All Technique articles – Page 2
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Developing powerful base knuckles
Stephen Upshaw on developing powerful base knuckles in both hands for tension-free playing
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Cello warm-ups - the bow arm
Cellist Mats Lidström discusses how to prepare the whole body for efficient, time-saving repertoire practice
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Teaching collé
Marcos Santos, teacher at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, on how to work on this short, articulated bow stroke to improve students’ overall bow control and sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Memory and mental practice from violinist William Herzog
Techniques to help you learn music off by heart and protect against memory slips. From December 2020
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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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FocusTechnique: double bassist Alex Henery gives tips on controlling left-hand finger pressure
How to place down, lift and move your fingers in a way that minimises fatigue, by Alex Henery, principal double bassist of the Sydney Symphony and head of double bass studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. From February 2019
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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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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Creating sound from the imagination
Iagoba Fanlo, professor of cello at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón and Alfonso X El Sabio University in Spain, on daily practice tools to help you realise your inner musical vision on your instrument
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Premium ❘ Feature‘We should always listen carefully to the quality of our tone’ - Technique: Working on open strings
Cellist Denis Severin provides exercises to help you build up a strong, reliable right hand, with a consistently beautiful sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Smooth string-crossings
David Gillham, associate professor of violin at the University of British Colombia and string tutor at Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada, on how to anticipate and execute string-crossings with maximum fluidity and control
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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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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 ❘ FocusTechnique: How to play a chop groove
Mix up chops, ghost notes and melody notes to create a rhythmic groove with tonal variation
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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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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: New perspectives on bow curves for double bass
How to improve fluidity, nuance and expression in every bow stroke
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Playing the viola with a small frame
Fingerings and tricks to reduce pain and over-exertion for petite musicians
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Trills and embellishments
How to develop finger strength and control for even, well-articulated ornaments
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Overcoming common misconceptions in Suzuki teaching
Why it is so important to understand the method’s concepts of review, group class and aural training
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Playing with expression
How to build an emotional connection with music that shines through in every note
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: An easy system for making a template and a mould
A method to create classical forms inspired by the work of the Cremonese masters
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