Online violin with Miss Laura, the violin teacher? Vibrato: Vibrato is an expression that string players (like vocalists) can add to music. The pitch is fluctuated rapidly but subtly. Vibrato can be used to add warmth and character to all types of music. Presto – Very Fast Allegro: An Allegro Tempo is Fast and Happy. Allegro is not as fast as Presto. Sometimes a movement of a piece of music will be called “Allegro”; Fortissimo: Fortissimo is written ff and means very loud

Bass: The Bass is the largest instrument in the string family. It is played standing or sitting on a tall stool. The bass is also commonly called the string bass, double bass, stand up bass or acoustic bass. The strings on the bass are G, D, A and E. Basses are available in 1/8 – 4/4 sizes.

Violin parts : A fun way to remember the names of the violin strings is to sing: Each, Each Each, Each and Every, Ant, Ant, Ant, Digging in the Dirt, Dirt Dirt, going under Ground Ground Ground. Screw – The violin bow adjusting screw is used to tighten and loosen the bow. Keep the bow hairs loose when not being used to play. And only tighten the hairs so that there is a slight tension and the distance between the hairs and the stick in the middle is not wider than at the tip and frog. When holding the violin bow with the tip pointing to your left and the hairs facing the floor, turn the violin bow adjusting scew away from you to tighten the violin bow and toward you to loosen the violin Bow. You can also look directly at the end of the screw and turn righty, tightey, lefty, loosey.

Miss Laura’s lesson plans include customized practice charts and lesson notes. First, you will receive emailed PDF or spreadsheet practice charts to help keep track of practice. Also, you will receive e-mailed notes about the lesson and practice assignments. Most important, make it a goal to practice at least 5 times per week for the length of your online lesson (25 or 55 min.)

I don’t just teach online violin lessons, I go beyond with lesson plans that include so much more. I provide online lesson portals, audio practice aids and audio practice submissions with feedback too. These are on top of the regular online violin lesson. That means, the lesson isn’t over after the online zoom lesson. Each lesson plan encourages the most progress per week. This learning environment is the most effective with teacher support that continues all week. Discover more details on Suzuki Method Violin Lessons.

How to change atrings? Tune the String: Use a chromatic tuner as a guide to tighten the string to the right pitch. Be careful not to over tighten the string or it might break. If you change another string on the instrument you will have to re-tune this string. Also, brand new strings take a little while to hold tuning because they have to stretch. So after you change strings, it will be necessary to continuously re-tune the instrument until it holds its tuning. Usually this takes about one week after you change strings.