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Violin Spa Treatments-Danielle Belen exposes problems with your practicing & how to be smarter NOW.
Most of what a serious violin teacher explores with a student is how they practice, and how it can be not only improved, but revolutionized. It's more important than anything else a student can learn from us, and sometimes the best way is to let them watch us practice ourselves.
In this live lecture, violin professor Danielle Belen dives deep into the world of practicing using "treatments", organized and creative ways to be MUCH more THOROUGH in your practicing, unveiling better, more complex playing layer by layer.
Recorded at the Colburn School in June, 2024 at the Sounding Point Academy, co-founded by Fabiola Kim and Robert Lipsett.
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ZOOM Hack for Teachers who teach extra lessons!
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Danielle Belen - Bowhold Series
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Danielle Belen - Vibrato Lecture
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JOINT Dance and Violin Collaboration
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Student Lecture Series “Rising Teachers”
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Danielle Belen and Mi-Eun Kim - Corigliano Violin Sonata
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Blocking in Brahms! Danielle Belen
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Danielle Belen works with a student to improve an important moment in the opening of the Brahms Violin Concerto. Spoiler alert - Blocking and vibrating are key, and are harder to come by than you'd think.... TRAIN TO BE AN OLYMPIAN Part II: Blocking! Blocking is an efficiency tool that gives you that little bit of extra time to do more of the things you love! The increments of time saved by NOT...
Train to be an OLYMPIAN on the violin! Part I: VIBRATE more than you think....
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Part I: Vibrate everything all the time in the practice room - yes, even that little note. It’s harder at first (you bet it is) but in addition to beautifying the passage, it creates an Olympic-level coordination and athleticism. Your hands will thank you later! One day, when you’ve built that strength, you will have earned the right to decide to leave some of that extra vib behind if you want....
A Violin Teacher's Guide to Music by Black Composers - Chapter One
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THERE IS SO MUCH MUSIC OUT THERE Highlighting just a small sampling of virtuosic violin pieces by Black composers that should be in every teacher’s library. Students from Belen Violin Studio @belenviolinstudio perform works by Carlos Simon, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, Jessie Montgomery and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Violinists in order of appearance are Bethlehem Betti Kelley, Emil...
Episode 5 - What went w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ RIGHT! - BREAD SOUND -Danielle Belen critiques her own students
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Violinist Andrew Choi plays Ysaÿe’s first solo sonata, and his teacher Danielle Belen draws attention to his amazing double stops and chords. The secret? Practicing on the bridge and making lots of grainy bread sound! Andrew is currently a junior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. . . . I’ve been asked to make a series of critique videos before, but that’s always such a delicate thing…...
Tzigane PIZZICATO Tutorial with violinist and pedagogue Danielle Belen
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Danielle Belen walks us through the nooks and crannies of this crazy passage that we all know and love from Ravel's Tzigane. Left hand and right hand pizzicato, the secret is in the details. Master this niche passage and it will improve your technique at large, while adding the punch you need to make your performance of this piece a resounding success. Ms. Belen is currently on faculty at the U...
Episode 4 - What went w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ RIGHT! -SILENT POWER-Danielle Belen critiques her own students
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Violinist Emily Hauer and pianist Narae Joo perform Béla Bartók's Second Violin Concerto and Danielle Belen comments on her incredible use of legato and bow division, which can even be powerful with the sound OFF. I’ve been asked to make a series of critique videos before, but that’s always such a delicate thing… So I thought about it, and who better to pick on than my own students?! Except I d...
Episode 3 - What went w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ RIGHT! BLOCKING - D. Belen reviews a performance by her student
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Violinist Ellen Hayashi plays a passionate and precise performance of The Red Violin Caprices and her teacher, Danielle Belen, talks through the details of what made that performance successful. In this episode, she focuses on the subjects of bow control, partial finger blocking and clever timing. I’ve been asked to make a series of critique videos before, but that’s always such a delicate thin...
Episode 2 - What went w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ RIGHT! 1/2 STEPS - D. Belen reviews performances by her students
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Violinist Felix Guggenheim plays a fierce last movement of Wieniawski's 2nd Violin Concerto and his teacher, Danielle Belen, talks through the details of what made that performance successful. I’ve been asked to make a series of critique videos before, but that’s always such a delicate thing… So I thought about it, and who better to pick on than my own students?! Except I decided that they get ...
