“Many people do not realise that it takes considerably more art and skill to play the violin lightly than it does to play it loudly. Indeed, the best possible training for young violinists is learning to play pianissimo and without pressure.”

—  Yehudi Menuhin

Source: Life class: thoughts, exercises, reflections of an itinerant violinist, p. 68

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