From the passage you can’t get right to the exercise that fixes it.
Add the piece you’re studying and Violin Brain tells you which technique to work on and with which exercise. For intermediate and advanced violinists.
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or create your account without the quiz →- The pieceCaprice No. 10 · Paganini
- The techniqueSolid staccato
Bow mechanics · contact point · index-finger pressure
- The exerciseFiorillo · Étude No. 3
Controlled staccato, step by step
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Why do advanced violinists plateau?
- Before
No structure
You practice for hours, but nothing connects what you study to what you need to improve.
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- Before
Not knowing which exercise fixes your passage
You know the passage isn’t working, but not which technique to study. You repeat it instead of solving it.
With Violin BrainSolve
The Technical Brain shows you the technique your piece needs (spiccato, vibrato, position shifts) and the exact exercise in Kreutzer, Fiorillo, or Ševčík.
- Before
No visible progress
Your effort leaves no trace: no record, no evolution. Just hours passing by.
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Jot down corrections without stopping. Your notes, repertoire, and hours are saved: your progress, in plain sight.
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Génesis Antonetty
Violinist · Founder of Violin Brain
- 8 years with the Simón Bolívar Symphony
- Recorded at Abbey Road for Deutsche Grammophon
- Grammy-nominated recording
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From the piece to the exercise. In three steps.
The piece
Add the piece you’re studying and see which techniques it demands and the role each one plays.
Caprice No. 10
Niccolò Paganini
Techniques it demands
- Solid staccato
- Trills
- Fingered octaves
- String crossings
- Chords
Solid staccato: The main rhythmic engine; it sets the energetic character from the very first bar.
The profile
Open the profile of the technique that isn’t working: what it is, how it should sound, and the common mistakes.
Solid staccato
Right hand
What is it?
A series of short, clearly separated notes within a single bow stroke, with the hair in constant contact with the string.
- Tone goal
- Technical principles
- Common mistakes
- Progressive exercises
- Suggested routine
The exercise
And land on the exact études that train it, starting with Fiorillo No. 3.
Where to study this technique
Fiorillo6 études
- 3
- 6
- 16
- 18
- 25
- 33
Kayser4 études
- 18
- 26
- 27
- 33
Kreutzer3 études
- 4
- 28
- 36
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What people already studying with the system say.
“Si eres un violinista que busca organizar tanto su estudio como sus objetivos, Violin Brain es para ti. Te brindará una estructura sobre la cual cimentar tu práctica y te llevará, paso a paso, a construir la solidez técnica y musical para que te conviertas en el violinista de tus sueños. Te brinda, en un solo lugar, herramientas que te llevan a seguir tu progreso real y trabajar en tus puntos débiles para potenciarlos. Todo esto con el acompañamiento de una violinista con años de experiencia en este sistema y años de resultados demostrables.”
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Génesis Antonetty is a Venezuelan violinist. With the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra she has played halls such as the Berlin Philharmonie and the Philharmonie de Paris, and she took part in a Grammy-nominated recording conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. She has taught since 2021, and Violin Brain grew out of the system she studied with herself: every technical problem, connected to the exercise that solves it.
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