Violin Tone Workshops

Tonal Studies Workshop Series tuition
$225USD

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How refreshing is it to approach everything in your violin journey with one goal in mind….producing good tone.

If you are looking for a fresh new approach to work through your tone, technique, and repertoire, you don’t want to miss my latest workshop series.

This approach is effective, fun, organized and DOABLE!

Tonal Studies Workshop Objective:
To create a 15 minute tonal study routine customized to your current needs with in-depth professional training allowing you to naturally expand into future needs while holding the space for accountability and support.

Once you enroll, you will be redirected to a page where you will access your 15-minute tonal study PDF and training video to review before starting live on Tuesday, October 5th.

Heather’s Holistic Approach to Tone

5 Topics – 3 min each a day

  • Open String Whole Bows
  • Bow Hold Fingers
  • String Crossings
  • Intonation Exploration
  • Vibrato

How does this routine work for all levels of violinists?
As you can see in the curriculum listed below, each topic has multiple variations and levels which will be taught in depth in the 15 Minute Daily Tonal Studies Routine Workshop Series starting this Tuesday, October 5th!

Tonal Studies workshop Series Includes

  • 15-minute tonal study PDF
  • 15-minute Tonal Study training video overview (25 minutes)
  • 5 Live 60 minute group workshop seminars held on Zoom
  • Recordings of the live sessions for you to download and keep
  • Intonation Exploration PDF
  • The possibility to radically transform your tone in 15 minutes a day
  • Accountability and Support

Once you enroll, you will be redirected to a page with the zoom link, 15-minute Tonal Study PDF and training video. I will also send an email confirming registration with links to the above as well.

TONAL STUDIES WORKSHOP SERIES CURRICULUM

Tuesday, October 5th, 9AM CDT – Bow Arm Mechanics: The magic of whole bow open string studies and variations thereof.

  • Bow Tilt
  • Bow Speed (Dynamics)
  • Double Stops Whole Bows Open Strings

Thursday, October 7th, 10AM CDT – Bow Hold Fingers and Their Roles: Developing flexible fingers to support your tone now and in the future

  • Finger Lifting
  • Mid to Frog without index
  • Up Bow Circles, Down Bow Retakes (single & multi strings)
  • Spiccato w/metronome
  • Sautille
  • Ricochet
  • Up Bow Staccato

Tuesday, October 12th 9AM CDT – String Crossing Studies: minimizing the motion

  • 2 strings Fr, mid, tip
  • 3 strings Fr, mid, tip
  • Skipping Strings
  • 4 strings mid, tip only
  • Separate, slurred, spiccato

Thursday, October 14th 9AM CDT – Intonation Exploration

  • Play Pitches in all Positions
  • How do you relate to the pitches? Mentally, Emotionally, Physically, Spiritually, Visually
  • Intonation Exploration Chart for you to record your findings
  • Scales
  • Playing in higher positions with good tone
  • Doublestops and multi string studies

Tuesday, October 19th 9AM CDT – Nourishing a Tone Enhancing Vibrato

  • Vibrato (Alternate Hand & Arm)
  • Finger Focus Only (all positions, all strings)
  • Scales, non-stop goal
  • Vibrating in higher positions with good tone

Workshop 60 minute outline

  • Tone topic training
  • In workshop implementation (privately muted & publicly for feedback if desired.)
  • Accountability to report in practice, findings & tone formula questions…how to personalize to match where you are at

All 5 workshops are held via Zoom and will be recorded for you to download and keep.

Hi, I’m Heather Kaye

Violin Technique and Tone Specialist

No matter if you are a beginner, intermediate, advanced or professional violinist, I can help you. As a career violinist, pedagogue, performer and online sol-preneur with heaps of experience, I am here to help you overcome your blocks that is stopping from your desires whether that be violin technique, gorgeous tone, performance anxiety or building an online violin studio.

Heather Kaye is an answer to a great wish of mine: a passion to play violin effectively. Since a teacher was not available, I developed a practice routine for myself, yet moved forward slowly.  After a cry for help on LinkedIn, Heather was recommended to me by one of her Skype students; he said that he highly recommended her and that she had it all figured out. Indeed, he was correct.

Right from the start she took charge in a supportive, friendly but businesslike, no-nonsense approach to giving me feedback on the violin. She is an insightful teacher that works on multiple levels; for example, for the nut and bolds of violin technique, she assigns very effective exercises; for the reflective level she suggests ways of recording, writing and videoing yourself  in order to be present; and, for the philological level, she gives of exercises to over come stage fright.

For me, Heather is like the Jillian Michaels (work-out guru) for violin, in that, you follow her program and it is a short cut to being an effective player. I have been studying with Heather now since January and my improvement is noticeable not only to myself but to the outside also. During the last gig I played, a lady commented, saying my violin filled the room soulful beauty. I received the compliment with a smile remembering all the feedback from Heather and practicing she inspired me to do.

