Reader's Top 20 Tips
- It's better to practice every day than to practice for a long time on one day a week.
- Practice one difficult part to perfection rather than playing through the whole song many times to try to make it better.
- Get off the computer and practice
- Practice performing. Play your piece for your dog, your mom, your friend, your family before you have to play it for a concert.
- Listen to other violinist play.
- Although many people neglect a good bow technique and control is the key to become a good violinist as most of the tone coloring is related to good bow control.
- Start every session with a goal and plan. Subject them to constant review.
- Every note has a beginning, a middle and also an end
- Find a chinrest that works for you. Some go in the middle, some are higher, and so on, depending on your neck.
- Practice your 3 octave scales and arps daily to perfection. Practice them with varying articulations. You can learn lots of bowing techniques while practicing your scales at the same time
- Practice the music you are working on in sections.
- Enjoy yourself when playing the violin -- otherwise there's no point.
- When you keep making the same mistake constantly and you get frustrated, stop and rest, then go back playing
- Wipe off your violin with a cotton cloth every time you put it away, so the rosin dust does not build up and become difficult to remove
- Always remember sleep is of paramount importance for the brain to learn what you've practiced
- Listen to the Pros. It's good to hear violin at it's best.
- Pratice smarter not harder.
- Breathe with the music.
- Learn your etudes: Mazas, Kreutzer, Rode, Fiorillo, Gavinies, Dont and so on.
- If you believe you played poorly, don't apologize or appear disappointed. You may not have played as well as in your rehearsals but your judges may have liked it!
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