All Teaching articles – Page 2
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Begin with some finger push-ups’ - Technique: Left-hand finger independence
How to build strength and flexibility for a truly agile left hand with Adriana LaRosa Ransom, professor of cello and string project director at Illinois State University, US
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ReviewBook review: Whole Notes: Life Lessons through Music
Celia Cobb reads a compelling memoir by Australian cellist, violist and teacher Ed Ayres
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Free and ringing, never forced’ - Technique: Developing bow control for improved tone
Violist Martin Outram on mix of exercises to help you draw out sound actively and attentively with the right hand
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Focus‘I can see good tone’ - Suzuki’s tonalisation exercises
With musical examples, Helen Brunner examines how Suzuki’s tonalisation exercises are used to create a beautiful sound on the violin. From the September 2021 issue
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ArticleCellist David Finckel on vibrato
Cellist David Finckel introduces the subject of vibrato as part of a series of video demonstrations on cello technique. Vibrato, he says, 'connects the listener to the player's innermost feelings about the music. It should be something that reinforces the music, not something that is painted on top ...
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FocusHow to make scales enjoyable
Encouraging students to practise scales needn't be an uphill struggle, says Paul Harris - in fact, it can even be fun!
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Focus6 ways to improve shifting for string players
Advice on how to shift smoothly and cleanly from The Strad archives
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Focus8 ways to teach cello students how to shift confidently
Top teachers speak to Laurinel Owen about their methods in The Strad’s September 2001 issue
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ReviewBook review: Top Banana
Alex Laing reviews the latest series of pieces for young players, from string pedagogues and authors Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Phrasing musically under pressure
Double bassist Edwin Barker shares exercises in repetition and variation to ensure maximum musical security on stage
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ArticleViolist Tabea Zimmermann on the pressure of competitions
The German musician speaks to Amanda Holloway about launching her own career with competition wins, and about her attitude to her students entering contests today
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Premium ❘ FeatureHow to teach adult string students
Teaching adults need not be a daunting prospect. For Alice McVeigh the rewards outweigh the problems, as she reveals in her guide for tutors. From 2014
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Premium ❘ DebateHow should string teachers approach an advanced adult pupil?
Understanding the physique and psyche of a new adult pupil should not be taken lightly, writes Pauline Harding
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Premium ❘ FeaturePaul Makanowitzky: From prodigy to pedagogue
Swedish-born violinist Paul Makanowitzky ultimately helped create the American school of violin playing. David Hays explores his life and multifaceted career
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Premium ❘ FocusTechnique: Speaking with the bow
Cellist Ophélie Gaillard on how to use language, vowels, consonants and inflection to colour and shape every phrase
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Developing a controlled vibrato
Exercises and ideas to build finger strength, improved tone and a continuous arm or wrist action, from violinist Lihay Bendayan
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FeatureHow to help music students with sightreading
If your students only brush up their sightreading at exam time, they're missing out on an important part of music making
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Focus10 tips for learning and teaching sightreading
Advice from The Strad’s archive on how to improve sightreading and reminders of its crucial place in any good musician’s skillset
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FocusSightreading is a skill that should be taught early
A student’s earliest engagement with note reading is the right time to introduce sightreading, argues Naomi Yandell
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Focus'It is even unnecessary to know the names of the notes' - From the Archive: February 1942
Violin pedagogue Percival Hodgson advocates a system of pattern recognition to help young players, rather than the laborious method of learning the names of notes
