From the monthly archives:

October 2008

The Vibrato on the Violin Part 2

by Steve Maus

Before we start exploring the vibrato and it’s technical aspects we have to look at some terms that are used to describe certain vibrato techniques.
Dealing with waves we stumble upon three main physical terms:
Frequency, wave length and amplitude.
The frequency of a tone is directly related to the tone pitch. The higher the frequency, the higher [...]

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Crammed Week

by Steve Maus

Hi folks, just to let you know – I didn’t forget you.
It’s just… My week is extremely crammed, so I won’t we able to update this blog before Sunday.
Please bear with me – unfortunately I have a job besides this weblog. So please be patient. On Sunday we’ll carry on with the series [...]

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The Vibrato on the Violin Part 1

by Steve Maus

Many people think vibrato on the violin is kind of a mystery, something that is a restricted area only for advanced players. I can assure you, that’s not the case.
Of course, you have to acquire a certain reliability when it comes to intonation since vibrato is nothing else than a controlled manipulation of the tone’s [...]

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Shifting Techniques Part 8

by Steve Maus

Sometimes we have to play differently than we are accustomed to, concerning our shifts as we talked about previously. That happens occasionally when we look at pieces from the Romantic period.
Sometimes we come across things like this:

This is measure 13 from Sarasate’s Gypsy Airs.
The “II” and the “III” beneath the notes indicate the string for [...]

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