Jascha Heifetz Tests Itzhak Perlman's Skills

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  • In this excerpt from "American Masters - Jascha Heifetz: God’s Fiddler" (2015), Itzhak Perlman's first encounter with famous violinist Jascha Heifetz.
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    Itzhak Perlman reminisces about his first encounter as a teenager with the world-famous violinist Jascha Heifetz. Perlman was a student at Juilliard and Heifetz stopped in at his class to hear him play. After performing, Perlman and his teacher Ivan Galamian thought Heifetz had heard enough. Instead, Heifetz asked Perlman to play scales for him --- a rudimentary exercise in training.
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Komentáře • 487

  • @bilbo_gamers6417
    @bilbo_gamers6417 Před 4 lety +1270

    2:14 Imagine being nodded at by Heifetz, God, I would burst into tears

    • @legendsilver6016
      @legendsilver6016 Před 4 lety +10

      Holy shit right!!!!

    • @QED_
      @QED_ Před 4 lety +17

      @Bilbo_Gamers: I'd just quit right there (while I was ahead, so to speak . . .).

    • @s.t.5993
      @s.t.5993 Před 4 lety +8

      Probably you wouldn’t, because you would know that you are pretty good already ;)

    • @davidshubin2889
      @davidshubin2889 Před 4 lety +4

      why do you idolize men? Worship God and only God!

    • @HyouMix
      @HyouMix Před 4 lety +31

      @@davidshubin2889 PRAISE THE LING LING

  • @paulharris3000
    @paulharris3000 Před 7 lety +1243

    The pupil in this video is not Itzhak Perlman, but Erick Friedman,also an extraordinary talent.

    • @dominiquecolipi970
      @dominiquecolipi970 Před 7 lety +91

      Paul Harris well, obviously it's not itzhak. But thanks for clarifying who it was.

    • @yugandali
      @yugandali Před 7 lety +41

      Paul Harris Thanks, I thought he looked a bit old for 14, and different from the other photos.

    • @nidurnevets
      @nidurnevets Před 5 lety +23

      I think he is identified in the documentary, but not here for some reason. He went on to teach a Yale, where he was highly thought of by his students, from what I have heard.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast Před 4 lety +57

      @@yugandali If it were Perlman, he would not be playing standing up. Perlman contracted polio at age 4 and walks with crutches: he plays sitting down.

    • @johnny_eth
      @johnny_eth Před 4 lety +5

      Those scales were hideous though.

  • @christinaminton8441
    @christinaminton8441 Před 7 lety +629

    I think if I had to play in front of him, I would literally dissolve into the physical embodiment of severe nerves and a heavy weight of inadequacy. That era of teacher could be pretty brutal.

    • @stradivarius54
      @stradivarius54 Před 6 lety +36

      haha! I had Erick Friedman as a teacher-he always asked for crazy scales at master classes in front of all the students, like let’s hear F# major 3 octaves, and he wanted the right fingering too-not one for Gb wasn’t correct even tho it was the same pitch. Everyone was mortified to play, and we all improved a lot. But I’m glad I don’t teach that way...

    • @Molybdaenmornell
      @Molybdaenmornell Před 4 lety +10

      @@stradivarius54 I'm not a violinist (pianist here). Why does Gb get a different fingering than F#?

    • @davidekdal7190
      @davidekdal7190 Před 4 lety +19

      @@Molybdaenmornell Its usually that the written note name correlates to a specific finger in that position. For example the norm is to play a G sharp on the D string with the third finger (In your case that would be the fourth finger), but a written A flat is played with a lowerd fourth finger.
      I think it has to do with playing efficiency and also it gives a more logical system that ties Gb, G, and G# to the ring finger (3rd finger) and Ab, A, and A# to the pinky (4th finger). Of course every note can be played in different positions but this is basically the standard.

    • @stradivarius54
      @stradivarius54 Před 4 lety +1

      Molybdaenmornell Gb begins on low 3rd finger on D string while F# would begin with a high 2nd finger. If you begin on 3 you use a different sequence of fingers going up the scale ( 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2) than if you begin with a 2-( 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1)

  • @MST3Killa
    @MST3Killa Před 4 lety +267

    Heifetz: "Play..."
    Me: "A horrid rendition of Marry Had a Little Lamb? You got it!"

    • @DeadAbeVigoda
      @DeadAbeVigoda Před 4 lety +20

      (plays "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" by mistake)

    • @donsroom4843
      @donsroom4843 Před 4 lety +7

      Heifetz: “Play...”
      Me:”...myself out? Absolutely, Maestro. My sincerest apologies; I have no idea what I’m doing here, either.”

    • @allyw7405
      @allyw7405 Před 4 lety +3

      No no, a jazz rendition

    • @MangoGalaxyYT
      @MangoGalaxyYT Před 26 dny

      @@allyw7405 damn 🔥🔥🔥

  • @jamesmiller4184
    @jamesmiller4184 Před 4 lety +84

    "Do not be afraid of scales; MAKE the scales afraid of YOU!" - Heifetz. (As paraphrased from memory.)
    . : .

