All Technique articles – Page 3
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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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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Jazz soloing on the double bass
How to build from a simple bass accompaniment to an improvised solo line in a few basic steps
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Left-hand calisthenics
Quick warm-ups to help you improve strength, endurance, flexibilty and control
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Early music articulation for modern instrumentalists
How to use Baroque bow techniques to build variety, lightness and flow into every phrase
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Cello warm-ups - the left-hand
Exercises and advice to help string players develop a left hand that is strong, balanced and agile
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Melodic string-crossings
How to play controlled, smooth and seamless melodic lines
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Ricochet
How to produce clear and controlled bounced bowings on the violin
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Playing with expression
Ideas to help you experiment, and to find new sounds and means of expression on your instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Artificial harmonics
How to use this less-common technique to improve harmonics, hand frame, intonation and bow control
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