How I Teach Violin

Literacy. Expression. Connection.

I’m Hope, a professional violinist and violist who loves to make music education accessible and fun!

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I’ll be writing on the blog and sharing thoughts over on Instagram and YouTube about the thing I wish more music teachers would talk about… being happy as a music teacher!

when i first started teaching full time almost 15 years ago, i was not happy. i was actually a reliable combination of frantic, enthusiastic, and frustrated. coffee would be spilled on clothing at some point during the lesson day and my tolerance for
Quoting from p. 8 in Stage Fright by Kató Havas. I can’t wait to explore more things like this: music literacy, music education, artistic identity and wellbeing🎻
rhythm🎵 it is all around!
intonation hot take 🔥
people who impress me🎻
viola pt. 2 @anderson_violins
Musette… the trick here is to remember low two on the e-string. Sometimes I play just the twos in a key💁‍♀️ And I made the dry erase violin🤗
63- galamian
62. “I don’t want to practice” can mean so many things! “Something’s confusing and it’s stopping me from practice” “My main piece isn’t fun” “It feels too big, I need a smaller goal&

Mindset matters. As we grow technically and musically, our perspective and ability to tackle challenging things needs to grow, too!

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Violin Pictures to Help You Practice

Not A Scale Book