All Regulars articles – Page 65
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ArticleProducts June 2020: Digital mapping system
Bridging the gap between acoustic instruments and digital sound design
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DebateOpinion: The long and short of it
Using short bows when teaching beginner string players is a useful practice that should be more widespread, writes cellist Naomi Yandell
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1930 violin by Annibalotto Fagnola
Philip Brown examines an instrument by the Turin violin maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Lengthening a violin neck
An alternative to performing a neck graft, without the need for making a replacement
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Pearls of wisdom
One of the most mysterious parts of bow making is the production of mother-of-pearl slides and eyes. John Matthews provides a guide to the process, and explains why ormer is the best shell to use
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Henri Demarquette on Franck’s Violin Sonata (Cello Version)
The cellist looks at the conflicts of French atmosphere and German Romanticism in the first and second movements
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Scales for violists
A system specifically for the viola, which has not been adapted from violin alternatives
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: June 1910
An anonymous reader remonstrates with The Strad for characterising Marie Hall (below) as the first female violinist of the modern era
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FocusClassical routes: Postcard from Havana
The annual La Ruta de Mozart festival presents the composer’s complete string quartets in a day of celebration at open-air locations around the city of Havana. Chloe Cutts attended this year’s edition
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FeatureSentimental Work: Maxim Vengerov
The First Violin Concerto by Shostakovich brings back memories of the Russian violinist’s first meeting with Mstislav Rostropovich – an encounter that blossomed into firm friendship
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FocusRachel Podger: Life Lessons
Learn to question received wisdom and keep an open mind, says the acclaimed Baroque violinist
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: May 1890
In the early days of The Strad, many of the stories were taken from other publications. The very first issue brought readers these two gems from the Daily Telegraph and The American Musician
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Legato and Lyricism
Ideas to help you grow your sound and articulate every note within each bow
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Liisa Randalu on Smetana’s Quartet no.1, ‘From My Life’
Violist Liisa Randalu of the Schumann Quartet gives her perspective on the first movement of the Czech composer’s passionate and dramatic semi-autobiographical work
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: In search of the ‘missing link’
Stefan Hersh examines a Tourte-school bow that might provide a connection between the master bow maker’s conventional style and the earlier Cramer-head bows
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Repairing damaged blocks
A conscientious method that preserves as much information as possible for future restorers
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1704 cello by Barak Norman
Colin Adamson and Benjamin Hebbert examine an instrument by the English maker
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ArticleProducts May 2020: Polycorde bow
A shape-shifting bow designed to change what a violin can do
