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worst things about playing the violin

The 10 worst things about playing the violin

6 year old Bach double violin concerto

Incredible 6-year-old casually NAILS Bach’s Double Violin Concerto

Bach

Red Priest

Watch some gorgeous Handel at The Foundling Museum

Red Priest

Orchestra stereotypes for violinists

23 types of people in an orchestra rehearsal

Violin sound effects

19 crazy sound effects you can make on a VIOLIN

Brahms Julian Rachlin

This Brahms cadenza is the most beautiful violin playing you’ll hear all year

Brahms

12 year old violinist - Soo-been Lee

This 12-year-old violin prodigy can play Wieniawski Variations better than you

Violin MacBook Bow sythesiser

Someone made a violin out of a laptop – and it sounds just lovely

spider silk violin

These violins are made from spiders’ silk, and they sound beautifully mellow

Real vs fake violin sound (Rob Landes)

Only a true musician can hear the difference between these real and synthetic violin sounds

Borusan Quartet CD cover - Company

‘I see them more than my wife’: the Borusan Quartet’s warning to young musicians

Bad violin habits - Michael Sanchez

These 5 bad habits will slow down your progress on the violin

berio sequenza scores

These are the definitively the hardest pieces of music to play

Maximilan violin e string caption

This violinist’s E string snapped mid-performance… but he found a quick solution

Naked skydive Glen Donnelly

Nude violinist plays ‘The Lark Ascending’ while skydiving

Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman gives us his five ultimate pro-tips for practising

Itzhak Perlman

how to make your violin sound like a cello

Want to make your violin sound like a cello?