Extended Violin Techniques

            Detuning the violin is a very common technique but there are some risks to the violin so care should be taken. Wherever possi...

                        Prepared instruments are instruments that have had their timbre changed by having various objects on or betwee...

As the body of the violin is hollow it does make a good percussive instrument. Tapping the body in various ways has become popular with co...

            Using the nail to pluck the string creates a sharper attack than when plucked with the pad of the finger. If the nail of th...

                                        Crumb Black Angel (1970) Subharmonics and A.L.F’s are relatively new and not really understood...

Harmonic Glissando             This can either be played as a natural harmonic glissando or a false harmonic glissando both resulting ...

Crumb Black Angel (1970)             This technique can be used to create either a timberal effect or a pitched effect. Depending o...