by Elise | May 10, 2021 | Blog
How does tapping maintain the bowhold? I took a training years ago whose primary focus was two dozen quick, seemingly simple activities with the just bow. There were many exercises whose purpose was not obvious to me. Okay, honestly, most of them. Like … what function...
by Elise | May 4, 2021 | Blog
Vibrato Tips & Insights (4 of 4): Getting the Full View (and Full Sequence) There are a dozen tips I still want to share with you. I’ve been wrestling all week with which one to choose for this last email! The first finger that just won’t loosen up?...
by Elise | Apr 30, 2021 | Blog
Vibrato Tips & Insights (3 of 4): Thumb Swings My last tip went into the secret recipe for using the shaker egg (here). Today we’ll move onto the next step. Let’s assume our vibrato novice has now gotten a good oscillation with just the hand and egg....
by Elise | Apr 24, 2021 | Blog
Vibrato Tips & Insights: The Shaker Egg (Part 2 of 4) My vibrato sequence may have been a cake half-baked when I was first starting out, but I had one useful ingredient.Yes. Eggs. Specifically, the shaker egg.We’ve all done this one. But there is more than...
by Elise | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
Vibrato Tips: Introduction (Part 1 of 4) I remember when I was a beginning teacher and it was time to teach vibrato for the first time. Whoever that first student may have been, she is definitely one step closer to sainthood because my vibrato sequence was definitely...
by Elise | Mar 8, 2021 | Blog
The Language of Proprioception (2 of 2) This article is part of a two-part series. Find the first article here. This past year I discovered that my lessons with beginners are very, very odd. Or at least, so it would seem. This year I’ve been leading five...
