From the monthly archives:

March 2009

The Secret of Practicing Part 7

by Steve Maus

In technically more sophisticated pieces we often come across double stops that are really difficult to play.
Today I’ll show you an example how we can practice them very efficiently without wasting too much time. For this example I chose Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1, first movement, letter E:

This is really hard to play unless we [...]

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The Secret of Practicing Part 6

by Steve Maus

Recently I was asked if I could provide some example how to practice fast ascending passages. Well, sure I can.
Today we’ll have a look at some measures in Bruch’s Violin Concerto in g-Minor:

A few bars later we find a corresponding passage which we’ll have to deal with today:

A rather difficult part of the piece. The [...]

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