  • @anekamJ
    @anekamJ Před 7 lety +476

    lmao: "g flat in tenths, major"

    • @noelic6744
      @noelic6744 Před 4 lety +31

      That to me sounded like the most intimidating line ever. lol

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge Před 24 dny

      @@noelic6744 unless you know what he means. He means play a G flat or F# major scale where the harmony is a 10th above the low note. Instead of 2 notes up for the harmony, he wanted a separation of an octave in between.

  • @JewandGreek
    @JewandGreek Před 4 lety +147

    My violin instructor told me about taking lessons from Galamian. He traveled from Oklahoma to New York to study with Galamian over the summer. In his first lesson he was told to practice scales. He spent about ten minutes practicing and said "This is stupid. I know how to do scales. I'm here to learn how to play like the pros." When he showed up for his second lesson Galamian said "let me hear you do your scales." He did one of the basic ones and Galamian asked for progressively harder scales until he was satisfied that his student didn't practice. About ten minutes into the lesson he said "The lesson is over. Come back when you're ready to do what I tell you." At that point he knew he was in trouble because his parents paid for the trip and he was about to blow it, so he buckled down and practiced scales like his life depended on it, and won Galamian over. He went on to become the principal violinist with the Tulsa Symphony, and he attributed his successs to Galamian's emphasis on playing scales.

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 Před 4 lety +5

      Amazing! Yes, we have to constantly be humble. Mastery doesn't come overnight.

    • @MattB90
      @MattB90 Před 3 lety +3

      So lucky to have a great teacher and to have the humility to surrender his talent to that teacher

    • @cpetrizzi
      @cpetrizzi Před rokem +6

      Music is all about the fundamentals. I had a teacher (clarinet) that said, "If you miss one day of practice, you go back two days." I was terrified of losing two days! So I never missed even a single day of practice from age 13 to 22. Practice consisted of 10 minutes of warm tones, 20 minutes of scales, and the rest pieces. No exceptions, ever. People think practicing is playing a piece over and over. It is rarely such. Some days it could be the same 8 measures of 16th notes for 6 hours. Practice is typically mundane tasks over and over and over again.

    • @PalKrammer
      @PalKrammer Před rokem +4

      Practice scales 40 hours every day.

    • @nickcarroll8565
      @nickcarroll8565 Před 6 měsíci

      I swear I’ve heard that story, that wasn’t Mr Marquis was it? I’m in Tulsa area.

  • @Kaitalise
    @Kaitalise Před 8 lety +1414

    Heifetz with astraight face: "G flat, tenths."
    Me:......I'M SO SORRY THAT I HAVE SKIPPED PRACTICING MY NORMAL SCALES ALL THESE YEARS PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!

    • @TheBandFake
      @TheBandFake Před 8 lety +35

      I was really confused when he said that at first... I didn't realize he was referring to the interval until he played it.

    • @seindual7599
      @seindual7599 Před 8 lety +50

      ERICK FRIEDMAN plays in this video, NOT PERLMAN

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 Před 8 lety +6

      +Kayta Vicaer
      Rainbow trout have scales, weight-loss clinics have scales,why not fiddles??

    • @rayjr62
      @rayjr62 Před 7 lety +141

      Jascha Heifetz made a deal with the devil. No one knows what Jascha got, but the devil got some violin lessons.

    • @fgrcdtczhrsthwrhcae
      @fgrcdtczhrsthwrhcae Před 7 lety +41

      I was terrified watching him do the scales test thing

  • @ApsisApocynthion
    @ApsisApocynthion Před 4 lety +475

    So anyway I started playing in Gb, 10ths, major.

    • @Ishsa
      @Ishsa Před 4 lety +12

      I missed cause my fingers ain't so good, but imagine if I hadn'ta had my Flesch!

  • @11Kralle
    @11Kralle Před 6 lety +169

    "What's a scale?"
    (from the violinist-edition of 'Famous Last Words')

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 4 lety +9

      Scales are too musical, too melodic. Play Flight of the Bumblebee fast!

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 Před 3 lety +3

      @@u.v.s.5583 Yeah, who cares if you miss 95% of your notes? If you can play it slow, you can play it fast, and make 10 million dollars

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Killerbee4712 Fast is AMAZING! Such a display of pure genius. Geniuses are not made, they are born this way. They can seem out of tune and missing most notes, they are still perfect!

  • @nimluikham11
    @nimluikham11 Před 4 lety +134

    God, this is more scary than horror films being made these days!

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 Před 4 lety +8

      I absolutely thought the same thing. What would happen if you got it wrong...?!

  • @NathanielRobinson
    @NathanielRobinson Před 9 lety +318

    Great to see my teacher Erick Friedman playing in this clip. I remember at my audition for him, in the tradition of Heifetz, he had me play scales in C and D major.

