WHY YOU’RE NOT IMPROVING AT VIOLIN: WHEN PRACTICE REINFORCES THE WRONG TECHNIQUE
Effort and progress are not always proportional. Repetition teaches the body something, but the important question is what it is being taught.
In this Violin Academy article, I examine violin technique as a connected system rather than a collection of isolated symptoms. Persistent problems with intonation, vibrato, the bow or the left hand may be places where a deeper organisation becomes visible, and adding more exercises can reinforce the very mechanism the student is trying to escape.