Practice Tips

  • Benefits of Online Violin Shopping and the Unique Experience That Kennedy Violins Offers

    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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  • BEST Exercises for Practicing Accidentals on the Classical Guitar

    BEST Exercises for Practicing Accidentals on the Classical Guitar

    In this lesson, we will dive into the fascinating world of accidentals and explore how they can enhance your guitar playing. By incorporating accidentals, such as sharps and flats, into your melodies, you can create captivating musical arrangements.

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  • How to Prepare for an Audition

    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

    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

    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.

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  • How to Return to The Violin After Years of Not Playing

    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

    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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