River-rafting isn't usually on the agenda at a violin workshop, but sometimes it helps keep the music flowing. After days of mastering bow technique, experimenting with hand drums and turning ...

A system identifies violinists' bowing techniques with 94% accuracy The data used in this study are available in an online public repository. After extracting the characteristics of the information ...

Robert Gerle, a concert violinist, teacher and author of books on violin technique, died Saturday, according to his son Andrew. He was 81. Gerle, who helped found the orchestra program at the ...

Darol Anger grips his bow loosely, wrist bent, and smacks it against the strings of his fiddle. The resulting sound, a small crunch, is like the crackle of a very tiny drum. “You can get some nice ...

If you're training to be a concert violinist, you don't want your technique to be merely "good enough." A new computer system may soon be able to help, as it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to ...

Hey, if you don't knock off the fighting, we'll have to turn the car around and go home. We're on our way to Classic Bows in Golden Hill to check out this question with owner Gregory Gohde. Can we ...