Music Lessons with Specialties from Berklee College of Music

During a recent violin lesson, Ruslan worked with Lima to enhance her technique. The instruction focused on active finger tapping, achieving precise intonation across various positions, and incorporating stylistic elements such as glissandos. Ruslan recommended specific practice routines for Lima, including scales, exercises, and sight-reading, and introduced her to the 'Kogan method' for mastering challenging musical passages. Lima was encouraged to apply these techniques to improve her performance of the assigned piece.

Ruslan Khokhlachev guided Izabela Sarnowska through violin exercises focusing on intonation, bow control with slurs, and rhythm, introducing the piece "Minuette" from the Suzuki book. Izabela worked on scales and the new piece, receiving feedback on finger placement, bow technique, and rhythmic accuracy. They planned to finish "Minuette" and learn the G major scale in the next lesson, with Izabela mentioning a potential payment delay due to vacation.

Ruslan coached Mia on violin, focusing on scales, bow technique, and musical phrasing in her current piece. They identified challenging sections for focused practice. Ruslan assigned Chrysler's "Preludium and Allegro" to improve Mia's technique, with the next lesson focusing on the double-stop section.

Ruslan and Izabela worked on rhythm and intonation in this violin lesson. Ruslan used a DAW to visualize rhythm and Izabela practiced a piece and scales, focusing on rhythmic accuracy, finger placement, and smooth string switches. Ruslan advised Izabela to continue practicing the scale, especially the descending line, and mentioned they would discuss sound quality in the next lesson.

In this online violin lesson, Ruslan Khokhlachev guided William Bissonnette in refining his vibrato technique, concentrating on shifting from wrist to arm vibrato and improving posture. William practiced scales, double stops, and pieces by Chrysler and Boccherini, focusing on applying arm vibrato, especially in higher positions. Ruslan assigned William to complete the Kreutzer etude, practice double stops, and find scale compilations for further practice.

Ruslan guided Izabela in a violin lesson, focusing on improving intonation through tuner and open string practice, refining rhythm using a metronome and understanding note values, and ensuring accurate tuning by checking string pairs. Izabela practiced scales and a piece, marking beats to improve timing. Ruslan will send a video example of playing with a metronome and suggested Izabela download the Pro Metronome app.