    • @srinitaaigaura
      @srinitaaigaura Před 6 lety +19

      He reminds me of the legendary Indian violinist, M S Gopalakrishnan, a violin God to anyone who watched him play. His students had to play everything from scales to a whole composition, on one string, with only one finger, at any speed, any bowing.
      I've heard Heifetz would keep on making it more and more and more difficult, introducing all sorts of tough bowing and variations till the student couldn't do it anymore and then he'd say "Let's work".

    • @julian-ze2ed
      @julian-ze2ed Před 6 lety +13

      What an honor to have been in the sight of Jascha Heifetz

    • @verboh4846
      @verboh4846 Před 6 lety

      Nate Robinson porfavor, enséñanos lo que tu maestro te enseñó sobre las escalas

    • @fhpurcell5364
      @fhpurcell5364 Před 5 lety +1

      He was your teacher?! Wow, that's amazing. I'm extremely happy for you, you must be an awesome violinist.

    • @nimluikham11
      @nimluikham11 Před 4 lety

      @@srinitaaigaura Oh, my, God.

  • @yve6177
    @yve6177 Před 4 lety +31

    Notice how the camera ominously zooms in on the word "scales" at 0:38 😂😂😂

    • @fcandias
      @fcandias Před 4 lety +2

      underrated comment 😂😂😂 that's subtle editing genius.

    • @name5702
      @name5702 Před 3 lety

      Huh lol

    • @xxathenacraftsxx
      @xxathenacraftsxx Před 3 lety +1

      Why do I get a Parks and Rec vibe at that shot 😂😂 So menacing but in a comedic way

  • @audrey1358
    @audrey1358 Před 4 lety +232

    I think I'm overly obsessed with violin now thanks to TwoSetViolin videos😂

  • @properlydicedonyon3624
    @properlydicedonyon3624 Před 7 lety +67

    I have 10 years under my belt. I had a decent number of songs in my repertoire. I thought I was ready to take on the world.
    then I listen what the first chair in my youth Symphony could do.
    THEN what Perlman can do.
    now I realize I'm a long way to go and then I should strive to be better every day.
    thank you Itzhak Perlman!

  • @TheMaestro2005
    @TheMaestro2005 Před 8 lety +393

    Gb in 10ths... 0_o

  • @robbes7rh
    @robbes7rh Před 4 lety +27

    Wonderful anecdote that captured an aspect of Heifetz not everyone would know. And the fact that a 14 year old Itzhak Perlman was able to impress the revered Master of the violin in such a way. What a triumph!

  • @RezaMolavi
    @RezaMolavi Před 4 lety +21

    No way to escape the basics. no matter what we do or what we are trying to learn, it begins and ends with basics per and over again. here is an excellent example of it. Mr. Perlman, as I understand it, practices the basics every day to this day being the great violinist as he is. thank you for the reminder.

    • @alhfgsp
      @alhfgsp Před rokem +3

      No structure can survive on a faulty foundation.

  • @arthurhogan2133
    @arthurhogan2133 Před 4 lety +36

    @Christina Minton: my teacher was Czechoslovakian ,and her name was, Haas; a brilliant master of the piano. She drilled scales into my head in all keys, major and minor particularly; the three forms, natural of course, and melodic ,and harmonic. Ascending, descending and in contrary motion through all the keys. Plus using them in broken chords, contrary and parallel motion. European teachers are demanding of this from their students; and this is for the piano. Learn scales this way, and your fingers will fly to the right notes no matter what you are studying. Especially when sight reading.

    • @lancethrustworthy
      @lancethrustworthy Před 4 lety +4

      For YOUR brain, maybe. We're not all wired up the same.

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez Před 4 lety +3

      I certainly wish MY piano teacher had made me practice scales.. but, alas, she never did.. I took lessons from her for 9 years and never ONCE practiced scales.. not once. Although, I did turn out to be a half-way decent pianist later on, I'm sure I would have achieved a lot MORE having been made to practice scales on a more regular basis.

    • @bzeliotis
      @bzeliotis Před 4 lety +5

      @@lancethrustworthy Personally, I don't play scales or finger exercises but prefer pieces that contain scales, (Bach), which is a musical activity. Also, I agree with Barenboim who says that one should eliminate the mechanical element from one's playing and concentrate on playing consciously. Many other masters also say that one should play music pieces not just finger exercises.
      But... sorry human brains are human brains, we're all wired more or less the same, it's just our choices that differ.

    • @Liz-vd4lj
      @Liz-vd4lj Před 4 lety +1

      I agree. European teaching of music will always excel the american way.

    • @blauespony1013
      @blauespony1013 Před 4 lety +2

      My first flute teacher was the same. She made me acquire a lot of musical knowledge and I am thankful to this day. It is way easier to sightread if you look at a run and think: "E major run" or "A minor triad" or whatever (sorry, if the words aren't correct, I learned music in German obviously and struggle with the translation). Nevertheless: Practice makes perfect. So sightreading is just part of the story.

