Happy Memorial Day, from Clayton

Just want to be amongst the happy crowd wishing you a delightful Memorial Day celebration.

I myself started up with a Brahms filled hour and a half or so of practice before my girls got up. This afternoon my daughter and I will take a certain-to-be-beautiful riding lesson in the Central Arizona Highlands.

Now, I hadn’t spent any time with the Brahms Concerto for quite a spell. And it was sure interesting to come back to it in light of the practice techniques I’ve developed and taught during the past several years.

What I played through came back into my hands with the ease of butter sliding across a hot griddle.

Yep, counting, breathing, and getting the mind out in front visualizing are the best lubricants your fingers are likely to find.

So if you’d like to put these techniques to work for you; and if you’d like to get them from the horses mouth; and if you also could benefit from correcting old, inefficient playing habits; why, you need take only a couple minutes Right Now and check out Kreutzer for Violin Mastery.

Then, get out and enjoy the rest of the day knowing the assistance you’ve been waiting for is headed your way.

All the Best, Clayton Haslop

P.S. You know, the last 10 Caprices in the book are not only beautiful and fun to play, they’re perfect for getting one’s hand in shape for the likes of the Brahms Concerto.