VIOLINISTS: Put Fire In Your Bow!

STRING PLAYERS

Put Fire In Your Bow!
Take advantage of these highly unique products from Julie Lyonn Lieberman to help you build a whole new approach to music-making:

Dear Ms. Lieberman, Since I have no access to a teacher in my small community in Northern Ontario,
I was absolutely not getting anywhere -- till I purchased your videos. You opened the proverbial door
and eliminated a lot of tension; things are actually fun to learn now and it does not feel
like a chore. Thank You! - Ronald Denis, Ontario CANADA

Violin & Viola Ergonomics:
Determine the optimum playing position and support for your body type
by Julie Lyonn Lieberman

Price: $23.95 ---- Length of DVD: 90 minutes
Worldwide distribution by Hal Leonard Corp. to music and book stores
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Create a comfortable, well-supported, dynamic dance with your instrument! World-renowned music educator Julie Lyonn Lieberman has created a valuable one-of-a-kind resource for violinists, violists, and string teachers. This unique DVD provides a comprehensive overview of the issues that determine instrument position and support. Topics covered include:

• instrument position as determined by body-type as well as natural joint and muscle function;
• work with four planes for placement;
• individualize your chin- and shoulder-rest to work more efficiently for you;
• create supportive practice habits in a conducive environment;
• technical issues and their effect on instrument hold;
• postural issues and their effect on instrument hold;
• reprogramming muscular habits;
and more …

Lieberman presents a wealth of information to help performers, teachers, and students arrive at a set-up which takes into account their body type, corrects any harmful physical habits, and results in a relaxed, natural solution. This is accomplished by determining the optimum playing position for each individual within the four planes: vertical (shoulder/jaw/head), horizontal, angle (scroll height), and tilt. Equipment is then chosen to support that optimum position and fill in any gaps. Lieberman gives wonderful tips for doing “detective work” to determine where tension exists, what is causing it, then choosing exercises and, in some cases, different equipment to balance the playing position, support good posture, and eliminate tension. Great emphasis is placed on having a dynamic, not static, set-up that can be tweaked to adjust for minor changes (weight gain/loss, different clothing, etc.) and establishing a natural relationship between the hands, arms, shoulders, head, and the instrument. All the basic types of shoulder rests, chin rests, and additional accessories which can customize the fit are discussed, as well as how to utilize their particular features to adjust for specific anatomical situations. No single solution is advocated. The viewer is encouraged to investigate all possibilities in order to arrive at the best solution for their own or their students’ needs, and then to remain constantly alert to any changes that would necessitate an adjustment of the set-up to maintain pain-free, relaxed, agile performance.

- Review by American String Teachers Journal, May 2011

"Violin and Viola Ergonomics is the most comprehensive single resource I have seen on this topic. Along with The Violin in Motion, it opens the door to a world of possibilities for teachers and players of all levels, providing concepts and tools for individualized and evolving solutions. With the help of these DVDs, we can now realize the potential for a lifetime of freedom and ease with our instruments."

- Garrett Fischbach
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Mannes College of Music

"Julie, I thought that your [Violin and Viola Ergonomics] workshop was so startlingly original, so large in its scope and informed in its detail that I was very taken. To put it another way, it seemed to me that you have put the pieces together in a way that no one else has, and sonofagun, THEY FIT!"

- Dr. Phillip Coonce
Inventor, Don't Fret

Send a check for $23.95 + $5 shipping/handling (U.S.)
or
$23.95 + $8 shipping/handling (outside the U.S.) to:
Julie Lyonn Music, P.O. Box 268, Worthington, MA 01098

Allow 1 - 3 weeks for delivery

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RHYTHMIZING THE BOW by Julie Lyonn Lieberman

Retails for $29.95 but you can buy it here through Paypal for $23.95 + $5 shipping::

This video offers…

• rhythmic warm-up games designed to surprise and illuminate you
• over two dozen rhythmic ear-training exercises
• rhythmic skills such as syncopation, two against three, and emphasis on the off-beat
• phrasing techniques such as scoops, wows, pings, and the placement of slurs, inflections, and slices of silence — all designed to enable you to create your own groove

Put fire in your bow!
Learn the secrets behind how to build new mental skills that will enable you to enliven your bow arm, dip into the primal rhythms of your soul, and make everyone within ear’s distance frolic, cavort, and dance!

