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Ask Augustin 18 - Face your fears!
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- In this installment I talk about facing your fears! I mention three fears in this episode: fear of playing hard passages in performance, fear of using your bow all the way up to the frog, and stagefright, the most common fear and anxiety that most performers experience!
When a passage is very difficult, it's natural to feel a bit cautious and scared when playing it - but the listener senses that, and even if the passage went well, they won't quite believe it. You have to be courageous and confident in performance - practice the passage a lot, but then go for it in performance. If you miss that jump, you'll hopefully get it next time, but at least you had the right attitude!
I also talk about not being afraid of the frog - it's the best part of your bow! (I know nobody is actually afraid of it - but there can be a reluctance, not using those last few inches of bow just to stay out of trouble).
I used to not have stagefright as a child, and then got quite nervous performing when I became an adult. Eventually I found some things that helped me with it. I think positively about the feeling, as a rush of excitement, rather than nervousness. I also pay attention to my breathing, and breathing the same in performance and in rehearsal helps me feel relaxed and at ease in the concert. (The worst thing you can do when you're nervous is to stop breathing) After years of performing a lot, I actually always look forward to the adrenaline rush I feel when standing on stage in front of people.
" Pick and sort every passeges you are afraid of, and practice them every day. You have to make those passages afraid of you.
Take a risk " ㅡ J.Heifetz
Damn Heifetz just got that much cooler lol.
망히 I’m going to have to remember this! ❤️
BRILLIANT
I love the suggestion to reframe fear to excitement.
thx for *the existence of your channel*
All your videos are priceless, but this one may arguably top them all because you are addressing the number one problem in violin playing that everyone experiences, but few ever talk about. Thank you for your courage in speaking openly and honestly about stage fright. It continues to plague me to this day. Your insights are excellent and I fully intend to incorporate them in my playing. What has also worked for me is to play as often as I can in public so that the novelty, as well as the fear, eventually wears off. Thank you Augustine!
Thank you, Augustin!
Very generous of you to share also these intimate aspects...
I love your videos. One of the silver linings of the lockdown is content like yours being made. You are amazing, I’ll be listening to you until we’re old men.
Thank you so much Augustin again... on boosting our psychological confidence by explaining your own experiences and your ways of dealing with nerve....Your breathing tips definitely helps me to relax during slow down bow passages, including bow changes at frog. I also love how you explained to us.... to try our best and then go for it...LOL. Heifetz teaches "what" to do; Augustin teaches us (your many students) "HOW" to do....
I am sooo grateful to find this channel...This man seems like an amazing person and is an awesone musician. He inspires me to grab my violin again...I started violin when I was 15 and dropped it when I got married at 25...I played a few concerts and few nice pieces but I can't even play "twinkle twinkle" now 😥...Thnak God i still can read music, but I have to work on my first sight reading...
This was the best topic ever, Augustin! Thank you for addressing! 🙏
Thank you very much🌟 maestro Augustin Hodelich!🎼🎻👏❤️🌹
Thank you very much Agustin! You are very warm, precise and clear at the same time. Thank you for giving us your time, empathy and knowledge.
If a person is kind & warm, it helps me absorb the information much better. It puts me at ease, which makes learning easier.❤️
That tip about breathing is brilliant! I do often find I forget to breathe. I will definitely start applying this. Thank you Augustin!
I am playing again the violin being now retired. Thank you so much Augustin for your brief and efficient advice, which encourages me to enjoy the pleasure of playing anew. Best regards from Munich Germany.
It is such a privilege to hear advice from an amazing and an incredibly talented virtuoso like him
And I have seen a lot of his performance (because I am such a big fan obviously) this guy knows what he's talking about 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
What better way to banish fear and exude confidence than with a leather jacket! Great intro :). Could not agree more on "frog fear" - Zukerman always points out in his masterclasses that we pay for the whole bow and should use it. Another piece of advice from Zukerman comes to mind: "Play to the exit sign!", including during practice - a regularly confident approach to high notes (even thought not always to the delight of one's neighbours...), fancy double-stop shifts (e.g. in the Sibelius) etc. in the practice room does translate into reduced melt-down on stage. Practice and leather jackets!
