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String Courses 2024: Start your course hunting here!

8 January 2024

Before you start combing through the string courses listed in our guide, take a look at these suggestions to help find the course that’s right for you

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How to adapt the Suzuki Method for adult learners - violinist Meghan Faw

4 September 2024

Using the method while teaching adults requires a different approach from teaching children, writes the Suzuki-trained violin teacher

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Ray Chen: ‘Practising with others pushes you to improve’

23 March 2023

The violinist shares his approaches to practice, in line with his community-based app Tonic

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6 tips for empowered recording: Susanna Klein

5 January 2023

In the first of a three-part guide to practice strategies, the violinist gives advice on how to reap the benefits of recording yourself in your practice sessions

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20 reminders for musicians: Cellist David Finckel

30 November 2022

David Finckel shares 20 pieces of advice on big-picture topics often forgotten in the teaching room

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A Musician’s Ten Commandments: Cellist David Finckel

26 October 2022

How to enjoy a sustainable and fulfilling musical career through ten guiding principles

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Ask the Experts: how to help a beginner pupil with intonation issues

14 September 2022

Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts

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Opinion: How learning a language can inform musical practice

5 September 2022

Naomi Yandell’s efforts to learn a language using Duolingo have inspired her to rethink the way she teaches her own students, particularly with regard to repetitive practice

Guides

Photo for The Strad 2023 (4)

String Courses 2024: Start your course hunting here!

8 January 2024

Before you start combing through the string courses listed in our guide, take a look at these suggestions to help find the course that’s right for you

ACS_0229

How to adapt the Suzuki Method for adult learners - violinist Meghan Faw

4 September 2024

Using the method while teaching adults requires a different approach from teaching children, writes the Suzuki-trained violin teacher

Ray Chen_June 2018_Photo Credit John Mac (1)

Ray Chen: ‘Practising with others pushes you to improve’

23 March 2023

The violinist shares his approaches to practice, in line with his community-based app Tonic

empowered recording

6 tips for empowered recording: Susanna Klein

5 January 2023

In the first of a three-part guide to practice strategies, the violinist gives advice on how to reap the benefits of recording yourself in your practice sessions

DSC_0062_psd_horiztonal

20 reminders for musicians: Cellist David Finckel

30 November 2022

David Finckel shares 20 pieces of advice on big-picture topics often forgotten in the teaching room

Guides

Cello-Reading-at-Menlo-1000x500

A Musician’s Ten Commandments: Cellist David Finckel

26 October 2022

How to enjoy a sustainable and fulfilling musical career through ten guiding principles

BeginnerVn

Ask the Experts: how to help a beginner pupil with intonation issues

14 September 2022

Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts

pexels-nothing-ahead-4440715

Opinion: How learning a language can inform musical practice

5 September 2022

Naomi Yandell’s efforts to learn a language using Duolingo have inspired her to rethink the way she teaches her own students, particularly with regard to repetitive practice