The Key to Great Violin Tone
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- čas přidán 27. 03. 2022
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The signature, beautiful sound of the violin is something it is most well known for, but those of us studying the violin can often find producing this exquisite violin tone to be incredibly elusive. However, assuming good basic bowing technique, there is a simple trick to effortlessly and easily producing a top quality sound: Sound Point - Hudba
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I really appreciate you saying that scratchy sound is experienced in the first few *years* of playing. Makes me feel better.
Me too 😅
Мне тоже😊❤
MHe toxe
reminder that it’s okay if you need to come to this video after however many years of playing. i’m in my 5th year and auditioning for all state, but i still need to watch this as a reminder and a way to fine tune my intonation and technique. we all need it sometimes lol
When Heifetz was asked after a concert, whether he had ever been satisfied with one of his performance's, he replied, " Once you're satisfied with a performance, it's the long way down to mediocrity". Or words to that effect.
Wow that demo was very clear even over CZcams. The difference in resonance.
Good to know. It seems so obvious to me, but I'm not always sure exactly if others will be able to pick up on it.
@@MurphyMusicAcademy It's obvious enough.
The best book I ever read on this is by Simon Fischer. He split the contact point into 5 levels, from closest to the bridge, max pressure and over the fingerboard, least pressure and more bow speed. And as you climb up to higher positions, those 5 levels get closer to each other and towards the bridge. Up halfway level 5 would be near to where level 3 is. You can see Heifetz do this in that video of him playing the Saint Seans Rondo Capriccoso on the chromatic descent passage. Milstein was also a master of contact point.
Do you know the name of the book?
Wow this sounding point even my violin teacher never go into so much depth about it. And I never knew even play between bridge and fingerboard, I never realised near the bridge or bit more higher than near bridge can make difference to the tone. He just mentioned to play between bridge and fingerboard
Beginner like myself I really appreciate your true mastery method of teaching I will practice this over and over to find that great tone
The best book ever written on this is by Simon Fischer. He split the contact zone into 5 levels. And as you climb to higher positions, the 5 points get closer to each other and to the top of the bridge.
Thanks! As a beginner with violin since four months I shall try to practice what you are teaching. Greetings from Germany!
@@abjadhauwaz989 Thanks for it! Corrected the wrong spelling just now!
Heyyy, ich habe vor einem halben Jahr angefangen, und wollte fragen wie es dir damit so geht? Ist schon ein Jahr her das du diesen Kommi geschrieben hast, und würde mich interessieren wie du dich entwickelt hast, falls es dich nicht stört es zu teilen 😅😂
@@user-fz3kb5qk9l Wenn ich übe, sind die Fortschritte erfreulich. Damals musste ich länger aussetzen, da mein rechtes Schulter Gelenk stark schmerzte, wenn ich den Bogen spielte. Keine Ahnung, was das war? Aber, inzwischen übe ich wieder und habe keine Schmerzen mehr. Es würde zu weit führen, in Einzelheiten zu gehen. Ich übe die unterschiedlichsten Dinge.
Aber, es ist ein ausgesprochen schwieriges Instrument! Einige einfache Volkslieder hatte ich hinbekommen. Da ich viele andere Instrumente habe, komme ich nicht dazu, sehr viel zu üben. Und mein Hauptinstrument ist Akkordeon, aber ich spiele auch gerne steirische Harmonika. Auch ein bisschen Blockflöte. Und ein bisschen Gitarre. Und vieles mehr!
Super super super lovely playing fantastic tips master
Augustine violinist from Malaysia
Thank you so much for your help!!!’😊
Thank you for the valuable information 😊
Thank you! great demonstration for finding the best sounding point.
Just found your videos today. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom! Subscribed and looking forward to new videos! :)
thank you so much i really needed this video
That is awesome moving the bow toward the bridge until the sound blossoms. I will try that! Thanks!
thanks for the sounding point advice
Amaaaazing
(More) Good info. Thank you Tobiah
great info as always -thank you. and I actually could hear the difference from different contact points. IU'll certainly experiment there. btw - thank goodness for that t-shirt. if I hadn't read it, I would not have known where I was. no one said THIS ...is Murphy Music Academy!
