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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Working on open strings
Exercises to help you build up a strong, reliable right hand, with a consistently beautiful sound
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Sentimental Work: Salvatore Accardo on the Beethoven Violin Concerto
The Italian violinist recalls how the great soloists of the 20th century had similar feelings about the Beethoven Violin Concerto – and why it left them terrified
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Violinist Josef Gingold on studying with the great Eugène Ysaÿe
Gingold spoke about his period of training with the Belgian master in The Strad's April 1983 issue
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Poetic injustice: Ysaÿe
On the 150th anniversary of Ysaÿe’s birth, Andrew Morris revisits the violinist’s string compositions and finds them rich in virtuosity and melancholy, but now largely lost from the repertoire. From July 2008
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Tianjin Juilliard School: A new dawn
The first school to offer US-accredited music degrees in mainland China, Juilliard’s Tianjin campus is the next step in the long history of East-West partnerships. Tom Stewart discovers how the institution is attracting students from all over the globe
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Technique: Trills and embellishments
How to develop finger strength and control for even, well-articulated ornaments
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‘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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Ask the Teacher - Mark Bjork
The Suzuki teacher trainer and violin pedagogue advises students on how to keep the attention of a class, and emphasises the importance of repetition
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Shinichi Suzuki’s international acclaim
Casals, Galamian and Menuhin are just a few great string players who have expressed their admiration for the violin pedagogue, as illustrated by William Starr
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How to practise a piece – 3 stages of learning
Junior Guildhall violin professor Ivo Stankov continues his series on how to practise efficiently and effectively with tips on approaching new pieces
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5 simple exercises to use when teaching young children
Suzuki teacher Edward Kreitman shares important musicality exercises to incorporate into lessons with young beginners, in this extract from the September 2021 issue
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Bringing the Suzuki Method to the UK
In the 1960s and 70s, the Suzuki Method was already making waves around the world. Caroline Heslop writes about Helen Brunner’s challenge to bring the teaching method to the UK, in this extract from September 2000.
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Suzuki’s ambassador: Helen Brunner
After encountering Suzuki’s teaching in the US, Helen Brunner was convinced it should be brought to the UK. That the task should fall to her seemed a matter of destiny, she tells Caroline Heslop, in this article from September 2000
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What is Suzuki? Elements of the global teaching method
In this extract from September 2012, Laurie Niles outlines the core elements of the Suzuki Method
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Global impact of Suzuki: The method and the movement
From humble beginnings in a Japanese music school, Suzuki teaching has become one of the most popular forms of music education worldwide. In this feature from September 2012, Laurie Niles reports on the programme’s global impact
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‘Beautiful heart, beautiful tone’: Shinichi Suzuki's philosophy on sound
In this extract from the September 2021 issue, violinist and teacher Helen Brunner shares personal reminiscences of working on tone with Shinichi Suzuki
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From Corelli to Capuçon: a network of influential violinists throughout history
Violinist Inga Brandini has created a comprehensive timeline illustrating the links between different violin schools and players
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The Suzuki method: A visionary with a violin
Startled by children’s ability to learn their own language, Shin’ichi Suzuki applied the ‘mother-tongue’ approach to violin teaching. William Starr explains the principles behind his then-revolutionary ideas in this article from December 1998
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6 tips for teaching young violinists by Suzuki instructor Teri Einfeldt
The University of Hartford Suzuki Department chair shares her methods for teaching children
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6 technical ways for improving your practice
In the second of a four-part series of blogs, violin professor at Junior Guildhall Ivo Stankov offers advice on how to practise efficiently
