the music mind lab BLOG

By Special Guest Writer Jer-Shyan C. The viola was always presented to me as something akin to an evil version of a violin. Mechanically, it is the same difficulty; although the violin’s highest E string is replaced by a C string on a viola, every technique — string crossings, basic left hand and right hand coordination, bow hold, vibrato — are virtually identical to their counterpart in the violin's learning process. For the most part, viola just seemed to be the lesser-know