If you are serious about improving, I highly recommend Heather.

Before I started studying with Heather, I had some position hesitations, intonation issues, and really being able to draw the sound from my instrument. Since working with her, I’ve noticed more confidence in my playing and shifting. More accuracy and ease with my playing. My intonation and all around playing has really been enhanced into something I wouldn’t have been able to do on my own.

I’ve learned so much already in just four lessons! I knew she was the perfect teacher for me through her amazing YouTube videos and what I was able to gain from them! She really knows how to get one to enhance their skills and make them a better player! I couldn’t be happier!! I’m so inspired and driven to be a better player now!

Heather Kaye taught me how to play violin for ten wonderful years. She shaped me into a great violinist technically, guided me to appreciate music in general, and most importantly, taught me disciplinary skills that made me into the young adult that I am today. I am indeed forever grateful.

I started coaching sessions with Heather in January 2014, having been finding my own way along without a teacher for around 3 years. I knew that I had major issues with intonation, tone, timing and vibrato to name but a few, and I had no structure to my practice although I played for an hour and a half every day. I had never tried or even considered violin coaching online but having studied Heather’s website and watched a few videos it looked like she ticked all the boxes. Having a free half hour Skype session with Heather then absolutely convinced me.

I found her approach light and inspirational, whilst she was able to shine a laser beam on the weaknesses in my technique in an instant and give me clear instructions on how to correct it, accompanied by exercises to wire it into my nervous system.

In the following months since then I have loved every session and have seen week on week improvements in my playing beyond what I dreamed possible. Heather’s way of bringing awareness to every pitch is inspirational and has revolutionized my intonation. Having worked with Heather online for these few months I don’t know if I would want to go back to conventional face to face teaching. It has so many advantages.

Heather can just pull up some relevant teaching materials or sheet music and I have it instantly. I get links to videos so that I can continue learning between the sessions and can prep new things that we are going to work on. Plus I get a recording of our session so I can go back and check on anything I wasn’t clear about – and go back to earlier recording to see just how far I have progressed over the weeks.

Then one of my favourite things – I get written notes after the session, with what to work on for the next session which has been great for giving me clear guidelines on what to practice each day, providing me with the structure that I had been lacking.

In short, I can’t praise Heather’s coaching sessions highly enough.

Having a lesson with you, and having these assignments, I must say you’ve re-awakened my life. I just want to let you know that your videos on teaching beginners has been enormously helpful to me for my young students. The Intermediate level helps me organize and address my own practicing needs.

I am an adult beginner and have been learning online for three years.  I have a very informal training with the violin. Heather’s programs have helped me with fine tuning basic skills, and helped me to move onto intermediate skills such as shifting and developing vibrato.

Heather’s holistic approach to ALL aspects of playing have motivated me in all directions and it is vastly helping me become the best violinist possible.  My motivation, creativity and over all spiritual connection to my playing has been stimulated and I have never felt so positive and confident in my playing.

What Heather is doing is brilliant and smart and passionate! What a wonderful age we live in that this is even possible. And that people with talent and passion have a commitment to pass that knowledge on, so that others who may not otherwise get this kind of chance can benefit.

Heather Kaye’s enthusiasm and belief that we can all learn violin at our own pace is infectious. Her ability to dissect violin playing into learnable chunks gets and keeps you in the game. You will be happy with your musicianship if you follow Heather’s programs.

Heather has taught my daughter, Laura Barron, for the last seven years.  She is a wonderful teacher. Her lessons are very thorough and detailed.  Her positive approach to lessons is refreshing!  Heather’s students are always well prepared for their performances.

Heather was my violin instructor in high school. She pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me a better musician for it. Heather is a patient teacher and she brings your knowledge and skill to another level. I wouldn’t be able to play with such confidence if it wasn’t for Heather.

Miss Heather’s teaching is wonderful! She gives me lots of time to work on my pieces, and always makes sure I do my best! I really enjoy her piano lessons.

Heather has been a great piano teacher for our daughter. She is patient and really brings out the best in her.  Abby has really learned a lot in a very short time, and we love hearing her piano playing throughout the house! Abby has much more confidence in herself since beginning her lessons, and having Heather there to encourage her is fantastic!

Heather took on the project of teaching me to play the piano when I was in my 40’s. She is very patient, which is exactly what I needed in a teacher. I appreciated that Heather knew I needed to play some contemporary music along with completing my practice books in order to keep my lessons fun and rewarding.

I was lucky enough to study violin with Heather from 2003 to 2006, most of my high school career. I look back on those years fondly. Heather taught me that musical talent is a gift, and that there is such beauty in sharing this gift with others. By organizing performances at local homes for elderly patients and at churches, Heather allowed myself and others to give back through sharing music.