All Regulars articles – Page 53
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2021: Musafia Superleggero violin and viola case
The fourth series of Musafia’s Superleggero range for violins and violas
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2021: Pirastro Cadenza violin strings
A set of violin strings characterised by low tension and a gut-like sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1911 violin by Anatoly Leman
Yuri Pochekin details an instrument by one of the most important figures in Russian violin making history
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Varnish crackle effects
An easy approach to varnish crackle and faux crackle techniques that could be applied to restoration and antiquing
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Jordi Pinto
The luthier’s workshop in the centre of Barcelona has always been a family-run business
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Natalie Clein on Haydn Cello Concerto in D major
The cellist discusses the improvisational freedom, humour and joy that are central to her own interpretation of the first movement of this popular audition piece
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Overcoming common misconceptions in Suzuki teaching
Why it is so important to understand the method’s concepts of review, group class and aural training
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FocusOpinion: 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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Premium ❘ ArticleAugust 2021: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the August 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: 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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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis 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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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: August 2021
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts 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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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