Episode 1 - What went w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ RIGHT! Danielle Belen reviews performances from her own students
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Violinist Lauren Yoon nails a passage in Sibelius' tangly violin concerto and her teacher, Danielle Belen, talks through the details of what made that moment successful. I’ve been asked to make a series of critique videos before, but that’s always such a delicate thing… So I thought about it, and who better to pick on than my own students?! Except I decided that they get enough feedback on thin...
Pedagogy Series - What went w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ RIGHT! - Intro Video
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Danielle Belen critiques her own students I’ve been asked to make a series of critique videos before, but that’s always such a delicate thing… So I thought about it, and who better to pick on than my own students?! Except I decided that they get enough feedback on things that need improvement, so these videos are all about pointing out and celebrating the things they already do immensely WELL. ...
Violin Master Class with Danielle Belen - Center Stage Strings
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17-year-old violinist Shawn Yang performs Glazunov's Violin Concerto with pianist Mi-Eun Kim in a master class for Center Stage Strings led by Artistic Director, Danielle Belen. To learn more about CSS visit www.CenterStageStrings.com More videos from Belen Violin Studio Channel! See what we’ve been up to Complete PLAYLIST ua-cam.com/play/PLVOuUV5pFp7eazMdmuNNNityz8s1UIBzO.html Highlighted Vide...
Enoria Li, violin - Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Tárrega (1899)
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Performance in Stamps Auditorium, November 2023. Enoria is a graduate student at the University of Michigan in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, where she studies with Danielle Belen. More videos from Belen Violin Studio Channel! See what we’ve been up to Complete PLAYLIST ua-cam.com/play/PLVOuUV5pFp7eazMdmuNNNityz8s1UIBzO.html Highlighted Videos: ZOOM Hack for Teachers who teach extra less...
The Bow Arm Is In Charge - Danielle Belen
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The Bow Arm Is In Charge - Danielle Belen
JOINT - a collaboration of dance and violin - Double Helix by Augusta Read Thomas
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JOINT - a collaboration of dance and violin - Double Helix by Augusta Read Thomas
Leclair Sonata for Two Violins, op. 3 no.1 in G Major - Allyson Cohen and Jolie Rebelo, violins
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Leclair Sonata for Two Violins, op. 3 no.1 in G Major - Allyson Cohen and Jolie Rebelo, violins
ZOOM HACK for teachers - Use this trick to teach extra lessons to your students on your own time!
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ZOOM HACK for teachers - Use this trick to teach extra lessons to your students on your own time!
JOINT - a collaboration of dance and violin - Angela Lee and Rae Beck
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JOINT - a collaboration of dance and violin - Angela Lee and Rae Beck
Student Lecture Series - Violinist Annamaria Vasmatzidis - Spiccato!
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Student Lecture Series - Violinist Annamaria Vasmatzidis - Spiccato!
PART ONE: Unglue your bow and let it FALL! Danielle Belen talks about why you are stuck
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PART ONE: Unglue your bow and let it FALL! Danielle Belen talks about why you are stuck
Student Lecture Series - Violinist Enoria Li - Intonation, Hand Frame and Grapes!!
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Student Lecture Series - Violinist Enoria Li - Intonation, Hand Frame and Grapes!!
Student Lecture Series - Violinist William Thain - shifting and feeling positions in the hand
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Student Lecture Series - Violinist William Thain - shifting and feeling positions in the hand
Danielle Belen - Talking to an audience of non-violinists about the magic of the BOW ARM!
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Danielle Belen - Talking to an audience of non-violinists about the magic of the BOW ARM!
Bach Partita No.1 in B minor, Allemande - Jolie Rebelo, violin
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Bach Partita No.1 in B minor, Allemande - Jolie Rebelo, violin
Annamaria Vasmatzidis, violin - Dissolve, O My Heart - Missy Mazzoli
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Annamaria Vasmatzidis, violin - Dissolve, O My Heart - Missy Mazzoli
Bach Chaconne for Solo Violin - Kevin Sung
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Bach Chaconne for Solo Violin - Kevin Sung
Corigliano Sonata for Violin and Piano Danielle Belen and Mi Eun Kim II ANDANTINO
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Corigliano Sonata for Violin and Piano Danielle Belen and Mi Eun Kim II ANDANTINO
Variations on Amazing Grace arr. Ning Kam - Tiffany Wilkins, Violin
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Variations on Amazing Grace arr. Ning Kam - Tiffany Wilkins, Violin
Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 - First movement - Emily Hauer, violin Narae Joo, piano
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Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 - First movement - Emily Hauer, violin Narae Joo, piano
PART TWO: The "Nitty Gritty" thumb secret of the See-Saw exercise. No more Fauxhold! Danielle Belen
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PART TWO: The "Nitty Gritty" thumb secret of the See-Saw exercise. No more Fauxhold! Danielle Belen