  • @grantbmilburn
    @grantbmilburn Před 4 lety +81

    Heifetz: Can you play a C major scale...
    Perlman: (thinks) piece of cake..
    Heifetz: ..with left hand and right hand reversed...
    Perlman: Dang Ling Ling challenge...

  • @geoffytheonemanband905
    @geoffytheonemanband905 Před 6 lety +428

    Meanwhile in my world __
    C major one octave

  • @catherinehazur7336
    @catherinehazur7336 Před 3 lety +31

    I could listen to them play scales, arpeggios, 8ths all day long.
    Heifetz had such control. Can you imagine having someone like that as your teacher and have to prepare for a lesson every week? Id be a totally nervous wreck
    I would have liked to have heard Perlman play a little something here.

  • @rudranroy2109
    @rudranroy2109 Před 4 lety +49

    The result of practising 40hrs a day.

  • @revshareglobal7334
    @revshareglobal7334 Před 8 lety +243

    Heifetz did not fuck around. Thats obvious.

    • @wisdomseeker0142
      @wisdomseeker0142 Před 7 lety +17

      Revshare Global. That is the quote of the century. I need to work on my scales.

    • @rockhard2654
      @rockhard2654 Před 6 lety +11

      seems to me the whole lesson of heifetz's life is you can get a lot done if you just quit fucking around

    • @curtisharrell
      @curtisharrell Před 6 lety

      Actually he could, if he wanted to, fuck around all morning, practice in the loo, and still be home in time for cornflakes that night.

    • @richardmessina9475
      @richardmessina9475 Před 6 lety

      Yes.

  • @HarlondN
    @HarlondN Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you my friend and i really enjoyed it. Here i come to support this channel. Greeting from California.

  • @debrahayes7621
    @debrahayes7621 Před 6 lety +18

    Scales, scales, scales. The foundation for all musicians.

  • @V.D.22
    @V.D.22 Před 6 lety +9

    When you are playing with Heifetz and at the end of the song he nods his head in approval, meaning he is satisfied with the way you played, that means you are really good!

  • @yourguykeikei5738
    @yourguykeikei5738 Před 4 lety +47

    Me before watching this video: I could practice my scales later... *ends up not to*
    After this video: OKAY OKAY, IM SORRY HEIFETZ, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR NOT PRACTICING MY SCALES, ILL DO THEM NOW

  • @winglow7615
    @winglow7615 Před 7 lety +62

    I am glad my teachers didn't make too much demands on me. Otherwise I would have quit. I did not quit and still enjoy playing in my 80's.

    • @deldridg
      @deldridg Před 4 lety +3

      Lovely to hear. It's quite a delicate balance to find. I am a pianist with 2 young kids learning. I can tend to be a little strict, as was my teacher (I'm not teaching them - just during their daily practices). We often play for others which gives them the encouragement to work harder. Only this morning I asked my 8yo daughter how long she thought she would be playing for. She'd never really considered it. Our son immediately responded with "all my life" when asked. Guess who works the hardest and has by far the better results?? All kids are different.
      My dad is over 80 and plays every day and often puts on concerts for folks in nursing homes around his area. Lovely to share your music! All the best from Sydney - Dave

    • @jeffs1546
      @jeffs1546 Před 4 lety +2

      Well that is why you’re not Perlman

    • @deldridg
      @deldridg Před 4 lety

      @@jeffs1546 I think that's true. Have you seen the movie "Whiplash"? It grappes with that exact idea. To be the best requires a single-minded focus for a very large proportion of your life and if you are not that driven innately, you need an external force (that parent screaming at the 7yo tennis player etc.). It's what it takes to be a Perlman in most cases.

  • @SanteeNellie
    @SanteeNellie Před 5 lety +596

    That's a Ling Ling workout

    • @Nadia1989
      @Nadia1989 Před 4 lety +14

      The ULTIMATE Ling Ling workout

    • @bgaona
      @bgaona Před 4 lety +25

      It turns out Ling Ling is actually an old Jewish guy LOL

    • @roccotarli762
      @roccotarli762 Před 4 lety +2

      Stg😂😂

    • @m0ment219
      @m0ment219 Před 4 lety +1

      Not even close

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 4 lety +2

      C major scale up and down, 40 years, 40 months every year, 40 days every month, 40 hours every day straight please. That's one of Ling Ling basic workouts.

  • @ivanaraque
    @ivanaraque Před 8 měsíci +1

    This brought me to tears, I've revered Heifetz since I was a teen, and Perlman since not so much after... Seeing them doing the ending to BWV 1043 was like cherry on top!

    • @marycage7075
      @marycage7075 Před 5 měsíci

      That’s not Perlman playing with Heifetz, it’s Erick Friedman.

