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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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What Bow Should I Buy?
Today I’m going to be talking about the different kinds of violin bows and what you may decide is best for you. The purpose of this video is NOT to offer an exhaustive list of all the different types of bows of woods in regards to genus, species, regions etc. I am intentionally keeping this…
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The Importance of Warming Up
What are the primary benefits to warming up properly? A. You will have a significantly more focused and productive practice session. You want to warm up your body and mind. There are 4 main points about the value of being warmed up. — Because joints are stiff when not warmed up. When they are stiff, they move and…
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How to Do Tremolo on the Violin
What is tremolo? Tremolo on a bowed stringed instrument just means that you are creating a “trembling effect”. You will want to repeat the same note very quickly with very short bow strokes. The concept of tremolo is not very hard to grasp. However, being able to move the bow as quickly as you’d like…
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How to Do Ponticello
Sul Ponticello is just Italian for “on the” (Sul) “bridge” (ponticello). Ponticello is an effect that is most often used in orchestral music to show danger or mystery. It colors the sound in such a way that it conveys a sense of coldness or starkness. There are varying degrees of ponticello but all of them…
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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…