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @fragslap5229
    @fragslap5229 3 години тому

    Where'd she get that outfit? Goodwill have a clearance sale?

  • @parastoumoblifrad
    @parastoumoblifrad 3 дні тому

    About the bow, you said it is supposed to be on top of the hair to have a straight bow, how about the "pp" ? Isn't correct to play with less hair?

  • @AmosaAliceYetunde
    @AmosaAliceYetunde 10 днів тому

    I really appreciate how you simply the learning of the art of vibrato

  • @mariechristinehardy9562
    @mariechristinehardy9562 10 днів тому

    Thks, yes it's Tchaikovski helping us, which pitch exactly must be vibrato..is it written on sheets music ? ..or is it the choice for the performer?🎉

  • @mattimaranda9638
    @mattimaranda9638 Місяць тому

    “How you feel is not the truth” I like that. We need more of that today.

    • @waynekerr67
      @waynekerr67 28 днів тому

      She should teach golf as well. Feel vs real is definitely a thing.

  • @amandacollecutt2491
    @amandacollecutt2491 Місяць тому

    thank you so much for the lesson

  • @alexanderlifland1414
    @alexanderlifland1414 Місяць тому

    Thank you very much for this great Video. I just started to work on this great piece and your Tutorial helps me very much. Thank you! If you have some more Tutorials with Tzigane, please share them. Great job!

  • @kostaspantazis
    @kostaspantazis Місяць тому

    my violin teacher also says the same that by playing the pieces slowly we gain significantly due to learning the pieces important slowly first then comes the speed 🎻

  • @b-reel
    @b-reel Місяць тому

    "400" like! This video is fantastic - not only in the realm of violins but being a professional. I don't play the violin although it draws me... Please post her practice notes - will apply it to my other field!

  • @annaabanina6962
    @annaabanina6962 Місяць тому

    Thank you very much

  • @needofspirituality2778
    @needofspirituality2778 Місяць тому

    I am do thankful for this awesome video. Thank you for sharing 🙏 I’m totally subscribed 🎻🩷

  • @dkkreation
    @dkkreation 2 місяці тому

    your such a good teacher. I am not that good but every time i follow your advise my playing improves like over night. Very thoroughly explained. One day i would love to visity the city of ThoroughCITY.

  • @JustFiddler
    @JustFiddler 2 місяці тому

    Matur suksma😊

  • @giovannibobisse8372
    @giovannibobisse8372 2 місяці тому

    Thank you! Is your checklist available anywhere? 🙏🏻

    • @patinrm
      @patinrm 2 місяці тому

      I was about to ask the same! It would be great to have that checklist!❤

    • @nickiemcnichols5397
      @nickiemcnichols5397 Місяць тому

      @@patinrmcheck in where it says “more”.

  • @patinrm
    @patinrm 2 місяці тому

    I loved that approach. Thank you Danielle! The only thing I don't like is the video snippets in the middle of the talk. I think they are a bit misleading.

  • @stanleyTheviolinist240
    @stanleyTheviolinist240 2 місяці тому

    👏👏👏

  • @PavelRedBoyLynxTretyak
    @PavelRedBoyLynxTretyak 2 місяці тому

    great lesson! thank you!

  • @ChrisEbbrsen
    @ChrisEbbrsen 3 місяці тому

    I stumbled across this threshold spasm yesterday. While I practiced finger vibrato. Thank you for your excellant vibratodemonstration, Miss Danielle! It seems to me you also had an excellant bow hold demonstration involving placing the thumb between the hair of the bow and stick like a football. I am practicing every day now on vibrato incessantly repeating Miss Benedettis beginning vibrato lesson. I augment her lesson with the knock,slide, rock by Heather and her method. Thank you to each of you professors of the violin. I am so very greatful! Thank you Danielle! Hope to review your lesson on vibrato tomorrow after Nicola Benedetti and Heather. Yours very truly chris ebbesen usa. Returning to the violin after 40 years vacation from its caprice. Many thanks!😅

  • @chee-wooiten685
    @chee-wooiten685 4 місяці тому

    This is a great discipline to learn!

