The One String Masterpiece: What We Can Learn from Paganini’s One String

Day 40 of 80 Days of Excellence

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

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Paganini was there to play his great work “Napoleon.” His violin glistened. One string popped. He continued to play. Then, another one! Paganini played on. After his third string broke, he had one left. As he looked to his sold out but shocked audience in Italy,he held up his violin and yelled,

“Paganini and one string!”

And proceeded to wow them with the entire piece played on ju...