It’s true that most violin players start studying the instrument when they’re young—sometimes before they’ve even started school. (It’s admittedly pretty amazing to see a preschooler playing a ...

RICHMOND, Va. — There are other subjects that students can prosper in if they take up learning how to play an instrument — such as math. At St. Andrew's School in Richmond, they believe there is a ...

Living Local 15 host Jessica Williams is joined by Sean Hoffman and Ellen Coplin, two members of the local band Debutants, to learn about their upcoming 3-day Fiddle Workshop to teach kids how to play ...

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When an expert plays the violin it sounds beautiful and elegant. But when someone is first learning how to play the instrument it can sound like nails on a chalkboard. So if you’re a beginner ...

Within hours of arriving at Fiddle Camp in Stillwater this week, students were learning the art of improvising from two masters. Bluegrass, explained Brian Wicklund and Joe Walsh, is all about ...

Back and forth, their bows glide across violin strings; hands noodle over fingerboards. But for all the effort, the students can't quite keep the rhythm. "I can tell we've had two weeks off. That was ...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — It's the same instrument.Whether you call it a fiddle or violin is little more than a question of semantics. The real difference is how you play it. And these kids are learning to ...