All Regulars articles – Page 49
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts August 2021: Larsen violin strings
Larsen’s Aurora strings for beginners are now available for violin
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts August 2021: Online Tuner
A user-friendly tuning website for stringed instruments
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a martelé button
A simple method for adding this small detail to your bows
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy 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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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking 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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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: 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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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Playing with expression
How to build an emotional connection with music that shines through in every note
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom 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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Premium ❘ DebateOpinion: 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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FocusPaul 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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Premium ❘ ArticleJuly 2021: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the July 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor July 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: July 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis July 2021: A rickety career ladder
In the UK, since opportunities for recent lutherie graduates are few and far between, many are turning to self-employment to make ends meet. By Peter Somerford
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: July 2021
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts July 2021: Microphone
A new microphone kit for acoustic musicians who wish to record audio at a professional level
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts July 2021: Music Scanner App
Organum’s updated app can import sheet music as photos or PDFs and play them back
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts July 2021: Double Bass Case
A case designed to protect your double bass from damage when you’re on the go
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1865 violin by Samuel Nemessányi
Zoltán Délczeg details an instrument by a maker considered to be the most famous in Hungarian history
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: An easy system for making a template and a mould
A method to create classical forms inspired by the work of the Cremonese masters
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Jamie Marie Lazzara
The luthier’s workshop, based in Florence Italy, is just six square metres and was used in the filming of Hannibal
