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Learning Violin without a Teacher – an Option?

by Steve Maus

“Violin lessons are so expensive!” I often hear that argument when it comes to the decision how to learn this instrument best. Well, being a professional violin teacher I’m probably a little biased but I can assure you: this is complete nonsense.
Have you ever consulted a lawyer or even a notary? Then you know what [...]

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How to play fast Notes Part 2

by Steve Maus

In the first part we looked at four-note-patterns, today we’ll see what we can do with six-note-patterns, a problem occurring very often as well. For our example I took Bach’s Presto from his Violin Sonata G minor:

We have an almost endless chain of sixteenth notes, an excellent example how Galamian’s rhythm and bowing patterns work.
We [...]

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How to play fast Notes Part 1

by Steve Maus

How do we practise fast notes?
Very slowly.
Well, it’s not that easy. Sure, the first and most important premise for playing fast is to play right and in tune. That’s only acquired by playing slowly. But sometime you have to increase speed and many people fail during this process.
How can we get to the desired tempo [...]

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Developing Speed

by Steve Maus

“I‘m too slow!”
Recently a student said this when he tried to play Rieding’s Violin Concerto in A minor. He desperately tried to increase speed to original tempo and failed.
His problems were not only the lack of sufficient practise with this particular piece. He was too slow in general.
How can we increase our basic speed?
There are [...]

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