In violin playing, there is a wide variety of bowing techniques you can use to make your pieces sound great. Whether you are a professional violinist or want to play for fun, gaining a full understanding of the different types of bowing techniques can be very helpful. Not only can it help you to get [...]

Do You Want to Make Your Cheap Violin Sound Better? Here are 6 Things You Can Improve, None of Which is Your Technique. When you begin a new hobby, such as learning to play the violin, you sometimes don’t want to or can not invest too much money at the start. Luckily, there are many [...]

Knowing how to rosin a bow is an important part of playing the violin. Yet it is often overlooked by those first learning to play. Most students use the violin rosin that comes in their student kit, without considering other options. Today you'll find out that there are a lot advantages by considering other options [...]

Violins bows are made up of a stick, wood, horse hair, wooden, plastic or carbon parts – all working together to create a “magical wand” with which you can play beautiful violin music! Every violin bow is different, but there are always three fundamental parts: the bow stick, the bow hair, and the frog. In [...]