  • @OCD777JFN
    @OCD777JFN Před 4 lety +4

    The violinist Heifetz is speaking to in the video during one of his masterclasses is Eric Friedman, not Itzhak Perlman. Itzhak Perlman is on the color video, however, telling stories of his studies with Ivan Galamian at Julliard on a day that Heifetz dropped by.

  • @MrGer2295
    @MrGer2295 Před 6 lety +2

    Wonderful ! Thank you for posting :)

  • @SpaghettiToaster
    @SpaghettiToaster Před 7 lety +12

    Love the bow gesture after the last stroke, like a kenjutsu cut. Looks pretty damn badass.

  • @lindamanas954
    @lindamanas954 Před 2 lety +3

    Itzhak Perlman is a lovely man with a great sense of humour. A really good raconteur!

  • @violaisreallycool
    @violaisreallycool Před 5 lety +1

    7th time watching this.... Just appreciating heifetz and perlman together.

  • @barbaraweselakfranch1387
    @barbaraweselakfranch1387 Před 3 lety +1

    Is very interesting Maestro Itzhak Perlman! I love your video's together !❤️🎻🌹

  • @nicholasdevizzio2311
    @nicholasdevizzio2311 Před 7 lety +20

    Now, Now, Let us get thee story straight, Mr. Perlman was shown in a still photo, as well as the late Mr. Galamian. It was then depicted and noted that Eric Friedman,along with others were in the video. The excerpt clips were from the Heifetz Masterclass series. Maestro Perlman was just drawing back from an accounting of his meeting. Besides, if one really wants to disprove that the use and studies of scales are invaluable. Well my first introduction to scales was when I had been asked to play Beethoven's First Symphony in C, when I was in my first year in Junior High, With th Senior High Orchestra. Then I was introduced to studying basic scales, then eventually introduced to the heavy duty studies. So the value of scales is important to develop coordination and a sense of listening.

  • @satrialesporkstore7889
    @satrialesporkstore7889 Před 4 lety +10

    "G flat, in tenth!"
    "Uhhh... sure..."
    "If you can play slowly, you can play quickly!"

    • @vikramkrishnan6414
      @vikramkrishnan6414 Před 3 lety

      Unless you are Contrabassi, then you are late because you have no eyes and your ears are in your feet

  • @barbaraweselakfranch1387
    @barbaraweselakfranch1387 Před 3 lety +1

    Very interesting Maestro Ithzak Perlman 🎻 🌷 Thank you for documentary!

  • @owdy3973
    @owdy3973 Před 3 lety +2

    This video single handedly makes me practice scales
    Even if i couldn't do it in tenths or fingered octave and not always in tune, it helped me a lot

  • @gabywatkins7125
    @gabywatkins7125 Před 6 lety

    Wonderful! So gifted!

  • @glennlopez6772
    @glennlopez6772 Před 4 lety +4

    This is a video of reality besides capability as such.
    We need real teachers and few are lucky enough to find them.
    There are also good teachers and one has to glean as much knowledge as possible from them, regardless of their sometimes demanding attitudes.
    After all, it's finally the student who gets what he was seeking or at least some of that!
    For me the violin was difficult to appreciate in my early days due to lack of exposure to the best. Later I was fortunate to witness live, some really high standards.
    We should be thankful for violins and violin players.

  • @fernhill36
    @fernhill36 Před 7 lety +14

    Back in the mid 1950's when I was a music loving history student at Columbia, I knew a number of musicians who lived on the upper west side of Manhattan including the wonderful violinist Beryl Senofsky. Beryl had recently won the Queen Elizabeth Violin Competition at which, Heifetz,was one of the judges. One aft.,I ran into Beryl on 93rd and Broadway and he told me he had just gotten off the phone with Heifetz in Ca. telling me that the last thing Heifetz told him was " don't forget to practice scales or you'll play like Isaac" (Stern)! Beryl,also, told me Heifetz used the word "whore" to describe Stern's playing!

    • @SpaghettiToaster
      @SpaghettiToaster Před 4 lety

      I'm pretty sure Stern knows his scales though

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 Před rokem

      one of many things stern had a reputation for was playing out of tune but when i heard him (late in his life) he sounded fine

    • @TheZombieGAGA
      @TheZombieGAGA Před 9 měsíci

      😂

  • @keithrowsell6847
    @keithrowsell6847 Před 7 lety +2

    Haha, I love the Al Hirschfeld at the end!

  • @cellokid5104
    @cellokid5104 Před 4 lety +8

    This must've been so epic to watch

  • @Slynell1
    @Slynell1 Před 4 lety

    I wanna watch this

  • @ellawu6552
    @ellawu6552 Před 4 lety +5

    After watching this clip, I rush to practice my scales and arpeggios ON PIANO!!!

  • @rogerdodger8415
    @rogerdodger8415 Před 6 lety

    Fabulous!!

  • @AlisoCreekVoiceOver
    @AlisoCreekVoiceOver Před 6 lety +66

    "G flat, tenths."? I only know that in F#...

