Joel’s Corner
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How to Buy a Violin or Other Stringed Instrument
If you don’t play the violin, viola or guitar, how can you test one? What if you don’t have a store in your area that has a large selection of instruments? How can you be sure you’re not getting ripped off?
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Humidity and Your Stringed Instrument
The good news is, it is very easy and inexpensive to control the humidity conditions that your stringed instrument is subjected to. A simple device for your violin, viola, cello, bass, or guitar will keep it from getting too dry. Boveda and D’Addario also have humidity-control products. You have to re-wet them everyday or every…
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How to Return to The Violin After Years of Not Playing
At Kennedy Violins, we get calls all the time from people who want to get back to playing after taking a hiatus of several years. The one thing that these individuals have in common is that they regret not keeping up with the violin.
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Practice Makes Perfect
By Joel Kennedy Everybody knows that if you want to be better at anything, you need to practice. Most people would also agree that while practicing is good, practicing more is better. It’s also quite obvious that more accomplished musicians practice more than the people who are not accomplished musicians. However, what many people are
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How to Practice With Your Kids
From the beginning, my number #1 goal was to NOT have to practice with them AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I knew that it is inherently dangerous to practice an instrument with your child; especially if you are a musician yourself because you will likely be more impatient, demanding and have absurd expectations. All of these…