The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal confession: it was ‘too emotional’, Elgar admitted, adding that he loved it nonetheless. The Spanish ...

The average violin bow weighs around 60 grams ... more flexible bows deliver much smoother, legato notes. Given the individual style, something to keep in mind on the road to perfection.

Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G ...