    • @VIsionsOfJenna
      @VIsionsOfJenna Před 4 lety +8

      Right, why play a Cb when you can play an E#?

    • @GB6__YT
      @GB6__YT Před 4 lety +1

      VisionsOfJenna Cb is enharmonically equivalent to B, while E# is enharmonically equivalent to F

    • @sealand000
      @sealand000 Před 4 lety +1

      @@VIsionsOfJenna I prefer B# and Fb

    • @VIsionsOfJenna
      @VIsionsOfJenna Před 4 lety +6

      @@GB6__YT
      Yes, Gb and F# are enharmonic keys -- that's the joke. (The subdominant of the Gb major scale is Cb, while the leading tone of the F# major scale is E# -- you get a white key accidental whichever you decide.)

  • @zojaherscha5538
    @zojaherscha5538 Před 5 lety

    I grew up and learned the violin in the public school system at 10. I was lucky enough to have the same conductor that taught me to play all the way until I graduated high school. No private lessons. Our county had the best orchestra program in NC. I was concertmistress at school, 1st stand in All County and in the youth orchestra, All State 2nd chair (the little blonde stand mate at 10 always was concertmistress) and as a senior I actually took a class from the new Maestro of our Symphony Orchestra, a world renowned conductor that had the energy, intensity, and "umph" to drive us. In 2004 we competed as a high school string orchestra and won the title of best orchestra in the nation. We were always called to play at the Governor's mansion, conferences, weddings, you name it, we did it. Before graduation I did solo weddings for $100 a pop.
    The school I went to was a primarily black school, and so was my orchestra family. Obviously by my name, I'm Polish. We all loved each other. The National Symphony Orchestra came to my city, and the principal 2nd violinist gave us a lesson on the music we were going to perform in a few weeks. Magnificent! At my high school senior awards I played Mendelssohn's Concerto in E minor, first movement with a retired Julliard piano professor. The time before smartphones, I have no recording.
    But after graduation in 2006, I stayed home and went to a small college in the city. I contracted Chronic Lyme Neuroborreliosis Complex, and didn't know it. I got peripheral neuropathy (my pinky and ring fingers are completely numb). I started having severe uncontrollable tremors in my hands, lost the ability to move my fingers in a coordinated way. My severe cognitive dysfunction made it so I could no longer read sheet music. I lost the one thing I loved to do. Here I am today still the same way, but I could have died if the doctors hadn't figured out what I had. My husband takes great care of me. But that piece of my soul is gone...

    • @nozecone
      @nozecone Před 4 lety +2

      Now that is a sad story.

  • @deenibeeniable
    @deenibeeniable Před 3 lety +4

    Perlman is such a great storyteller. I could listen for a long time.

  • @tomatojuice12
    @tomatojuice12 Před 7 lety +32

    This title is misleading

  • @kevinaldrich5480
    @kevinaldrich5480 Před 7 lety +10

    An example of a performance being only tip of the iceberg of everything the performer knows and is able to do.

    • @patheddles4004
      @patheddles4004 Před rokem +1

      Many years ago, a professional woodwind musician told me: "You'll only ever need 10% of what you can do, but you won't get hired unless you have the 100%".
      I still have no idea what his actual limits were, but he was /good/.

  • @PhyllisTHuang-qj7py
    @PhyllisTHuang-qj7py Před 8 lety +13

    Well, it's sad that Erick was already dead for so long when this documentary was made.

  • @IZn0g0uDatAll
    @IZn0g0uDatAll Před 4 lety +8

    In our third year undergrad mid year exams in Guildhall, in London, we had to have all major, minor harmonic, minor melodic scales with related aroeggios, thirds, sixth, octavas, fingered octavas, tenths ready. Slurred, détaché, and dotted rhythm.
    That was not fun.

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 Před 4 lety +1

      But it most definitely helped your playing, though.

    • @IZn0g0uDatAll
      @IZn0g0uDatAll Před 4 lety +3

      To be totally honest I'm not completely sure of that. I think it was a bit of a freak show, and in my case, working calmly on a few of those scales rather than memorize literally hundreds of fingerings would have been more beneficial.
      I think everyone should be able to play a simple three octava scale from any note (I used to do all of them in a sequence each morning, it takes a few minutes), but double stops imply different fingering for each scales, and you don't really need to know how to navigate g# minor melodic in sixth on demand. It doesn't make you a better player and takes an insane amount of time.

    • @M_SC
      @M_SC Před 10 měsíci

      @@IZn0g0uDatAllhi from the future, if you had been forced to play the scales etc as much as you did to have to memorize them but hadn’t had to memorize the fingers would that have been all the benefit and none of the time wasted? I have returned to violin lessons after 40 years and there’s no emphasis on memory. A few things like this are quite different

    • @IZn0g0uDatAll
      @IZn0g0uDatAll Před 10 měsíci

      @@M_SC No we learnt to “make them up” through systematic fingerings and by anticipating both notes in double stops.
      Still not fun.

