Sound of the Violin

Have you ever dreamt of putting the bow on the string and immediately draw a beautiful sound from your violin?

Struggling with scratchy sounds, uneven vibrato, or longing for a richer palette of tone colors on the violin? The exercises in my Sound of the Violin course will help you overcome these challenges. Regardless if you are an ambitioned player or a rusty returner, you'll pick up heaps of skills and knowledge, bit by bit, to attain a pleasant and charming sound on your violin.

On one hand you will learn exercises for the BOWARM, that will smoothen up your sound production and strengthen the core of your sound.

On the other hand I will show you how to improve your VIBRATO on the violin, to achieve an expressive and engaging sound.

The lessons are accompanied with sheet music and playalong-videos of the exercises in this course.

In the Sound of the Violin I reveal my best tips and tricks about sound production that are applicable to any repertoire you play.

Hi, I am Simon Streuff

I graduated from the Hannover Music University in 2011. My teaching experience dates back to 2004, when I helped out my first violin teacher during her parental leave. After my graduation, I taught students from ages 5 to 85, ranging from total beginners to advanced players. I also engaged in string classes, where I developed new concepts with a team of teachers for educating larger groups of beginner string players. I learned my craft from teachers who were not only deeply committed to violin playing but also to its pedagogy. After my studies, I attended several Master Classes and I perform regularly on stage. I am passionate about sharing my knowledge online with my students. My YouTube channel, where I post educational content and music, has around 25,000 subscribers and is growing.

Sound of the Violin Introduction

About This Course

The Sound of the Violin is a project, that I started working on in 2021. I wanted to make a difference with this online course: The Sound of the Violin should change the outlook of my students on what kind of sound they are able to produce and will include every technical aspect that makes a good sound on the violin. The curriculum is divided into two big sections:

1. Bow control

2. Vibrato

In my experience as a teacher it has shown, that developing a good sound starts with the bow arm. Once the basics are mastered we can start making the sound more versatile, interesting and beautiful with vibrato.

While the bowing technique on the violin is rather straight forward to teach - just like it is a left brain activity. Teaching vibrato is very individual and sometimes unintuitive. Over the years I learned that there is not one magic exercise for vibrato. It is rather a search for the most effective exercises to develope a flexible vibrato. That is why in this course you will get all my exercises, which I once used to teach my students vibrato successfully. I will show you exactly how to perform the vibrato exercises in the video lessons.

I hope to see you as my student in this course. I am confident that I can help you improve your sound on the violin!

Curriculum

The Bow

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days after you enroll

The Vibrato