Great comment...
and still laughing about the leather
Love this series. Thanks Augustin and stay safe!!
I’m learning the violin and you ARE the biggest inspiration I have outside of my teacher. You are an amazing violinist, and I could only imagine how awesome it would be if I could have 24 hrs of learning from you. Anyway, please keep putting out videos! ❤️ thank you!
Love him! He is so sweet and down to earth.
Fantastic advice Augustin. And not just for playing the violin
Priceless, wisdom. Pls dont get tired of teaching us. The whole world is attending your classes
Such good advice… thanks, Augustin, that was superb 👍
I especially love the focus and practice of breathing when playing, sooo useful~. 🙏
An opera singer once told me: “When I go onstage to perform, I mentally divide the audience up in half and imagine that one half of them have never heard this piece of music before, and the other half will listen to it for the very last time.”
A bit extreme 😉 but it always worked for him.
I guess it made him focus more on the music, instead of too much on himself…
I think, there's certainly a connection between risk-taking and what I'd call 'playing music'. After all, 'playing' (at its core - and in part) is always a search, an expansion of the 'possible' - and in this particular case, it's also a search for expression (-> the instrument as a tool), a question of hermeneutics (regarding the 'musical text' and the idea of the composer) and what the body/'mind' is capable of.
Thank you so much Augustin!!Greetings from Athens-Greece!!
Totally agree assertion and seizing the moment is far better than
a tentative apprehension, even at the cost of missing the top note.
I wish my father was alive to see you perform. He was a violinist and a chemist.
Thank you so much for these videos. I’ve been a big fan since I bought your Paganini Caprices CD. As an out of practice amateur violinist, seeing you give such valuable insights is such an inspiration. Please keep it up!
100% wonderful and necessary tips, thank you Mr. Hadelich. I needed it.
Thank you Augustin!! This definitely relates to me, I really appreciate your advice.
Thank you! Very helpful vídeo for a person like me that suffer stage fright.
Thank you, maestro.
Very helpful thoughts, thanks for sharing ❣️
super helpful, thank you!
I'm not at the point of performing on the violin in front of an audience yet because it would drive them away. 🤣 I'm a beginner so I have much to learn.
I am very used to performing though.
Years of figure skating. I started in grade six. Competitions. It's taught me so much in regards to handling nerves and performing in front of others. I learned how to handle things when you make errors or fall during competitions.
I used to sing in choir as well. That was a long time ago though. I still sing, however.
I'm a bit nervous just before I go on but once that music starts, it's just melts away and I'm enjoying myself. I love performing. I love the energy.
One day, I do hope I get the chance to perform with a local symphony.
Thank you Augustin 🙏🏼
Thank you for posting helpful content all this time... If you don't mind please share about violin setup too - how you hold the violin... Thank you again 🌸
This is a great video; thank you for sharing your thoughts!
… I wish I could relate to the part about breathing slowly as you play… :P
All excellent advice!👍
Fantastic! Thank
Greetings from the United States and many thanks for the videos you posted. Henryk Wieniawski was known to have written "il faut risquer" (roughly translated: one must take risks or here I must risk it) over difficult passages
Thank you so much!
so cool the example as im practicing this piece now :D
I love your videos, its a big help to continue studying when sloth appears. I play viola in a Orchestra, recently we play together Mendelssohn concerto in Valladolid with Inbal, and I have 2 questions:
- there're some technical ideas that you used to explore and now you don't use, eg the position of the instrument..
- the balance between metronome and music. I'm playing a fast piece, and if I'm expressivo I lose tempo, if I use the metronome, it's seems an studio.
Many thanks.
Very interesting ! Thanks a lot !!
Facing my fears: the neighbors can hear me!!