  • @JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we

    Maestro de Maestros , por siempre Deslumbrantes .

  • @Velsanz
    @Velsanz Před 6 lety +1

    “Play (...something ridiculous difficult)” and I am going to listen to you with disappointed face. What a great teacher! 😂

  • @jenslindemann5925
    @jenslindemann5925 Před 3 lety

    awesome!

  • @angeloortiz2769
    @angeloortiz2769 Před 7 lety +28

    Itzhak Perlman seems mad chill, just to talk to

  • @barbaraweselakfranch1387

    Very interesting Maestro Ithzak Perlman! 🌺

  • @elisabethmatesky7855
    @elisabethmatesky7855 Před 6 lety +1

    ~ Por Nate Robinson ~ Muchas gracias para su muy importante explanation de Maestro Heifetz via scales y mi amigo en Master Classes, Erick Friedman, playing scales on film!!! Mi espanol esta muy horrific, pero yo trato ahabla 'better' con practicar!!! En Espana, yo tocar mi violin en Brahms Concierto pero en Espanol!!! Brahms muy bueno en Espanol!!! Heifetz was tough but had a wink in his mischievous eye! Erick, Varoujan, Robert W., Carol Sindell, Claire Hodgekins, Adam Han Gorski, & I were first original pupils in JH Violin Master Classes at USC ~ Cuando su en Heifetz Class? Aren't you desde L.A.?? Con JH wishes desde Chicago ~ Elisabeth Matesky

  • @dobramuzyka238
    @dobramuzyka238 Před 4 lety +5

    Once I was enchanted by a little girl who played violin in a music school despite serious burns in her hands ... she was holding the violin in her hands as if they caused pain, her sound as well as the sense of time and phrases in each song were out of this world - you have to to experience for yourself ... unfortunately the talent of this child was lost because other violinists were looking for more typical wonderful children in the children, virtuosos ect.

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 Před rokem

      and only you could tell that she was wonderful because you're so wonderful

  • @edwardgoldsmith8011
    @edwardgoldsmith8011 Před 4 lety +2

    Have a lot of respect for these men they are the last of the true masters Heifetz will always be the god of violin Eric was a great violinist also praise by Heifetz good site thanks

  • @creamsoda6427
    @creamsoda6427 Před 6 lety +1

    That is awesome

  •  Před 4 lety

    Thank you.

  • @AaliyahHigashimori
    @AaliyahHigashimori Před 3 lety +2

    Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👏🎶💓🔥✨

  • @tesscrelli783
    @tesscrelli783 Před 6 lety +8

    Ahhhh, tenths... I should practice them at some point.

  • @1oldfortlavender2
    @1oldfortlavender2 Před 8 lety +1

    Now this is how great he was ! ! ! ! You should appreciate it ! ! !

  • @natehanks6997
    @natehanks6997 Před 9 lety +4

    Interesting stuff

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 Před rokem +2

    The history of violin playing could be divided into BH and AH: Before Heifetz and After Heifetz.

  • @mch12311969
    @mch12311969 Před 9 lety +24

    Oh to have been a fly on that wall!

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 Před 5 lety

      JH would probably have swatted you with his bow! (This guy took no prisoners!)

  • @user-yu6zt2bh3y
    @user-yu6zt2bh3y Před 3 lety

    Просматриваю

  • @capezyo
    @capezyo Před 4 lety +1

    He's great

  • @richardgleichmann7671
    @richardgleichmann7671 Před 4 lety +4

    As great and talented and gifted as Heifetz was.., I still like Maestro Pearlman's interpretations and TONE much better.. ( not to mention his demeanor too..). ONE NOTE.., and I can tell it's Itzack Pearlman playing..
    My Aunt, Uncle, and my mother were all harpists in the LA Philharmonic... My Uncle got to do some recording with Heifetz... But I prefer Itzack Pearlman.. any day..❤️

  • @pekkaT13
    @pekkaT13 Před 6 lety +1

    On my scale, 1 to 10, Mr Heifets 1s 10. Love both of these magnificent violin players.

  • @srinitaaigaura
    @srinitaaigaura Před 6 lety +1

    According to what his students have said and written about him, there was no telling what exercise he might ask and when. If you did pass the first round, he would make it tougher and tougher, asking you to play faster or slower or 3 or 4 octaves in legato, detache, staccato, spiccato, and increasingly ridiculous bowings, or play it descending first and what not and when you couldn't do it anymore, you knew your limits and he'd say, "Let's work..."
    Friedman once challenged a student to play 3 or 4 octaves on the G string alone to give them an idea of what might happen...

  • @paulwellings-longmore1012
    @paulwellings-longmore1012 Před měsícem

    Reminds me of the story that Liszt told about his encounter with Beethoven. Beethoven asked the 11 year old if he could instantly transpose the Bach fugue he had just performed into another, unrelated key. "Fortunately, I could" recounted Liszt. Like Liszt, Itzhak Perlman must have had not only flawless technique, but nerves of steel to have performed in front of such an uncompromising and austere legend and not frozen, fumbled, or simply burst into tears.

