Joel’s Corner
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BEST Exercise for Bass Strings (Classical Guitar)
James takes us through a series of carefully curated exercises for the bass string, each designed to hone your skills and bring out the best tonal qualities of your instrument.
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How to Bounce a Bow
Hello Everyone, Todays video is about learning how to bounce your bow. Bouncing your bow on a stringed instrument is more commonly known as Spicatto. There are many types of Spicatto and today we are only going to focus on the primary mechanics of a simple Spicatto bow stroke. I will cover more techniques and
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How to Properly Care for Your Cello
When it comes to your beloved (and probably expensive) cello, proper care and maintenance are essential to ensure its longevity and optimal performance. In this comprehensive guide, we will share valuable tips and tricks to help you master the art of cello care and maintenance. Importance of Cello Care: Caring for your cello is crucial
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Benefits of Online Violin Shopping and the Unique Experience That Kennedy Violins Offers
The journey of choosing the right instrument and its appropriate size is exciting and, at the same time, challenging. Should you buy or rent the instrument? Can they switch instruments later? Answering these questions marks the beginning of a student’s melodious journey into the world of orchestral music
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Should My Child Learn Violin?
In today’s video, Joel will talk about the reasons why many parents start their kids on violin and why he started his children with the violin. Many parents want to know if their child begins to learn the violin and after this video, you should have a pretty good idea on whether it’s a good
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Collé Technique or How to Bow Smoothly
In today’s video, I’ll be talking about how to bow smoothly like a professional. In other words, how to learn the collé bowing technique on the violin. There are 4 exercises I teach you in this video. Practice them every day and you’ll have a smooth violin bow in no time!
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How to Prepare for an Audition
Hi everyone, today I give you 3 easy steps to practice, in order to make sight reading in auditions EASY! The 3 steps are: Quick tips: Good luck and happy practicing!
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Effective Practicing Habits
It is very important that practicing becomes a HABIT. Nobody has time to practice. Nobody has time to get to the gym. Nobody has time to… If you find yourself telling yourself that you don’t have time to do something that you’ve decided is important to you and you have a goal, then you have…
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How to Practice
A lot of people focus on how much time they practice and while that’s important, it’s arguably much more important to practice properly. When you practice properly, you will be able to accomplish much better results in a very short period of time.