The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

The concepts illustrated in this short paper have been expressed by fine teachers for many years. However, many players still struggle with incorrect posture and a lack of ease of playing. By ...

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The beginner has two options, either to rent an instrument or make a purchase. While violin rental may be viewed by some as an opportunity to grow acclimated to the instrument, be aware that these are ...

Instruments recognisable as violins began to appear in northern Italy at the beginning of the 16th century. By the 17th century, the violin’s importance had already been established both as a ...

Explore our guide to Vivaldi’s best-known work ‘The Four Seasons’ – a set of four radical violin concertos depicting the seasons of the year. The crux of the issue was musical ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Every violinist dreams of playing a Stradivarius. But Canadian virtuoso Karen Gomyo has performed regularly on not just one but two ...

Michelle Alfano, of Chicago, speaks to the Iowa Board of Corrections at its meeting Aug. 4 at Newton Correctional Facility. (Christopher Braunschweig) Visitors at the Iowa Board of Corrections ...

Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers have been crammed into a church in the centre of the South African city of Cape Town for four months. They are desperate to move to another country, as ...