Craig Birchfield
How to Beat those Practicing Blues – Guest Post by Brian Eliason, Eliason School of Music
Most parent’s do not expect their children to become professional musicians, but they would love to see their children enjoy music for...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jan 29, 2014
- 4 min
Pain is Not Gain (Part 2) Tips for Playing Pain Free 1/29/2014
I am finally getting around to keeping my promise about doing the second part of this article. I covered shoulder rests and chin rests in...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jan 4, 2014
- 4 min
1/4/2014 A Bright New Year and Yadda Yadda
Okay, so I can’t even do the “New Year – New Beginnings” post without just a tad bit of eye rolling and a wry grinning even though I do...
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Craig Birchfield
- Dec 3, 2013
- 5 min
12/3/2013 Pain Is Not Gain – Part One
My wife used to be a dental assistant. Most of the dentists that she worked for tried to minimize the discomfort of their patients as...
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Craig Birchfield
- Nov 21, 2013
- 1 min
11/21/2013 One Free Month’s Rent on Violins and Violas!
From now until the end of the year we are offering one free month of rental on either a violin or viola of any size. New First Time...
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Craig Birchfield
- Oct 17, 2013
- 3 min
10/17/2013 Musings on the Cello
The Cello was a late comer to the violin family. The earliest ones we know of were built around the middle of the 16th century and the...
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Craig Birchfield
- Sep 26, 2013
- 3 min
9/26/2013 The Jet Airplane Analogy
I may have already mentioned this analogy in an earlier posting but I want to give you the full treatment here. I try to tell this story...
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Craig Birchfield
- Aug 29, 2013
- 3 min
8/29/2013 Zombies Triumphant!
One of the advantages of writing a blog for your own business is that you can veer a bit off topical as long as you stay in the same...
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Craig Birchfield
- Aug 9, 2013
- 3 min
8/9/2013 At what age should I start my child in music lessons?
Ah yes, that is the question. It is one that has been debated and discussed frequently by both parents and educators. We recently had an...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jul 12, 2013
- 1 min
Scott Cao is Here!
…or we should probably say his violins are. Allegro Violin and Music is highly honored to have been chosen as a dealer for Scott Cao...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jun 26, 2013
- 4 min
6/26/2013 Got It Pegged – Solving Tuning Instability
My blog entry today is about slipping pegs. I have been discussing a bit more philosophical subjects of late like how to have greater...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jun 2, 2013
- 4 min
6/2/2013 Parent and Child – Hand in Hand
Does your child have that magical musician gene? Probably not. I’m not saying that it doesn’t exist but I taught private lessons for...
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Craig Birchfield
- May 11, 2013
- 3 min
Can Preschool Age Children Really Learn to Play the Violin? (Guest Post by Christine Goodner)
As a violin teacher who specializes in starting young students I get this question a lot! It can be hard to believe that 3, 4 & 5 year...
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Craig Birchfield
- Apr 28, 2013
- 3 min
4/28/2013 Who Was Tony Stradivari?
Quick, name the greatest trumpet maker of all time? No takers? How about the father of saxophone builders? If you mention guitars someone...
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Craig Birchfield
- Apr 2, 2013
- 3 min
4/3/2013 A Little Bit O Soul
For much of human history people could not read music. That isn’t to say that there were not great musicians. They just could not read...
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Craig Birchfield
- Mar 5, 2013
- 3 min
3/5/2013 Know Thy Instrument
I hate black boxes – gleaming silver whatchamacallits that are covered with little invisible question marks. I like to know what is going...
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Craig Birchfield
- Feb 7, 2013
- 5 min
2/7/2013 Putting Music in the Heart
I am going to let you in on a deep dark secret. This is one that music teachers and music shop owners almost never discuss outside of...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jan 26, 2013
- 3 min
1/26/2013 Time Has Come Today
Professor Steven Hawkin proved mathematically that when the Universe began so did time. That is pretty interesting when you think about...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jan 18, 2013
- 3 min
1/18/2013 Programming Children for Success (or failure)
I love working with kids. Besides being a parent I have taught private music lessons to kids and have been involved in children’s church,...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jan 9, 2013
- 2 min
1/9/2013 Elephant Fillets for Amateurs
You’ve probably heard the question before. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. There is actually some wisdom behind this...
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