Topics Addressed

• Historical background and context

• Shaping the musical phrase with your bow technique.

• The first note -- its overwhelming importance.

• Expressive intonation!!

• Subtext — the hidden meaning, beneath the printed notes

• Using a story to stimulate your musical imagination.

• How to practice the difficult double stop passage.

• Achieving color and variety  ̶  with your bow strokes

• Bringing out the hidden melody using bow technique and vibrato.

• Understanding musical structure.  — Everything is different the second time.

• Creating musical moods with your tone.

• Learning to do more than you see on the page.

• Becoming a musical experimenter!

About this DVD

Length: 62 minutes

Contents: J. B. Accolay, Concerto in A Minor, measure by measure

Recorded: January 2008, Pittsburgh, PA

Roy Sonne - violinist and teacher

Lois Streator - piano

Ira Meyer - cover photography

Princeton Disc - video production

Demo Sample

"An educational journey! A personalized lesson with Roy Sonne,  illuminating the language of music. This is a wonderful, entertaining, kindly experience." Sherry Kloss, teaching assistant to Jascha Heifetz

"You make me want to play and teach this work again! Wonderful detailing of how we actually produce the colors and moods of the composition in all it's variety." Drew Lecher, pedagogue and author of "Violin Technique, The Manual"