Teaching – Page 2
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FocusShould vibrato exercises be practised separately from the repertoire?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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Video
West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival: Masterclass with Lawrence Power
Owing to COVID-19, this year Lawrence Power has turned his West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival into a series of videos, released weekly online. In this second video from the festival, Lawrence Power works on the Bartók Viola Concerto with student Kinga Wojdalska. Watch: West Wycombe Chamber Music ...
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Analysis November 2020: The devil and the deep blue sea
With a Covid-19 second wave looking increasingly likely in the UK, string teachers are faced with the choice of returning to work in schools, or continuing with online tuition. By Peter Somerford.
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Technique: Playing with expression
Ideas to help you experiment, and to find new sounds and means of expression on your instrument
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The Spice of Life: Teaching different styles
Too often string teachers shy away from embracing styles outside the Western classical canon, but in doing so they’re ignoring a wealth of useful skills and techniques, not to mention repertoire, writes Julie Lyonn Lieberman
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Leonard Rose: All about the bow
American cellist Leonard Rose was a consummate performer and pedagogue, whose velvety tone was the result of complete mastery of the bow arm. Oskar Falta explores some of his bowing theories and speaks to former students about his teaching techniques
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Blogs
How I started teaching students in Mozambique over Zoom
Violinist Darragh Morgan shares his experience of teaching students 8000 miles away
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Blogs
10 tips for profitably teaching music lessons online
Business coach Jennifer Rosenfeld shares her top recommendations for ensuring that your online instrumental teaching business is best poised for success - both financially and in terms of student impact
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Focus
Making the most of one hour of practice
The Strad’s panel of experts answer your string teaching questions for the Teacher Talk series
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Debate
Opinion: Wise words
Masterclasses should be special forums in which great artists impart the insight and knowledge they have acquired over a lifetime, writes double bassist Leon Bosch
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Feature
How do you make a music school on a bus?
Petru Cotarcea, founder of Lyceum Music, explains how he set up his music school on a London double-decker bus
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Video
When young violinist Leia Zhu met the great Ida Haendel
In this video, made by young violinist siblings Leia and Leo Zhu during lockdown, Leia pays homage to the great violinist Ida Haendel, who died on 1 July 2020 at the age of 96. Also shared is footage of Leia’s meeting with Haendel in February 2018 (from 3.30). The video ...
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Technique: Artificial harmonics
How to use this less-common technique to improve harmonics, hand frame, intonation and bow control
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Sightreading 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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Blogs
Self-expression is the key to tension-free string playing
Too often string players are taught to follow their teachers’ instructions, rather than expressing their personal feelings about the music – and this leads to tension and self-doubt, writes Trinity Laban Conservatoire violin professor John Crawford
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Article
‘Online learning has endless potential, but it will never replace getting together physically’ – Nicola Benedetti
The British violinist speaks to Peter Somerford about launching her mass education project for string players of all ages
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Debate
Opinion: A light touch
Learning to play harmonics early on has many potential benefits for beginner string players, as Naomi Yandell observes
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Article
Students should practise Bach’s Cello Suites with Schumann’s piano accompaniments - Leon Bosch
The virtuoso bassist and Trinity Laban Conservatoire professor explains how he introduces the works to his students
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News
Raphaël Merlin to take up teaching post in Munich
The Ébène Quartet cellist has been appointed to the strings faculty at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
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Focus
Students should practise Bach’s Cello Suites with Schumann’s piano accompaniments - Leon Bosch
The virtuoso bassist and Trinity Laban Conservatoire professor explains how he introduces the works to his students
