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Tip of the Week

Andrea Houde on Finding a Great Bow Hand
17 January, 2023
Kenneth Martinson on Awkward Pizzicato Chords
03 January, 2023
Carlos Solare on Choosing an Edition
20 December, 2022
Ames Asbell on Practicing Octaves
06 December, 2022
Gwen Franz on Practicing Greek Modes
22 November, 2022
Molly Wilkens-Reed on Helping the Left Hand Pinky
08 November, 2022
Jutta Puchhammer-Sedillot on Vibrato as Expressive Tool
25 October, 2022
Martha Carapetyan on Shifting
11 October, 2022
Marcin Murawski on Interpretation
27 September, 2022
Tom Ed White on Chord Inversions and Transposition
13 September, 2022
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