  • @OS-nr3iy
    @OS-nr3iy 4 місяці тому

    What is the metronome app around 2:19?

  • @kylechipman5850
    @kylechipman5850 5 місяців тому

    Spectacular video! So much insight to gain in such a short window. Such a resource for aspiring young musicians

  • @Violamaster1996
    @Violamaster1996 6 місяців тому

    This is a great idea! Such a gift to the string/music ed community from artist & artist -teacher!

  • @AjWilliams-ms1uw
    @AjWilliams-ms1uw 6 місяців тому

    your eyes so bright a delicate beauty to view your smile like a gentle Breeze your laugh is a sweet Symphony😊

  • @johnalexander4946
    @johnalexander4946 7 місяців тому

    Terrible videography and editing. Terrible perspective and super annoying continuously switching between two horrible angles. And what’s with the subtitles? A great and valuable lecture completely ruined 😡

  • @jenvogue5005
    @jenvogue5005 7 місяців тому

    The opposite is true, too many professionals have too wide of a vibrato and it is overdone. Having beautifully integrated vibrato that is not wobbly is the ideal sound. The so-called "widening" or "opening up" of vibrato often leads to wobbly vibrato. Oscillating between two notes is recipe for wobbly vibrato.

    • @josephmcmahon7470
      @josephmcmahon7470 4 місяці тому

      Joseph Silverstein put it best: "Vibrato is an enhancement to the pitch, it is not a change in pitch" ua-cam.com/video/dY9P0jYGtiU/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MissMimi i.e. it is there to add vibrancy to the notes we play via the left hand. Yehudi Menuhin, Dounis and Rodney Friend have the philosophy that Vibrato is a fundamental aspect of the finger dropping/placement i.e. we add vibrancy to 'every' note we play because it is just part of the finger being placed on the string. So indeed: 'narrower' (relative to your instrument Violin, Viola ...) is perhaps 'better' but that metric should be governed by the effectiveness of the performer in delivering the music to the listener.

    • @justusforviolin2719
      @justusforviolin2719 Місяць тому

      Both sides are true. Sometimes it needs to be narrower. Sometimes it needs to be wider. Sometimes faster and sometimes slower. The worst is when it is on, or off!

  • @hecapan1
    @hecapan1 7 місяців тому

    Why do I feel like I have a fat thumb? If I hold my thing in the gap between the frog and the leather there isn’t enough room to pivot. I have to move my thumb under the leather instead. Is that ok?

    • @hecapan1
      @hecapan1 7 місяців тому

      And my thumb touches the hair when I do that.

  • @joshroyeca
    @joshroyeca 8 місяців тому

    Just what I need.. Thank you so much. ❤ Greetings from the Philippines!

  • @Will67267
    @Will67267 8 місяців тому

    WRONG! Your BRAIN is in charge.

  • @bartmeijer1954
    @bartmeijer1954 8 місяців тому

    I love this series!

  • @rodrigomoraes2305
    @rodrigomoraes2305 8 місяців тому

    What an amazing performance from Andrew and perfect analysis from you. I used to play with the weight of the bow only, with any pressure, only horizontal movement. When I switched to Viola suddenly everything starts to go wrong... So I added vertical pressure and started to squeeze and kill the sound. This bread sound concept, and to hug the bridge with an efficient and relaxed movement it's priceless.. And a must to have this projected sound. I'm still with a small sound, but now much better then it was on violin.

  • @alanknights2779
    @alanknights2779 8 місяців тому

    So many genres of music, early music folk and traditional music, I believe vibrato should only be a form of ornamentation or embellishment not tone production like romantic music.

  • @alanknights2779
    @alanknights2779 8 місяців тому

    When, I first heard the beginning of this video it sounded like an orchestral string section playing, then becoming to realise it is solo violin. The acoustics of the hall is massive.

  • @Universe2929
    @Universe2929 8 місяців тому

    खूप खूप धन्यवाद. तुम्ही आमचा वेळ वाचवला. जगाला तुमच्या सारख्या व्यक्ती ची आवश्यकता आहे.

  • @Victor-td3kp
    @Victor-td3kp 8 місяців тому

    💋 Promo-SM

  • @sedatakkas8427
    @sedatakkas8427 8 місяців тому

    Thanksss :)

  • @donfostermusician3690
    @donfostermusician3690 8 місяців тому

    Amazing insights...

  • @sedatakkas8427
    @sedatakkas8427 8 місяців тому

    Thanks a lot!

