Weekend Journal

April 18, 2021
Weekend Journal

Weekend vote: Do you put your bow thumb on the leather, or 'in the notch' below it?

An interesting discussion came up this week on the Violinist.com discussion board, about where to place the thumb on the bow. Do you place it actually on the thumb leather, or below it, on the stick, in the little notch between the frog and the leather?

The Quest for a Quality Fractional Instrument

A good fractional-size violin may be hard to find, but it is VERY important for the young student. We go over what you should look for, and also review SHAR Music's New York Philharmonic violin outfits. By Laurie Niles.

Because of COVID-19... The Impact of the Pandemic on My Music School Experience

Imagine spending your senior year as a violin performance major studying mostly online because of the pandemic- then graduating this year! Difficult times, but violinist Stacey Sharpe has chosen to take a positive view of the new skills she had to develop, because of COVID-19.

Sponsor Spotlight: Pirastro's Evah Pirazzi Strings

Modern synthetic core strings
Very intensive and powerful
Excellent for soloists
Complex sound, rich with overtones
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