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Out of shape and short on time? Lose the etudes, grab these excerpts
Nathan Cole
Out of shape and short on time? Lose the etudes, grab these excerpts
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Practice like a bodybuilder: slow, steady and super strong!
Nathan Cole
Practice like a bodybuilder: slow, steady and super strong!
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How to make an audition video without spending a fortune
Nathan Cole
How to make an audition video without spending a fortune
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Terrible tremors: embracing your violin bow shakes
Terrible tremors: embracing your violin bow shakes
Nathan Cole
Terrible tremors: embracing your violin bow shakes
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The paradox of the endless violin bow (VIDEO)
Nathan Cole
The paradox of the endless violin bow (VIDEO)
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Seth Hanes
The one thing you can start doing today to become a better performer
Nathan Cole
The one thing you can start doing today to become a better performer
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Mishna Wolff
Want to tame performance nerves? Play on the street!
Nathan Cole
Want to tame performance nerves? Play on the street!
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Nathan basketball, violin spiccato
Master violin spiccato at any speed (video)
Nathan Cole
Master violin spiccato at any speed (video)
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Track runner with violin concerto openings
Which violin concerto has the toughest opening?
Nathan Cole
Which violin concerto has the toughest opening?
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Does your violin sound sick? Try my 6-point checkup
Nathan Cole
Does your violin sound sick? Try my 6-point checkup
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10 essential back-to-school gifts for the 21st-century violinist
Nathan Cole
10 essential back-to-school gifts for the 21st-century violinist
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Trust me... it's worth it to get to 60.
Beautiful violin tone with the one-minute bow (VIDEO)
Nathan Cole
Beautiful violin tone with the one-minute bow (VIDEO)
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Nathan tosses his shoulder rest into the volcano
Why I ditched my shoulder rest after 30 years
Nathan Cole
Why I ditched my shoulder rest after 30 years
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Never miss a shift again
Never miss a violin shift again! (video)
Nathan Cole
Never miss a violin shift again! (video)
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Rocky holds violin at top of Art Institute steps
Rocky is the greatest audition movie of all time
Nathan Cole
Rocky is the greatest audition movie of all time
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Tchaikovsky violin concerto
Gain speed and accuracy by grouping notes (video)
Nathan Cole
Gain speed and accuracy by grouping notes (video)
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Stacy LeSartre won my New York violin audition Challenge with an unexpected strategy
Nathan Cole
Stacy LeSartre won my New York violin audition Challenge with an unexpected strategy
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Only 14 finished my New York Philharmonic violin audition Challenge!
Only 14 finished my New York Philharmonic violin audition Challenge!
Nathan Cole
Only 14 finished my New York Philharmonic violin audition Challenge!
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