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Featured Videos from Experts
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(FREE) Left Hand Squeezing; part 1 - Why We Do It -
Controlling the Bow in High Positions
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(FREE) Dan Kobialka: part 1: Movement and Playing
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Kobalkia: part 2: Finger Motion Exercise
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Dan Kobialka: part 3: Spiccato
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Dan Kobialka: part 4: Finger Release
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Dan Kobialka: part 5: Teaching Technique for Setting Up the Left Hand
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Dan Kobialka: part 6: Thumb Angle
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Dan Kobialka: part 7: Spacial Awareness and Intonation
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Dan Kobialka: part 8: Foundation Fingers.
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Dan Kobialka: part 9: Vibrato Motion Exercise
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Dan Kobialka: part 10: Descending Shifts
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Vibrato Interview: Good Vs.Bad
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Vibrato Interview: prt.2 Stephen describes his own vibrato style
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Learning Vibrato: Step 1 Identifying the Motion
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Learning Vibrato: Step 2 "Points of Contact"
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Learning Vibrato: Step 3 "the Paper Trick"
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Learning Vibrato: Step 4 "Integrating"
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Learning Vibrato: Step 5 "Control"
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Expressive Qualities of Vibrato
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(FREE) Dr. Kirsten Yon: Part 1 - The Relaxed Left Hand
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(FREE) Dr. Kirsten Yon: Part 2 - The Relaxed Left Hand
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Dr. Kirsten Yon: Part 3 - Drop and Release Finger Action
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Dr. Kirsten Yon: Part 4 - Feeling of Release in Practice
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Dr. Kirsten Yon: Part 5 - Expunging Tension in the Bow Arm
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Dr. Kirsten Yon: part 6- Learning Finger Motion for Legato Bow Strokes
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Dr. Kirsten Yon: part 7- Learning Vibrato
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(FREE) Dr. Stephen Redfield: Establishing Personal Voice
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Dr. Aurelien Petillot: "Relating Everyday Gestures to Violin Technique"
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Dr. Glen Leupnitz: Why Learning Violin as an Adullt is Essential to Brain Health
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Dr. Aurelien Petillot: "Opening your Sound"
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(FREE) Dr. Laurie Scott, part 1: Getting Comfortable Holding the Violin
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(FREE) Martha Carapetyan, part 1: Increasing Comfort Holding the Violin
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(FREE) Martha Carapetyan, part 2: Increasing Comfort Holding the Violin
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 1: Awareness of Tone I
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 2: Awareness of Tone II
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 3: Awareness of Tone III
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(FREE) Elise Winters: Bow Weight and Tone Production
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Elise Winters, part 2: Maximizing Tone and the Bow Hold
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Elise Winters, part 3: Maintaining Relaxed Bow Hold
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(FREE) Dr. Paula Bird, part 4: Maintaining Relaxed Bow Hold
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 5: Maintaining a Relaxed Bow Arm
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 6: Developing Intonation I
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 7: Intonation II
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(FREE) Elise WInters, part 5: Triplet Boomerang
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(FREE) Dr. Laurie Scott, part 2: Preparing to Shift
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(FREE) Dr. Laurie Scott,part 3: Left Hand Thumb Placement
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Dr. Laurie Scott, part 4: Walking Fingers
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Dr. Laurie Scott, part 5: Smooth String Crossings
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Dr. Laurie Scott, part 6: Finger Independence
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Dr. Laurie Scott, part 7: Changing Finger Spacing Pattern
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Dr. Laurie Scott, part 8: Coordination and Bowing
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Dr. Laurie Scott, part 9: Training Vibrato
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 8: Learning Vibrato
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 9: Vibrato Rounds
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 10: Wrist vs Arm Vibrato
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(FREE) Dr. Stephen Redfield, part 2: Musicality and Expression
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Dr. Stephen Redfield, part 3: Varying Bow Speed
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Dr. Stephen Redfield, part 4: Importance of Etudes
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Dr. Stephen Redfield, part 5: Varying Sounding Point
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Dr. Stephen Redfield, part 6: Finger Motion
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Dr. Stephen Redfield, part 7: Cole Bow Stroke
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Dr. Stephen Redfield, part 8: Bow Pressure
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Dr. Stephen Redfield, part 9: Bow Angle
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Dr. Laurie Scott, part 10: Practice Time
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 11: Practice Tip - Make a Plan
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Dr. Paula Bird, part 12: Practice Tip - Rubber Band Analogy
