How Your Body Affects Viola Resonance (ft. Dimitri Murrath)

In this short lesson segment, Dimitri Murrath explains how body tension can affect resonance and what freer playing can unlock for violists.

Struggling with viola spacing after playing violin? Learn a simple left hand adjustment and practice approach that helps the hand adapt naturally.

Explore Kim Kashkashian’s lesson on the Karen Tuttle Coordination Technique and discover how Tai Chi principles like balance, relaxation, and intention can unlock expressive, tension-free playing.

Pinchas Zukerman shares how slowing the bow and embracing a “catch and release” motion unlocks the viola’s resonance and truer intonation. Watch a free lesson segment from his Insights series.

Discover the “bird wing” technique from violist Muriel Razavi. Learn how an open hand frame and arm connection create a freer, warmer vibrato. Watch the lesson segment and download the workbook.

Violist Paul Laraia teaches how balance, lift, and drop create effortless left-hand motion in "Principles of Practicing Scales," a tonebase course that turns technical control into expressive freedom.

Are you a violinist looking to pick up the viola? This blog post covers essential topics such as bow hold, viola placement, bow arm technique, and left-hand ergonomics, highlighting the key differences and commonalities between the two instruments.

Here, we will explore ways to learn the viola online, and how you can incorporate these methods into your practice routine to make the most progress on the viola.

Here, we’ll take a deep dive into col legno on the viola, col legno battuto, and col legno tratto so you can take your viola technique to the next level.

Learn how world-class violist Matthew Lipman shapes the opening of Stamitz’s Concerto in D Major, Op. 1 through expert bow speed, weight, and phrasing. Watch the free segment and download the tonebase Viola score.

Watch renowned violist Richard O’Neill’s stunning, transcendent performance of this master work.

The world of viola sonatas is home to some of the most beautiful and captivating chamber works ever written. In this post, we’ll dive into 10 of the most influential viola sonatas.

Here, we’ll take a look at our picks for the top 8 viola tuners on the market.