Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

An electric violin doesn’t just offer a musician a whole new world of sounds and dynamics, it can also be unplugged to allow for silent practicing. The best model is crafted to have the same feel as ...

When Julian Gil Rodriguez’s E-string snapped during a concerto, he was a model of professionalism - and so was the first violin desk. It’s an occupational hazard and there’s always a chance it might ...

Taiwanese-Australian violinist Ray Chen gives us all a lesson in how to recover an unexpected instrument mishap without missing a beat. While performing Tchaikovsky’s majestic Violin Concerto with the ...

Not sure if your violin is in tune? Let’s fix that. This video gives you a clean, accurate audio reference for each of the 4 open violin strings: G, D, A, and E. #ViolinTuning #TunedViolin #HowToTuneA ...