Some people need a little extra help, lol
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for showing us the difference between the sounds and explaining why they make a different noise. Tone. Interesting.
Great, thanks!
Absolutely!
I have never heard about sounding point that is such a good explanation. 👍👍👍
I love your cannel although I can't understand everthing because my english is not so good. Your Enthusiasmus is very inspiring for me. Thank you so much 🎶🎻🥰
Thank you for sharing. :)
You also want to play sul tasto on pizz to keep the finger oils out of the area where the bow touches. You dont want bodily fluids on the hair of the bow.
As a beginner... Well... This is gold🎉
Didn’t expect to improve pizzicato in this video 😂. Thanks again!
Wow just what i needed right now ! Thank you
Glad to be of service!
Another benefit to playing nearer the bridge - because the strings don't bend so much, you are less likely to catch the adjacent strings by accident. This is something I only recently realised myself, having got totally fed up with playing 3 strings at once in forte passages!!
Many thanks, very informative. Working on stopping murdering cats slowly and working on making mine sound like a violin.
Liking the Sony Heifetz collection. I remember when that came out...for like $100! Nice return on investment. I bought one for my teacher (Heifetz student) and none for me :)
Haha yes! I remember buying it very fondly. I don't think I quite got it that cheap, but I did get it for under $200, which was still a steal.
Anyway, great to hear from you. Love your channel. Any new videos from you soon?
@@MurphyMusicAcademy yah I got it from some Japanese wholesaler. Good times.
I just recorded a course for Tonebase, getting back to youtube now. Thinking to do a video on Bordogni Melodious etudes…lyricism detox. Good job with your content, keep it going! 💪
I got a violin because i really love the great melodies played in classical music. But i find it actually super loud and harsh from A and up. I think i should have gotten a viola. Or is there anything that can be done to counter balance the loudness and harsh tonality?
Huh. I'd always heard that you moved in and out from the bridge based on how fast you were playing.
you look like a Greek god. also thank you for the help!
I'm noticing that the way to fix teqnique is to do it one thing at a time... Work on this, work on that... Sometimes my inclination while I'm practicing is to try to fix everything, which means I'm trying to think about everything, all at once. It doesn't go well for me when I do that.
Same
Will a poorly made bridge make or break your entire sound? Or can you at least deal with a poor bridge while you learn. Also can you rosin bow hair that may be decades old?
At a certain level, yes, the bridge makes a big difference. If you are just a beginner, you probably won't notice that difference too much, but I'd suggest getting your instrument properly set up anyways.
As for rosining decades old hair. You can do that, but it likely won't stay on the hair very well, and the hair is likely to become brittle after all that time. If the bow is worth more than the cost of a rehair, then I'd get a rehair. If it isn't, then I'd suggest getting a new bow
Me trying to get a better sound in 8:27 minutes but realising that it takes weeks to do🗿
Greetings Mr. Murphy. I think you are producing great, firt-class videos. However, are you aware of how much of a distraction it is to have great violin music playing in the background. Is it really necessary, or just because every other video on CZcams has distracting, annoying background music (and noise)?
Well, I used to think it was necessary because, as you said, most YT videos have background music, but I got so many comments like this that I’ve since stopped putting background music in the videos
Tobiah must be a relatively big guy, be makes the violin look small.
(Assuming that is a 4/4)
It's a full size violin. I'm not particularly tall (5'11") but I have very wide shoulders
he kinda looks like mark zuckerberg
To the person in the thumbnail; please get a bigger violin
It’s a full size modern violin, so there’s not getting a bigger one. I just have very wide shoulders
Way too high pitched, like squealing. Argh! Hopefully, it has a lower sound.
I've been playing the violin since 11 years now and my fist time hearing about the sounding point was just a year ago.. now imagine how disappointed I am about that🥲