🎻 violin practice - june 2024 - spoiler: it was quite messy
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- I haven't been able to practice a lot and when I did I usually had shorter sessions and focused on technicalities. I almost didn't want to share this one because it's quite messy... 😓 But it goes to show that there are ups and downs with practice and it's also a way to see what and where to improve as well!
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Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing your practice with us! You're making great progress and if I may, I'd like to share some things I think will help you out.
1. Slow practice is important. It may not be the most exciting thing at first but if you can endure practicing slowly, you'll be able to see how much faster you learn by starting slowly. It also gives your brain a chance to work out what you should do next and how to make little improvements. Another suggestion I have is to listen to some recordings of the song you want to play. There are plenty of recordings on youtube. You can listen to them and get an idea of what you might want it to sound like when you play. After listening to some recordings, try to break the music down into small sections and focus on improving those sections one at a time. I recommend 2-4 measures at a time to begin with, then you can start increasing the amount of measure you practice until you've learned the entire song. Learning in small sections makes the music less scary and more manageable. Don't feel ashamed if you need to learn in small sections. Professionals do it all the time and recommend it because it's very effective.
2. You might be a little rusty but that's okay. Whenever I get back to the violin after some time off, I like to focus on producing as beautiful a sound as I can. What will help you to produce a more beautiful sound is focusing on how much weight you give to the bow as you go along the string. While doing a downbow, make sure to use your index/pointer finger to push down and give more pressure. As you get closer to the tip, the amount of pressure you use should increase. Since your hand is above the frog and far away from the tip, you'll need some extra weight to keep the sound nice and strong throughout the bow stroke. An exercise you can try is to play an open string using your full bow, but focus on keeping the sound consistent. You should focus on volume (how loud it is) and a smooth consistent sound. You want to try and get rid of any stops in the sound or bow shaking. If you add more pressure with your index finger (as you get closer to the tip) and keep your shoulders relaxed, that should fix a bouncy bow in many cases.
3. Your left hand is looking pretty good, but I noticed that you're pinky finger becomes really flat when you use it. I'll share some tips but I think it's something you should have a talk about with you're teacher. Ideally, the pinky should stay a little curved. This is important because it helps to keep the hand relaxed and supports flexible movement in the fingers (which you need to play fast music and do vibrato). Here's a video that should be helpful czcams.com/video/fhCz4sQpLMY/video.html
Sorry for the long comment but I hope this helps you a lot. Keep up the great work!
@@Twilight91423 Hi! Yes playing slow is a bit like torture sometimes but slow and steady wins the race 🫠 and I don’t know why I started flattening my pinky?!? Thank you for pointing that out and thank you so much for all this valuable advice, I really appreciate it 🫶
Girl, honestly you sound pretty amazing... I'm currently in the process of getting into practicing soon and they way you sound really sounds good... I don't know your music background or what you do for practice, but I can tell simply by the music sheets... So, good luck and have fun because you're literally doing great by the way your play
My best recommendation is to practice your scales so you can train your ear... It'll help you get into the flow of practice because your confidence in the note will impress your improvement
@@HaleyVee-w3d thank you so much Haley! You’re so kind! And thank you for the advice, I really need to focus more on scales to improve my intonation 😅😊
And good luck with your practice! ✨
Your bow angle is wrong. need to practice string crossing. You have touched other strings all the time. Mozart minutes is very easy.
Thank you for pointing that out, I might not have been very focused on the bow during this practice hence the mess.. 🤦♀️ and thank you for recommending those minuets, I will check them out 👍