Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Ray Chen
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One of these is worth $75,000?! - How to pick a violin bow ft. Joel Link
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![How to Have the BEST Pizzicato 🎻 [5 easy steps]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oCUb7IBas1I/mqdefault.jpg "How to Have the BEST Pizzicato 🎻 [5 easy steps]
📝 As promised, I ran this whole lesson through Tonic Notes so you dont have to take a single note. Grab the summary, the practice list, and the full transcript 👉 https://downloadtonic.com/pizzicato
Tonic Notes is the app I built to turn your real music lessons into a clean summary, your homework, and a word-for-word transcript, so nothing your teacher says slips away before you start to practice.
⏱ Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Regular pizzicato: the fundamentals
2:16 - Where you pluck changes everything
3:04 - Dynamics with pizzicato
4:26 - Adding the bow: different grips
5:31 - Advanced Pizzicato: Bartok Pizz
6:17 - Advanced Pizzicato: LEFT-hand pizzicato (the magic trick)
Lesson notes here: https://downloadtonic.com/pizzicato")
![Reviewing Play with Ray applicants [SYDNEY 2023]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/omE2rEMQSRE/mqdefault.jpg "Reviewing Play with Ray applicants [SYDNEY 2023]
Reviewing Play with Ray applicants [SYDNEY 2023]")
![How we composed the most viral classical track [Serenade]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tag8ICs_9JM/mqdefault.jpg "How we composed the most viral classical track [Serenade]
🎻 Want to play Serenade yourself?
I’m giving away the violin sheet music to those who join the Player 1 Challenge on Tonic:
👉 https://tonicmusic.app/practice-together
I sit down with composer Eunike Tanzil to talk about how we created Serenade — a piece that somehow resonated with millions around the world. From the way it was composed, to testing it with strangers in Santa Monica, to seeing the reactions pour in... this is the story of how a modern classical track went viral.
🧢 PLAYER 1 MERCH GIVEAWAY
To celebrate the album launch, we’re giving away:
• 100 Player 1 T-shirts + NFC keychains
• Limited-edition avatar prizes on Tonic
Join the Player 1 Challenge to enter!
🎧 Stream the full track and album here:
https://raychen.lnk.to/Player1
Huge thanks to Eunike for being part of this project and for writing something so special 💙")
