I know that he was a technical expert and highly regarded as a violin pedagog. Have you had a look at page 17 (Preparatory Finger Drill) in Scale Technic for the Violin by P L Bytovetski ? It is (by contrast to Dounis) even easier that his ‘easy’ exercises and might be a good...
For this reason, some pedagogues teach vibrato through third position. If you started learning vibrato exclusively in first position but have been struggling, try doing your exercises in third position instead! For more help with this, watch my video on learning vibrato on the violin....
Fortunately, the most important steps you can take to prevent injury on your violin is to make sure that you adequately warm up before playing, using full body stretches and finger exercises, and also that you pace yourself during practice sessions. Occasionally pausing and stretching during practi...
10 Crossing Midline Exercises for Kids Heather Greutman, COTA Heather Greutman is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with experience in school-based OT services for preschool through high school. She uses her background to share child development tips, tools, and strategies for parents, educato...
The author discusses the use of square and extended finger shapes as described by violin teacher Ivan Galamian and their effect on pitch. Proper finger spacing for semitones is also presented. The article includes a number of exercises which illu...
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Violoncello Exercises for the Left Handby Janos Starker. "Serial control exercises" are finger or note patterns that one learns in multiple positions. The patterns rise and fall by half steps. You can also write out your own three finger serial control exercises for your students or, better ye...
It was quite a journey into finding myself being able to play again (and for an audience!) after three weeks of silence and fear, to enjoy precious music-making, and manage the pain after exercises.‘So this Beethoven recording actually saved my finger!’...
Do you often wish that your violin and viola students would play with a better left wrist position without you having to constantly remind them? Many of us have gone to great lengths to encourage students to play with a straight wrist. Some of these approaches are comical. For example, pret...
Many parents permit their children to start their music education only with a piano or a violin because wind instruments have a tendency to put severe stress and strain on the mouth, teeth and gums, which can distort their development. Because the instant invention permits, even encourages, the...