7 Tips on Developing Beautiful Vibrato
The key to developing good vibrato starts even before you play a single note. Here are 7 tips for developing a beautiful vibrato on cello that may also apply to viola and violin.
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Ask the Expert: How to Stop Your Pegs from Slipping
Properly functioning tuning pegs are crucial to a healthy instrument. Here's how to keep them from slipping on your violin, cello, viola and bass.
A Guide to Choosing the Right Violin Strings
These days, string players face a multitude of choices when it comes to picking violin strings. Here's how to eliminate the guesswork and find the perfect strings for your instrument.
12 Ways to Ace Your Orchestral Audition
Preparation and post-audition strategy are just as important as being in the seat
by Katherine Millett
Four cellists, friends since music school, have playe... Read More...
How to Develop a Warm, Pure Vibrato
By Paul Stein Here are 4 ways to maintain control of a violin or viola while eliciting a pure, warm, and personal vibrato tone. One of my earliest musica... Read More...
Learn to Compose Your Own Cadenzas and Variations
Here are nine ways to improve your improv and craft a cadenza.
3 Old-Time Fiddling Tips: How to Work the Bow
If your classical training prevents you from making old-time fiddle melodies and phrasing sound authentic, mastering these 3 bow strokes can help.
Concert Violinist Christian Tetzlaff’s Advice: Live a Musical Life—Without Armor
A young person's guide to the solo stage
by Jacqueline Vanasse, Images by Giorgia Bertazzi
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff is one of the most inspiring artis... Read More...
10 Tips on Learning the Cello, Exploring Technique, and Developing Musicality
Notes from the virtuoso’s desk on keeping time
by Louise Lee
As part of his work as director of the online community Internet Cello Society, self-described... Read More...
Yo-Yo Ma on Intonation, Practice, and the Role of Music in Our Lives
In this interview, just before his 60th birthday, cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks about intonation, practice, and the role of music in our lives.
