All Technique articles
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: knowing your chords
Encouraging students to know their chords and understand how they work
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Thoughts on intonation
An exploration into the many types of intonation and strategies to practise them
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Thoughts on bowing
Charles Castleman explores a range of approaches to teaching bowing techniques
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Finding the right bass technique for you
Why double bass technique needs to be tailored to the physicality of the individual player
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Playing in the high register of the cello
Guy Johnston offers tips and exercises to improve playing in the cello’s high register
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Creating core in your viola sound
Jeanne-Louise Moolman shares tips on how to create a sound with core on the viola
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Violin projection
Australian violinist Emily Sun outlines her strategies for projecting successfully on the violin
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Cello bowing habits
Cellist Clara Minhye Kim on setting up sustainable and natural bowing habits
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Finding flexibility in the left hand
Violist Jordan Bak presents an open-handed approach to left-hand technique
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Expressive fingerings on the violin
Violinist Lucie Robert explores the art of expressive fingerings
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Rick Stotijn on double bass pizzicato
The Dutch bassist offers tips on exploring the world of pizzicato on double bass
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Cellist Inbal Megiddo on removing tension in the left hand
The cellist shares tips on achieving a tension-free left-hand set-up
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Violist Clifton Harrison on bowing arm movement
Clifton Harrison examines continuity and intention in the right arm
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Practising 5ths
Violinist Nicholas Dupont outlines using simplification to achieve better technique
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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