Sometimes what works for me is to just not even think about the people watching me the moment i start to think about them looking at me i start to do that shakey thing you described as for afraid of the frog i have the opposite problem i have issues with the tip of the bow. Thank you very much for your wisdom i will have to try your breathing tip😊
I am afraid of my bow! Am struggling to get it to do what I need to do. Have tons of anxiety when playing for anyone including my teacher! I just need to face my fears and breathe through them instead of holding my breath.
Thank you for sharing this.
I tell my students: don't just face your fears, attack them in practice. Play the parts that scare you first. Turn your weaknesses into strengths. If you can't replicate in practice the thing you fear, imagine the thing so clearly that you feel it physically. Close your eyes and imagine yourself on stage with a large audience watching. Psyche yourself out on purpose until your pulse quickens and your palms sweat. Then when you're on stage, imagine yourself back on your homeground in your practice space where things are familiar, consistent, and comfortable.
Heifetz said, "Find the passages that you're afraid of. Practice them every day. You have to make them afraid if you."
Augustin's advice here also is EXCELLENT!
Hi Augostine:
So one of my biggest fears is having started late :/
You see I started violin right as I sorta turned 16 (15.7 years of age basically)
And ever since this fear started, I've been thinking that: I may have actually started violin late. And thinking that I would not become good at it.
But just as a word of advice, I wanted an honest answer that whether I'll be able to actually go there with it...
Practicing 2 or maybe a bit more hours daily.
11 months in
He didn‘t reply, bit I can tell you what I have seen almost every violinist tell „late beginners“. It is never too late! I think you might regret it later if you stop playing because of this fear, and then you have to restart even later. Just do and enjoy! :) (I am 24 btw and restarted playing after a 5 year break, and it was tough at first). One thing that might annoy you as a „late“ beginner is the fact that your sound is not to your liking and you don‘t feel accomplished. The thing is: Also somebody who starts at the age of 6 needs years to get a good sound (usually). Give it time, and by the age of 18 or 20 you will feel really accomplished!
Hi I played my violin from age 7 to 11. And than I stopped for 30 years. Last year in June I started playing again. I can tell you with certainty that there are many violinists out there who started as young kids and are not on a level as someone who started much later. There is no guarantee that if you start very young that you will be better than someone who started very late. Violin playing is not only about technical skill its about your soul and your emotions. Its about making people feel good and giving them hope for tomorrow. If you can connect to your violin spirituality and emotionally I can Promise you that you will be Great!! Good luck❤
It comes with age...young people get scared of difficult passages. As you get into your 30s the fear is usually gone. Or, it's been that way for me. (Okay now call me "an old violinist" since I'm age 30+.) The best thing is to simply be prepared. Practice the right way and you will have no reason to have your nerves eat you up. Practice in a way that will make you immune to nerves..."how will I be playing this on stage?" If you're unprepared, of course you will be a nervous wreck. But all that aside, if you have problems with general stage fright and having 2,000 or more eyeballs on you (or less) in a concert hall, you need to see a psychiatrist. Seriously, find a good one to help you get to the root of your problem performing, it's nothing to be ashamed of.
Thank you)
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Augustin
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Let me ask three questions: How do you develop your breathing during the performance? In addition to seeking a state of calm, do you relate the breath with a determined physical effort? How do you relate breathing to musical phrasing?
@4:29 "the moment you stop breathing" you pass out and it's really bad. Yeah, don't do that :P
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gimana caranya bisa confident?
What violin does he play?
He plays the Leduc, ex Szeryng Guarneri del Gesù
Where you nervous when you performed Paganini Capriccio No. 5 in a minor, as an encore at a NJPAC performance with the New Jersey Symphony on May 14, 2016?
Please sir teach me violin from the scratch....
If I may, a polite correction from what I’ve heard through my doctoral studies is that breathing is both voluntary and involuntary both (interestingly enough). 😌 Not to disrespect or correct an amazing violinist, though!!! 💝💖💘🫀❤️🔥