Darol Anger grips his bow loosely, wrist bent, and smacks it against the strings of his fiddle. The resulting sound, a small crunch, is like the crackle of a very tiny drum. “You can get some nice ...

Robert Gerle, a concert violinist, teacher and author of books on violin technique, died Saturday, according to his son Andrew. He was 81. Gerle, who helped found the orchestra program at the ...

ROSALIA – A world-class performance takes place every day in a sprawling old house in tiny Rosalia. Morgan Andersen takes raw hunks of pernambuco wood, ebony and ivory, and meticulously turns out ...

What is a violin bow and how is it used? Alexandre Da Costa explains. He shows us how the bow produces sounds from a violin. Plus, he talks us through some of the common techniques violinists use to ...

In playing music, gestures are extremely important, in part because they are directly related to the sound and the expressiveness of the musicians. Today, technology exists that captures movement and ...

THE sound of a violin bow across strings can be exquisite. But bowing well is hard to master. Now that smooth grace is encapsulated in a new kind of electronic instrument. Developed by Dylan Menzies ...