Red Desert Violin Blog: Online Lessons, Fiddle Tunes & Learning Tips
Red Desert Violins Blog is your place to explore online violin lessons with fiddle tunes, discover practice tips, and learn how Suzuki levels connect with ASTA, ABRSM, and RCM standards. Whether you’re a beginner or advancing your skills, our articles guide your musical journey with clarity and inspiration.
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Violin Teachers: How To Keep Students Engaged for Summer
Violin teachers, here’s a great way to keep your students engaged during summer while you take a break from the studio.
We’re kind of a big deal worldwide
With students in 32 countries worldwide, Red Desert Violin is set for world domination.
The Psychology of Expressive Violin Playing (Part 3)
Your own ability to be self aware is important to expressive violin playing. But so are the basics of dynamics, phrasing, and colle motion.
Expressive Violin Playing Part 2: Sing!
The secret to evoking that special expression from a violin is in tiny little inflections, or nuances of playing. They come from both the left hand and the right hand, but mostly the right.
Expressive Violin Playing Part 1: Listening
Can expressive violin playing be learned? Yes! Start here with my hints about how to listen to the masters.
You Cannot Rise Above Your Own Taste…(but thankfully, you can expand it)
I guess the bottom line is…..JUST ATTEND A JAM. Don’t be afraid of messing up….because guess what….you WILL mess up, but you’ll get over it!
The Fly on the Wall
What if you could observe, undetected, during a collaboration between your greatest heroes? Like what if you could sit in on a rehearsal of the...
Calling All Jam Session Virgins
Everyone likes a jam session, but plenty of people have never really experienced a real jam, so here are some observations up close and personal from wandering around the jam sessions here at the Swannanoa Gathering.
Swannanoa Gathering
Heads is our primary pursuit, possibly something that requires more discipline. Tales is the free spirited, non-judgmental part of music….for pure fun and enjoyment…..because in the end, they are both sides of the same coin.