Julie,

I am a 57-yr.-old civil engineer with about 20 years of violin experience starting from Suzuki method and now playing mostly folk and Civil War type music. I bought your DVD's "Violin in Motion" and "Rhythmizing the Bow." I cannot thank you enough for producing the DVD's. They helped my playing tremendously. Now every time I pick up my violin I try to think of it as a feather, and I warm up by barely touching the strings as you said. My tone, pitch, clarity and speed all made quantum improvements. When I played with groups in the past I am sure I was the epitome of a good subject for your DVD's!

Thank you very much for these DVD's and what you do.

Frank Willis
Alexandria, LA

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TECHNIQUES FOR THE CONTEMPORARY STRING PLAYER
Retails for $29.95 but you can buy it here through Paypal for $23.95 + $5 shipping:

Designed for violinists, violists, and cellists.

Part One: The Bow Hand
Four essential bow control techniques, ten approaches to rhythmizing the bow, contemporary techniques to make each note speak, and much more!
Part Two: The Left Hand
Ten approaches to ornamentation, stylizing vibrato, use of double-stops, working with chords, slide techniques, a contemporary approach to navigating the fingerboard, & lots more!

The string community is in the midst of a stylistic metamorphosis. Scores are incorporating scales, rhythms, ornaments, and textural ideas from the music of the world. Over eighteen string styles have surged in popularity, including blues, swing, rock, old time, Celtic, Cajun, Cape Breton, Flamenco, Gypsy, and Latin, to name a few.

Whether you want to learn a new style, be ready for anything that comes up at a jam session, or meet the demands of new orchestral scores with ease, Julie Lyonn Lieberman will help you develop the necessary skills. She has examined the technical demands of all the alternative styles and organized the most essential right- and left-hand skills into these videos.

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THE INSTRUMENTALIST'S or THE VOCALIST'S GUIDE TO FITNESS, HEALTH & MUSICIANSHIP: Two videos designed as companions to "You Are Your Instrument." Julie coaches famous musicians, presents important exercises & tips, uses a physical fitness trainer -- all to present important relaxation, healing, & movement techniques to counteract the physical problems which often surface after long hours of performing or practicing. She even has a panel of experts on the Vocalist's video. Homespun Tapes (1-800-33-TAPES in the US) Hal Leonard in the UK.
OUT OF PRINT!

THE VIOLIN IN MOTION:
An Ergonomic Approach To Playing For All Levels & Styles (DVD)
Retails for $29.95 but you can buy it here through Paypal for $23.95 + $5 shipping:

Julie Lyonn Lieberman presents a much-requested 60-minute private lesson on video.
Her unique approach challenges the age-old "do as I do," & offers students a physiological basis
for building effortless, fluid technique based on individual body type. Julie offers dozens of key
technical tips as well as a ten-minute exercise program. (Huiksi Music)

"Violin and Viola Ergonomics is the most comprehensive single resource I have seen on this topic. Along with The Violin in Motion, it opens the door to a world of possibilities for teachers and players of all levels, providing concepts and tools for individualized and evolving solutions. With the help of these DVDs, we can now realize the potential for a lifetime of freedom and ease with our instruments."

Garrett Fischbach
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Mannes College of Music

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IMPROVISING VIOLIN: (cassette series) Six hours of instructional tapes covering improvisation in folk, blues, swing, jazz & East meets West. Includes piano & guitar accompaniment on all tunes. Homespun Tapes (1-800-33-TAPES in the US); Distributed by Hal Leonard to music stores worldwide.
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