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Every hand is different. The makers of these accessories assume that hands are built exactly the same. No matter what your hand looks like, you are pushed to hold the bow as if your hand had the same ...

Some people tell just the contrary. They say the shoulder rest acts like a mute.
Anyway - in my opinion the difference is negligible. Much more important is the length of your neck and possible tensi ...

Have a look at http://www.sdmaus.com/violinblog/
There are some articles about this topic. Search for shoulder rest and you should get three or four posts.

"Beginner" is a matter of definition. What have you played so far?
Rieding Concertos are great pieces. For example b minor op.35. Or d major op.36. Both are excellent for beginners. Or Port ...

Hey, what do you expect from us? Smile

First of all you didn't post a real question. So the answers will be, well, limited. Second, perhaps only few people have played that piece and did Bruch or Wien ...

And that's one of the reasons why it's not that "pretty easy". Wink

Best thing is to train your fingers by actually playing. If you use a grip master or powerball or whatever chances are good that it also affects your wrist. And that is absolutely not intended. Especi ...

Mazas duets are very good, you could also check out Pleyel duets. They sound great, are still playable for beginners and improve your skills greatly.

I would wait as well. Your primary concern should be "are you having fun?" If you join there now you definitely won't have much fun.
It's gonna be really hard work for you. You won't have t ...

Basically - yes. Sometimes it is a bit difficult to perform this with the fourth finger because it's so short compared to the others. Therefore the fourth isn't bent so much.
But you should at least ...

Could be if it happens on one or even two strings. But Shawn writes it occurs on any string. Sounds strange to me. Probably Dave is right, it's related to the finger weakness.
@Shawn
Have you checke ...

Train your finger strength. [url=http://www.sdmaus.com/geigenblog/ich-bin-zu-langsam.html]Here I wrote something about increasing the speed, but it's also good to train your strength. The article is i ...

Is it just the sound or the pitch that you don't like?
mshikibu is absolutely right - the open string should resonate if you hit the note perfectly in tune. But don't forget, the lower the string, th ...

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to introduce myself, I'm a musician from Hamburg, Germany. Not exactly a newcomer, I've been playing this instrument for more than 35 years now. Oh my... Quite a long ti ...