  • @dkkreation
    @dkkreation 9 місяців тому

    This channel needs more recognition. I have looked around youtube for advice, this channel is the best place next to Julia Bushkova. It is like a masterclass for all levels.

  • @juliejules7780
    @juliejules7780 9 місяців тому

    Why can't they have mediocre violin class for people who play mediocre and need actual technical advice. It's annoying to see people playing perfectly already that don't need advice. At this point it's just interpretation advice. Well if everyone played it with the same interpretation would it be interesting?

    • @alanknights2779
      @alanknights2779 8 місяців тому

      I can't imagine what I would be like if I was at that tutorial being mediocre, my teachers are voices from the distant past.

  • @andrewroberts8139
    @andrewroberts8139 9 місяців тому

    Please teach me

  • @Ciaccona255
    @Ciaccona255 9 місяців тому

    Bravissimooooo!!!!

  • @hamwhacker
    @hamwhacker 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for your video. I play violin mainly and also viola. Recently I played viola (I am lucky to have a great instrument) in a chamber orchestra playing Mendelssohn Symphony No.3 which starts with the violas with a noble beautiful slow theme accompanied by the wind. There was only 3 violas (2 of us strong players) and I got stopped and told to NOT USE VIBRATO! Absolutely finished me since I am very proud of making a rich sound on the viola when (rarely) we are given the tune. What is the point in playing if you don’t allow passion. I left the orchestra after that concert, for various reasons really, because they appointed the conductor permanently. And I could see it wasn’t ever going to work. Sad. I am pretty sure I have a great vibrato and know when to use it and not use it. Roger Norrington famously asks his players to not use vibrato when playing baroque music. I understand BUT you should allow players (including professionals) to express themselves. We are not robots!

  • @tyrunwilloughbyjr.8220
    @tyrunwilloughbyjr.8220 10 місяців тому

    This is great , I'm looking forawrd to this series!

  • @juliejules7780
    @juliejules7780 10 місяців тому

    Vibrato is not a natural movement for humans. I've known too many elderly violinists that regretted playing the violin cuz it wrecked their joints. What a way to normalize abuse. Actually Heifetz couldn't move his right arm because his muscle detached from his bones from all the Bowing in his life.

    • @АлександраПивоварова-г9г
      @АлександраПивоварова-г9г 8 місяців тому

      Нерегулярно дышать, играя на духовых инструментах, тоже не естественно и вредно для человека. Положение рук при игре на скрипке - максимально неестественно и утомительно. Профессиональная игра на рояле тоже очень травмирует суставы, а также способствует возникновению остеохондроза. Жизнь вообще вредная штука.

    • @justusforviolin2719
      @justusforviolin2719 Місяць тому

      That is a totally inaccurate and misleading statement. It was because of the way he did UPBOW Staccato. A very niche aspect of bow arm technique. And there are ways to learn it without that kind of tension. Yes, a violin puts your body into unnatural positions, but we figure how to make that comfortable, not the other way around.

  • @ChrisEbbrsen
    @ChrisEbbrsen 10 місяців тому

    The young man was brilliant! Another Heifetz! Bravo!

  • @ChrisEbbrsen
    @ChrisEbbrsen 10 місяців тому

    I've been waiting for this hack for neigh onto 45 years! I'm so happy , thank you!😅

  • @ChrisEbbrsen
    @ChrisEbbrsen 10 місяців тому

    My sincere thank you to Belen Studio! If this is what I think it is! You have turned me into A violinist! This is a big deal to me! May God bless your practice! This is so simple yet so criticle! Thank you from my ancestors!

  • @ChrisEbbrsen
    @ChrisEbbrsen 10 місяців тому

    This is genius! You have shown me a concept! Your presentation is critical for a beginner like me. Please keep this posted! I am so very grateful! Now if you will in corporate Teflon plumbers tape around thumb you will have less friction and be able to demonstrate your concept even better! So talc or plumbers tape should allow a tasty swivel and sonorous violin viola tone. Bless you I'm so stoked! I bet rubbing a pencil on your thumb would be even simpler. Thank you Instructress! ❤

  • @Will67267
    @Will67267 10 місяців тому

    What a genius! This is like rocket science!

  • @hamwhacker
    @hamwhacker Рік тому

    That was a lot of fun and very interesting for us keen violinists out there. Thank you! Open strings exercise such a great idea. And the student improved so much in just 5 minutes. Incredible!