Practice Tools
Apps
This outstanding metronome app is one of the best available, with advanced features including subdivisions, rhythm trainers, and a tempo finder!
A stunningly good chromatic tuner that generates pitches, listens to your violin strings and gives visual feedback, and offers several different tuning modes.
A very popular tuning app with large numbers of users. Listens to pitches and gives visual feedback so you can get your strings in tune (no pitch generator).
This excellent interactive app will develop your aural skills from a beginner level to ABRSM Exam Grade 8, by building up your rhythm, pitch and listening skills.
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Checklists
Good body posture is one of the most essential skills for violin playing! Use these checklists to check your body, right arm, and left arm positions.
Here's a useful sight-reading method we've developed that will help you stay focused in your practice: Try it, Practise it, Metronome it, Perform it!
A good structure for your practice will transform your progress. Stay efficient and effective by using our Practice Menu as a framework for your practice sessions.
This 7 step appraoch will help you to achieve continual improvement in your practice sessions, whatever you're working on and however much time you have to practice!
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Planning Tools
Use these four repertoire categories to plan and manage the music that you play, and keep your muscle memory fresh and active for the pieces you like the most.
Keep a record of your daily practice - your goals, what you've practised, and any new thoughts, discoveries and questions. And what to do tomorrow!