All Technique articles
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Creative fingering for double bassists
Belgian double bassist David Desimpelaere explores the ongoing quest for new and personal solutions
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: the connections between cello and voice
Cellist and operatic baritone Matthew Sharp shares tips on how to embody and inhabit your sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Playing in the lower half of the bow
Violinist Jack Liebeck shares tips on how to take full advantage of the whole bow
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Viola sound production
Simon Rowland-Jones presents strategies using balance to create a free viola sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Bow distribution
Violinist Alda Dizdari’s thoughts on teaching bow distribution
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Comfortable double bass playing
Finding effortless ways to play with bassist Yung-Chiao Wei
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Cello sound production
Cellist Alexander Baillie guides those starting to explore sound options with the bow
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Moving from violin to viola
Australian violist Stephen King outlines tips for making the switch
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Violin bow landings with Gina McCormack
Violinist Gina McCormack on teaching bow landings in reference to Mozart
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Double bass sound production
Alexandra Scott on starting to free your sound on the double bass
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Left-hand lightness for cellists
Richard Tunnicliffe on how to develop healthy and sustainable habits in the left hand
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: how to use the Feldenkrais method in your viola playing
Caroline Henbest looks at viola technique through the lens of Feldenkrais
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Itzhak Rashkovsky on Sostenuto
The violinist shares his thoughts on sostenuto and how to sing on the violin
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Gut strings on double bass
Bassist Rob Nairn on getting to grips with gut strings on the double bass for historical performance
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Octaves for cellists
Cellist Seth Parker Woods on overcoming the fear and finding joy in octave practice
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Finding your voice on the viola
Susie Mészáros’s thoughts on shifting and articulation
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: how to play chords
How to tackle multi-stopped passages with more confidence, musicality and alacrity with Pavel Berman
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Scale and arpeggio practice
Violinist Andrea Gajic gives hints and tips on practising scales and arpeggios
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Jazz, Indian and Middle Eastern music techniques
Double bassist Daphna Sadeh-Neu on teaching techniques for jazz, Indian and Middle Eastern music
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Sound travel and projection with cellist Herre-Jan Stegenga
Cellist Herre-Jan Stegenga on filling the hall and ideas and exercises for teaching projection