  • @Dog-op4mk
    @Dog-op4mk Před 4 lety +4

    Scales are the most important things in music.If you are very very good in scales than you can play any violine piece’s hard part.

    • @brucesmith3740
      @brucesmith3740 Před 4 lety +1

      Imo, in jazz improv, spending all the time practicing scales hurts the music. Imo, Practice repretoire, record it. Then practice what you created in the recording.

    • @brucesmith3740
      @brucesmith3740 Před 4 lety +1

      Also find rhythmic patterns and practice them in different modes.
      If you want to be like coltrane, then practice scales. if you like dexter better ( like I do), Practice like I suggested.

  • @ThePmfan
    @ThePmfan Před 8 lety +1

    It's clearly labeled who it was. It's probably from the master class vids that are also on CZcams. And there's never a hint that they are showing Perlman other than the current video and the photo. This whole thing is from the PBS special. Amazing all the complaints like they were trying to trick us.

  • @rosebyron3350
    @rosebyron3350 Před 6 lety

    Marvellous.

  • @margareteast5670
    @margareteast5670 Před 6 lety

    Isn't that Pinch as Zukerman in those old film clips with Heifetz?

  • @eastwestcoastkid
    @eastwestcoastkid Před 4 lety

    Wow!

  • @ab20_
    @ab20_ Před 3 lety

    Does anyone know the piece they were playing at the end?

  • @coolpinkone
    @coolpinkone Před 9 lety +1

    What a great clip!

    • @seindual7599
      @seindual7599 Před 8 lety

      Erick Friedman plays in the video, NOT PERLMAN

  • @shaneduyvenedewit5197
    @shaneduyvenedewit5197 Před 6 lety +6

    "When teachers were still revered!"

  • @m_aggie
    @m_aggie Před 3 lety +10

    the thing about Jascha Heifetz's epicness is his attitude. that 'i really don't give a fuck' 24/7 attitude. I LOVE IT. i remember the first time i listened to his CD and the piece was tchaik concerto and i was like WTF IS THIS, i was just shook at what i was hearing (not in a bad way). i could FEEL this 'attitude' through the CD player and it was one of the best moments of my life and was the start of my obsession with him. in my family, we call him God, like no joke, we'd be like 'yo God is the G.O.A.T broo' and we'd be referring to Jascha

  • @bastiatintheandes4958
    @bastiatintheandes4958 Před 6 lety +1

    Gosh! Heifetz talks just as he plays the violin.

  • @bilbo_gamers6417
    @bilbo_gamers6417 Před 3 lety

    what's the piece being played at the end?

  • @Vn.Soyeon
    @Vn.Soyeon Před 4 lety

    What was the name of the song they played last?

  • @violinmusicwrittenornotwri787

    Funny story about scales

  • @sanashura
    @sanashura Před 7 lety

    Can someone please help and tell me what piece they play at 2:05!! I am going crazy looking for it 😂

    • @billbusen
      @billbusen Před 6 lety +2

      Hi, sanashura, That is the Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (the Double Concerto). You will love it!

  • @siyaoli7964
    @siyaoli7964 Před 5 lety

    Can anyone judge what level is Schon Rosmarin on?

  • @TurboTsunami19
    @TurboTsunami19 Před 4 lety

    My fellows with perfect pitch probably noticed Heifetz asked for C Major twice with an arpeggio at the end. But Erik played it in B Major. He got the Eb and Gb right though.
    Also that look Heifetz gave a 0:54, if he looked at me like that I would have messed up my tenths right then and there.

  • @tomgreene6579
    @tomgreene6579 Před 4 lety +2

    Scales arpeggios well played can give a solid foundation .

  • @leam5998
    @leam5998 Před 7 lety

    Can someone please tell me the name of the piece heifetz and the student were playing in the end?

    • @aberneuten5443
      @aberneuten5443 Před 7 lety +4

      Bach's Violin Concerto for 2 violins, BWV 1043, third movement.

  • @L.Spencer
    @L.Spencer Před 6 lety

    I'm a complete amateur violinist but I had a teacher from Ukraine for about a year in college and she taught me a few scales.

  • @oscarrivera977
    @oscarrivera977 Před 8 lety

    Really nce video!!! thnk's for it!!...just a little thing, because i thing the tittle is not ok...is not about "skills" but "scales"...so close!! jaja

  • @giaducati
    @giaducati Před 4 lety +1

    This is how the students became famous violinists, with teachers like Heifetz.

  • @LouisEmery
    @LouisEmery Před 4 lety

    10ths. Is that an octave plus a third? Playing in octaves is still a fantasy for me. The finger spacing changes as you go up. Maybe 10th is possible if you stick to high positions.