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Let me share the start of a mini adventure I just had in Macedonia last week. We went to the late Esma Redžepova's house. This does not sound that exciting by itself. However, we did enter, illegally of course... however, more on this later. Here just a little impression of the outside, not a happy one I'm afraid. Still, enjoy 🎻🥰 #esma #esmaredzepova #balkanmusic #queenofgypsy #skopje #gypsymusic #gypsyqueen #oketanonano #macedonian #travel #discovery #violinist #romanysinger #romanisinger #romaniculture #heritage

* Discover North Macedonia * - Esma Redžepova's House #gypsyqueen #balkanmusic #macedonianheritage Discover the poignant contrast between the desolate, looted remains of Esma Redžepova's once-vibrant home and the enduring spirit of her legendary music that...

We all love rocking chairs, specially in this cold weather and if they are in front of a wooden fire. We also love sea-saws... This technique tip combines both ;-) It is a way to execute string changes for notes on different strings with the same finger. I hope it will make your violin-life as comfortable as in a rocking chair, and as fun as playing on a sea-saw

Magic Monday Violin Tip - Finger Rocking #violintechnique #tutorial #violinlesson #violin We all love rocking chairs, specially in this cold weather and if they are in front of a wooden fire. We also love sea-saws...This technique tip combines bot...

So Maki Sum Se Rodila - I just finished the 🎼sheet music 🎼for this Macedonian folk song, one of my favourites these days.
We performed it recently at our concert at St Andrews, have a listen:
https://youtu.be/bkdzpWEXWOw?si=jL3q0qXI1gxeihQg
If you like to learn it yourself, then here a direct link to the simple vocal and C instrument lead sheet: https://www.magicviolin.uk/.../so-maki-sum-se-rodila... or to an arrangement for vocals and two C instruments: https://www.magicviolin.uk/.../so-maki-sum-se-rodila...
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Versions in bass clef and for Bb and Eb instruments are also available, search here: https://www.magicviolin.uk/shop

So Maki Sum Se Rodila - St Andrew's Concert September 23 A tragic song from North Macedonia: 'I was born with hardships' - Haven't we all in one way or the other? Yet, not everyone can convey those struggles as ele...

* Discover North Macedonia * - More Sokol Pie at the Fortress of Skopje. More Sokol Pie is the songs about a Falcon who saw the brave man coming back from battle with 9 wounds from gunshots and 10 wounds from knife stabs - a tragi...

🎻🎼☝Magic Monday Violin Tip - Ghostly Position Changes ☝🎼🎻

Halloween is here, and so are the ghosts - very useful companions for achieving good position changes on the violin. Here a mini tutorial, introducing the concept of ghostly position changes...

Come back next week, for the transition from ghosts to beautiful position changes...

Magic Monday Violin Tip - Ghostly Position Changes #violintechnique #tutorial #violinlesson Halloween is here, and so are the ghosts - very useful companions for achieving good position changes on the violin. Here a mini tutorial, introducing the co...

🎻🎼☝️Magic Monday Tip☝️🎼🎻

If your string changes are as troublesome as the ones of some of my students' (I should say some of my students' in the past 😉) then this might give a small clue of how to improve them:

Do your String Changes RIGHT with the LEFT Today's Monday Magic Violin video gives a few tips to improve string changes - left hand tips, as most of us are so focussed on getting that bow over to the next string to get everything neat and RIGHT that we never look at the LEFT side of life, or rather of string changes on the violin.