All Regulars articles – Page 7
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Avoid cheap instruments for beginners
Cellist and teacher Naomi Yandell urges parents not to buy their children cheap stringed instruments online – it’s a false economy and only leads to disappointment and waste
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Alexander Sitkovetsky on Bach’s ‘Double’ Violin Concerto
Bach’s ‘Double’ Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043 has been a constant companion throughout the Russian–British violinist’s life, and played critical roles in his career
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Corvus Kwok’s Hong Kong workshop
The luthier takes us on a tour of his shop in Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Testing an instrument’s sound using weight ratios
In contrast to the normal practice of using tap tones to determine an instrument’s sound, Veikko Jaatinen presents a method based on the weight ratios of a violin’s various parts
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The mechanical limits of the viola’ - From the archive: October 1924
The pseudonymous ‘Ike’ calls for a rethink of the orchestral layout, and describes an instrument resembling the ‘Parramon’ tenor viola of 1932 (see In Focus, September 2022)
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1750 violin by Michele Deconet
Peter Koerner examines the French maker’s mid-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Expressive fingerings on the violin
Violinist Lucie Robert explores the art of expressive fingerings
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Imagination is one of the most important things in music’ - Alexander Baillie’s life lessons
The British cellist on playing fundamentals and developing musicality
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Schubert Arpeggione Sonata on viola, first movement
Yuri Zhislin illustrates the importance of colour and harmony in a work renowned for its lyricism and technicality
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Preparing the wood surface before varnishing
Samuel Peguiron shares a method involving a bespoke mixture and wood shavings
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis October 2024: The state of UK national Music Hubs
The UK Government’s decision to reduce the number of national Music Hubs from 114 to 43 has sent shockwaves throughout the music education field
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: October 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2024: Müsing L Series violin bow
A new bow combines characteristics of the company’s existing ranges
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2024: Hidersine Andante strings
A new string range with options for violin, viola and cello
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2024: BAM Cabourg Hightech case
A new pattern for an existing range
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Premium ❘ ArticleOctober 2024: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the October 2024 issue, which features the Takács Quartet, Régis Pasquier, plus an introduction to the instruments of The Strad Calendar 2025
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Premium ❘ Feature‘He has brushed aside all the absurd habits’- From the archive: September 1934
Violinist and conductor Henri Temianka gives some thoughts on the teaching style of his former tutor Carl Flesch, on the occasion of the latter’s 60th birthday
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Raphaël Merlin on Charles Mingus’s Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
The Charles Mingus jazz standard Goodbye Pork Pie Hat has become the cellist’s own farewell to the Ébène Quartet after more than two decades performing together
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Olivier Calmeille’s Montpellier workshop
Examine the Atelier Scordatura in the south of France
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Rick Stotijn on double bass pizzicato
The Dutch bassist offers tips on exploring the world of pizzicato on double bass
