Playing With Gut Strings

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Tips for Adapting to the Playing of Open Gut Strings - Guy Weddle
A System of Intonation - Guy Weddle
The Third Finger In Violin Playing - Guy Weddle
How to Play a Baroque Cello: Gut Strings (Part 1) - Guy Fishman

How to Play a Baroque Cello: Gut Strings (Part 2) - Guy Fishman

An Experiment With Gut String Tension - MilesGolding.com
[Video] An Inside Scoop on the History of Gut Strings - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
[Video] Introducing: Gut Strings - Brandon Acker
[Video] How to Keep Gut Strings in Tune! - Andrew Hatfield
[Video] Can You Hear the Difference Between GUT and METAL Frets? - Brandon Acker
[Video] What Strings to Use for Playing Jazz Bass - Matt Rybicki (gut strings at 20:50)
[Video] Traditional Gut Strings vs. Modern Steel Strings - Tanya Tomkins, Cellist
[Video] Re-Stringing Baroque Cello Using Gut Strings, How to Play on Gut Strings - Emily Plays Cello
[Video] Playing on Gut Strings - Bow Warm-Ups - Emily Plays Cello
[Video] How I Play the Double Bass: 5 False Myths About Gut Strings - Severiano Paoli
[Video] Gut Strings or Metal-Wound Strings? - Edmond Chan
[Video] How to Tune a Violin Using Friction Pegs - Laurel Thomsen
[Video] Gut Strings and the Point of Contact - Barry Bales Bass Lesson - Discover Double Bass
[Video] Gut String Maintenance Tips, Playing on Baroque/Period Instruments - Emily Davidson (almond oil; olive oil not recommended)
[Video] Violin Student Plays Gut Strings For the First Time - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Playing With Gut Strings and a Period Bow Refines Your Awareness of Sound - The Strad Magazine, March 2015

Baroque Bow Basics with Tafelmusik’s Tricia Ahern - Violinist.com, April 2016

French Cellist Bruno Philippe on the Attraction of Gut Strings - The Strad Magazine, February 2019

Baroque Violinist Amandine Beyer On The Pros & Cons of Violin Gut Strings - The Violin Channel, September 2019

How to Play on Gut Strings For the First Time - The Strad Magazine, May 2021

Beyond Bach: 12 Tips for Better Baroque Playing - The Strad Magazine, July 2021

[Podcast] Benjamin Baker’s Insights on Gut Versus Steel Strings - The Strad Podcast, July 2021

9 Thoughts About Playing On Gut Strings - The Strad Magazine, August 2021

Gut Strings Feel Honest and Dirtier Than the Brilliance of Metal Strings - Consone Quartet. The Strad Magazine, September 2021

Chi-chi Nwanoku on Playing [Double Bass] with Gut Strings - Flint Angeroth Franks. International Journal of Music, April 2022

Making Matters: Historically Informed? - The Strad Magazine, May 2022

A Gut Feeling About This – Meet Cellist Jason Calloway - The Cello Museum, May 2023

Playing a Baroque Violin - Ed Pearlman, November 2023

Double Bass Dispatch: A Beginner’s Guide for Switching to Gut Strings - Michael T. Geib, January 2025