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How To Hold The Bow – Place your thumb in the C of the bow frog and place the other fingers on the other side of the stick with the pointer finger towards the tip of the bow. Keep the … Continue reading →

Begin with your legs comfortably spread at about shoulder width apart. Start by placing the viola on your left shoulder/collar bone, lifting your chin slightly and placing the end pin of the viola towards the center of your neck. Lower … Continue reading →

This is what you do when you first receive an instrument shipped from a store. See how to check that everything is OK and tune carefully so that the bridge doesn’t fall and is in the right position. How to … Continue reading →

In an attempt to equal Fiddlerman.com Violaman has added a page called “VIDEOS”. This page will eventually fill with many how to videos and tutorials for viola. Two videos were added today for the basics of how to hold the … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Mustang for winning the CVA400 viola. Details about Mustang soon to come. Thanks for all who participated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhDPK-_fGys The CVA-400 comes with everything you need to get started. It’s a beautiful instrument and produces a great sound right … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX-auIbL600 First impression when opening the box and the case was that this is a beautiful instrument. Nicer than expected and hard to believe that one could get such a nice instrument for so little money. After checking the instrument … Continue reading →

UT Viola Celebration  5th Anniversary Extravaganza October 22-23, 2011 The University of Tennessee is proud to announce the Fifth Anniversary Viola Celebration is scheduled for October 22-23, 2011.  Violists of all ages and abilities are encouraged to join the festivities … Continue reading →