Violin teaching

A blog and short video series for violin teachers and parents of young violinists created to share creative teaching solutions and ways to optimize practicing the violin at home.

The best way to get the fingering tape for your violin is to create it yourself! In this article I present all the details you need to do so.

Renowned pedagogue Shirley Givens' series for beginning violinists is widely respected for its clear, child-friendly format, and its sensible progression through techniques. There are lots of pictures, fun and familiar songs, and even pages for coloring! Ms.Givens uses a "Movable Do" system to teach pitch relationships and good intonation. Recommended for very young children. Book 2C, Meet Vibby Vibrato, teaches vibrato step-by-step with many songs and exercises. First, posture and violin…

Improve your playing with violin bowing exercises! Check what your can practice without your bow or with it, and download FREE sheet music

Finger patterns refer to the spatial patterns between the left hand fingers. Try forming these finger patterns in the air to gain finger strength!

How you hold the bow can make a surprisingly big difference between sharp and smooth sounds, professional or beginner sounds. There are various violin bow holds that violinists and fiddlers use and it is something that has been evolving along with the violin. let’s have a closer look at the bow holds that we can see most often among violinists. Click on the pin and head on to my blog post to learn about all the most common violin bow holds. Which one do you prefer?🤔 #violin #music #practice

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To help keep your student or child motivated, try implementing a few violin games into their practice session. Learn 20 engaging games for learning the violin.

Improve your violin playing by following my bowing tips! I also included free exercises for you to download and videos with bowing examples.