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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Detache’ Violin Bow Stroke: Problems and Solutions
Detache' is one of our most important bow strokes, but few students are ever taught properly how to do it. Learn 5 things that can go wrong in...
Halloween Story w/Violin Sound Effects!
Haunted House Halloween story with violin sound effects. If you like the information given here, come get more at: <a...
Stuber Chinrest Copies and Substitutes!
Announcement: Now you can get a copy of my original "Stuber" chinrest, (totally discontinued and unavailable until now) Or, a more affordable option...
Tone Color on Violin: Another Component of Bow Distribution
Tone color changes are totally achievable by mastering bow distribution.
Phrase Shaping: Another Handy Use of Bow Distribution
You can read the first part of this "bow distribution" article chain here. So, you have started developing your instinct for making spontaneous bow...
50 Shades of Violin Vibrato
Free worksheet which helps violin students expand their vibrato palette by exploring 9 different combinations of vibrato speed and width.
Violin, Golf, and Driving: Some Things Must Be Learned By Doing
Learning “bow distribution” for phrase shaping and expressive playing needs to be an intuitive process. Start by using rhythmic values to guide you, and your intuition will grow from there.
Volume vs. Intensity on Violin
Playing loud doesn’t equal playing intensely. Playing soft doesn’t equal docile. Learning to make a soft, intense sound, or a loud warm sound really expands our expressive palate to help us convey more color and more emotion in our violin playing.
How to Play By Ear
Playing by ear is indistinguishable from ear training....they are mirror images of each other....with memorization stuck somewhere in between. Here...