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Elise Winters, part 4: Spiccato
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Daniela Shtereva Interview, part 1
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Daniela Shtereva Interview, part 2
The Beginning Method
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Violin Hold Lesson
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(FREE) Lesson 1a: Set Up
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(FREE) Lesson 1b: Putting Guide Tapes on the Fingerboard
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(FREE) Lesson 1c: Tuning with an Electronic Tuner
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(FREE) Lesson 1d: Shoulder Pad Styles
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(FREE) Lesson 1e: Putting on the Shoulder Pad
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Lesson 1f: Tightening the Bow Hair
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Lesson 1g: Rosining the Bow
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(FREE) Lesson 2: The Bow Hold
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(FREE) Lesson 2a: Bow Hold Lesson with Student
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Lesson 3: Exercises to Develop a Flexible Bow Hold
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(FREE) Lesson 4: The Violin Hold
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Lesson 4a: Violin Hold Lesson with Beginning Student
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(FREE) Lesson 5: Note Names of Open Strings
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Lesson 6: Preparing the Bow Arm
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Lesson 7: First Bow Strokes
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Lesson 8a: Introduction to Guided Practices
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Lesson 8b: Guided Practice 1 - First Bow Strokes
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Lesson 9: Playing at the Tip of the Bow
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Lesson 10: Playing Near the Frog
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Lesson 11: Guided Practice 2: Playing at the Tip and Frog
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Lesson 12: String Crossings
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Lesson 13: Guided Practice 3 String Crossings
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Lesson 14: Whole Bow Strokes
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Lesson 15: Finger Motion at the Frog
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Lesson 16: Guided Practice 4: Whole Bow Strokes
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(FREE) Lesson 17: Left Hand Placement
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Lesson 18: Finger Action of the Left Hand
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Lesson 19: Finger Action and Finger Pressure Exercises
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Lesson 20: Adding Fingers to Bow Strokes
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Lesson 21: Finger Spacing Pattern 1
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Lesson 22: Note Names for Spacing Pattern 1
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Lesson 23: Guided Practice 5: Finger Spacing Pattern 1
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Lesson 24: Intonation-part 1
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Lesson 25: Bow Retakes
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Lesson 26: A major Scale
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Lesson 27: Skips with Finger Spacing Pattern 1
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Lesson 28: Broken Third Pattern
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Lesson 29: Guided Practice 6: Skips, pt.1
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Lesson 30: Guided Practice 7: Skips,pt.2
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Lesson 31: Intonation II
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Lesson 32: Repertoire Series, song 1: Are You Sleeping
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Lesson 33: Slurred Bowings
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Lesson 34: Guided Practice 8: Slurred Bowings
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Lesson 35: Finger Spacing Pattern 2
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Lesson 36: Note Names for Finger Spacing Pattern 2
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Lesson 37: Guided Practice 9: Finger Spacing Pattern 2
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Lesson 38: Guided Practice 10: Finger Spacing Pattern, pt. 2
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Lesson 39: G Major 2-octave Scale
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Lesson 40: Intonation III
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Lesson 41: Repertoire Series, song 2: Are You Sleeping in G Major
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Lesson 42: Intonation IV
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Lesson 43: Repertoire Series, song 3: Simple Gifts
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Lesson 44: Finger Spacing Pattern 3
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Lesson 45: Note Names for Finger Spacing Pattern 3
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Lesson 46: A Major 2-Octave Scale
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Lesson 47: Guided Practice 11: Finger Spacing Pattern 3
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Lesson 48: Bow Pressure
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Lesson 49: Bow Speed and Rhythm
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Lesson 50: Bow Speed in Relation to Tone
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Lesson 51: Tuning with the Pegs
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Lesson 51b: Tuning Strings in Fifths
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Lesson 52: Finger Spacing Pattern 3 (low position)
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Lesson 53: B Flat Two Octave Scale
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Lesson 54: Guided Practice 12: Finger Drills 1
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Lesson 55: Guided Practice 13: Finger Drills 2
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Lesson 56: Guided Practice 14: Finger Drills 3
Focus Video
(FREE) Vibrato: part 2 The Vibrato Impulse
The actual vibrato oscillation comes from an impulse that initiates toward you then rebounds back.
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