Français, Maucotel Deschamps, and Daniel Moinel
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Making Matters: Something in the air
Steve Sirr and John R. Waddle use CT scans to examine the internal air volume of 20 Cremonese violins, and make a surprising discovery about the soundpost position
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Masterclass: Antoine Tamestit on Brahms Viola Sonata op.120 no.1 third and fourth movements
Folk dance and fireworks all feature in Antoine Tamestit’s discussion of the third and fourth movements, in the second of two articles about the complete F minor Sonata
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Technique: Playing with expression
How to build an emotional connection with music that shines through in every note
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From the Archive: August 1901
Dr T.L. Phipson recounts the curious case of one ‘Roslin le Beau’, whose exploits on the streets of 1860s London fell afoul of the law
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Opinion: Solo exploring
There is so much more to the unaccompanied violin repertoire than the works of Bach, Paganini and Ysaÿe, writes James Dickenson
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Paul Silverthorne: Life Lessons
The principal violist of the London Sinfonietta on the importance of reassessing our musical opinions and the necessity of rethinking music education
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July 2021: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the July 2021 issue
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Soundpost: Letters to the Editor July 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: July 2021 issue
