Violin Lessons

Masterclasses

Do you practise without making progress?  

Do you play out of tune? 

Do you lack co-ordination?

Learning the violin is expensive and requires years of dedicated practice, yet it is a well known secret in the exam room that only a small group of students will ever achieve advanced levels. This is because traditional pedagogy always comes with an unspoken caveat:

Teachers teach what can be taught; students, however, must bring what cannot be taught.

The book Violin Diploma Technique: Principles of Talent has been written - by a diploma examiner - to address this gap. It defines five intuitive technical differences between successful diploma candidates and those who stop progressing.

Explore the intuitive approaches to:

• Intonation and co-ordination
• The natural forces of the bow when crossing strings
• The control of changes in directional momentum
• The use of invention to solve technical problems
• The use of physical sensations for technical ease

Explore techniques that are not traditionally taught:

• A thinking technique that uses a timeline
• A technique of active listening
• How to analyse technique through causal logic
• The role of physical sensations in making the violin feel like part of the body

These techniques remove the vagueness from repetitive practice!

Get your copy:

The Book

VIOLIN DIPLOMA TECHNIQUE

Principles of Talent

Purchase online or through selected violin stores. Also available at the National Library of Australia and the State Library of NSW.