Happy Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving when you are giving thanks for another happy and healthy year, please take a solemn moment to reflect upon the way you are holding your can of Coke at the dinner table. Your hand shape is just like cello and bass hand: Check out the perfect, round shape of the fingers and placement [...]
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Was your math teacher irritated today when you missed class for your music lesson? Well, I bet your teacher didn’t know that music has a lot in common with math. Take the square, for instance. When we place the middle of our bow in the sound spot, we make the shape of a square. Of [...]
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I bought my violin in 1991, and since then, we have been inseparable. It seems that my violin is always on my back, even when I am running errands or meeting up with friends. In fact, my violin’s name is “Carry”, because I carry her everywhere.  I don’t like to brag, but I have never [...]
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 Halloween has come and gone. The slimy eyeballs, fake blood, and cobwebs have been stored away until next year. Unfortunately, one frightening reality remains: children who touch their bow hair with their fingers. Oh, the horror. When you touch your bow hair, the oil from your hands prevents rosin from sticking to your bow, and [...]
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