All tone articles – Page 2
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Blogs'Even the best vibrato can't help a poor right-hand sound,' says cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
The German cellist and pedagogue discusses how to produce a strong and colourful tone
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FocusViola players must decide whether they want a bright or dark sound, say Bruno Giuranna
The renowned violist talks to Ariane Todes about his educational influences, and shares some of his guiding principles
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on making one violin sound like three in Bach
I want to hear two or three violinists at one time'Maxim Vengerov gives a violin masterclass on the Fugue of Bach's Sonata No.1, recorded at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The student is Nasrin Rashidova.The full 45-minute video is available to buy as a download or ...
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FocusHow the harmonic series can unleash your tonal energy
Work on the harmonic series and you'll release a wealth of colour from your instrument without effort. Pedro de Alcantara explains how it's done
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on making the music 'speak'
I know I played every note...' In this clip from Christopher Nupen's film Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist the great musician discusses playing Paganini's Caprice no.5 very fast in a concert hall with a lot of echo. Read: Never practise for more than five hours per day, says ...
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Blogs‘Today's violinists make too much effort to produce a large sound,’ says Sasha Rozhdestvensky
The Russian violinist and Royal College of Music, London professor believes today’s playing has become more tense
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FocusEvery violinist must develop an individual voice, says Aaron Rosand
The American maestro discusses the importance of developing a distinctive tone
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FeatureThe viola should sound like a human voice, says Nobuko Imai
Innate sympathy for the instrument combined with solid training were the backdrop to Amsterdam Conservatoire professor Nobuko Imai's love-affair with the viola
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BlogsPlaying with gut strings and a period bow refines your awareness of sound
Chiaroscuro Quartet second violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí explains why the ensemble chooses to perform entirely on period set-ups
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on blending your sound with other instruments
You have to forget sometimes that you play the violin. Use it to express the sound of the music and to integrate with the orchestra'Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Britten’s Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London. The full 50-minute video is available to ...
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FocusIs playing on the same string the only way to achieve even tone colour?
How much and where should we change strings in order to obtain different colour and different intensity, asks Rok KlopÄiÄ
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Premium ❘ DebatePersonality is no longer encouraged in musical performance
Not too long ago mass audiences and critics alike revered overtly personal performances, yet today superimposing one's personality over that of the composer is regarded as poor musicianship, writes Henry Roth
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Premium ❘ FeatureHow to breathe freely when playing a stringed instrument
Ruth Phillips describes how she persuades musicians to rediscover their body and their instrument through the gentle art of inhaling
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FocusBringing singing to violin technique: Charles-Auguste de Bériot
The Belgian pedagogue, who was born on this day in 1802, combined elements of the human voice with the virtuosity of Paganini in his violin treatise. Robin Stowell considers his Méthode de violon alongside the Violinschule by Joseph Joachim and Andreas Moser The violin playing ...
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ArticleSimon Fischer: The Secrets of Tone Production
Simon Fischer, writer of The Strad's long-running Basics column, introduces his teaching film The Secrets of Tone Production on All Bowed String Instruments.Featuring simple but instantly effective exercises for building, improving or maintaining fine and sensitive tone on any bowed string instrument. All demonstrated on the violin by Simon Fischer, ...
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