Strum Blogging

11/20/24 Something No String Teacher Has Ever Said Out Loud

11/14/24  What Doesn’t Kill Us…

• 10/30/24 If You Can Say It, You Can Play It

• 10/6/24 Grooving is Dancing

• 9/17/24 Different Rules for Different Schools

• 7/20/24 Brush Your Intonation

• 4/20/24 It's Spring! How's Your Musical Garden Growing?

• 4/1/24 The Stuff AI Can’t Do

• 3/18/24 More Than One Perfect

• 1/25/24 Ever Heard of the Dopamine Practice Plan?

• 1/18/24 What’s In Your Musical Closet?

• 9/29/23 One Way Ticket to Easy Street

• 9/12/23 Is There A Secret to Improv?

• 8/11/23 Taking the Scenic Route

• 6/29/23 Safety First

• 6/6/23 Impulse Practicing

• 4/11/23 See Beauty

• 3/13/23 Take It? Take What?

• 2/24/23 Satellite View vs Map View of Music

• 2/14/23 Can You Respect Classical Music Too Much?

• 1/30/23 A Cheeseburger You Can Eat with a Violin Bow

• 1/26/23 The Tale of the Diesel Whisperer and the Shipping Company

• 1/20/23 Stop Practicing So Much!

• 1/12/23 Are You Wearing a Classical Collar?

• 1/9/23 The Times They Are A-Changin’

• 1/7/23 “Use Less Bow!” Said No String Teacher Ever

• 1/5/23 Don't Worry, I Won't Follow You!

• 12/11/22 Is Groove Too Easy for Classical Players?

• 12/10/22 There’s No Place For Me In This Room

• 12/8/22 How to cut 50% Off Your Practice Time!

• 12/6/22 You Can Take the String Player Out of the Conservatory...

• 11/29/22 How 50 Drunk Wedding Guests Taught Me How To Play the Violin

• Percussive Bowing: Between the Note and the Noise

• Strum Bowing Technique

• How to Groove on Strings

• Evolved or Endangered? Survival of the Fiddle-ist