Ask Me Anything - about Learning to Play the Violin #1
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Thank you so much for your questions! I'm busy filming my responses.
My answer video to your questions will be posted on November 11th.
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I have tried every chin rest. Hi-Lo , side , center. And every shoulder rest. I use Piastro Luna now but I have many. I have never been comfortable. I have a big kink in my left neck....no hickey though lol.
I've tried and tried to relax my shoulder but my violin doesn't seem to fit under my chin and it feels like it's going to fall . I am playing at a solid intermediate level.
Thank you, really the best courses for me. I improved a lot by following your tips.
I love these videos. Hopefully I will start taking lessons from you again. Malky
I hope you do! I love working with adult learners.
This is a great idea thank you. Whenever I try to play vibrato the violin shakes. How can I stop the shakes?
I finished suzuki 2 and I had to stop for a whole year. My question is since Im without teacher right now what repertoire of studies or pieces can I follow up. I'd like to start vibrato too and I'd like to know the best tips. A practice routine for little time like an hour a day would be nice too. I really admire you. When I started before I got my first teacher I watched many of your videos. 😊
what should I do in order to improve my string crossings
What do you notice about your string crossings that you feel causes problems?This is a huge topic, so if you can offer more information that would be great.
How can you co ordinate sauté bowing and finger movements - when the fingers seem to move too slowly and you get that ya-da note instead of crisp individual notes
how can i play double notes clearer
Thanks.. great content
Hi, Beth. Do you have any advice for playing with sweaty hands? When my hands are sweaty, my fingers skitter across the strings instead of sliding continuously. This makes shifting positions and making fine adjustments to intonation difficult. 😢
i can relate
Which pieces can you recommend for a solo performance when I have no piano player at hand? From a skill level I'm good with e.g. playing the George Perlman Israeli Concertino. Shifting between first and fourth position is ok, higher positions work as well but need practice. Vibrato is there but still in practice mode to become nice on all fingers. Bow technic is intermediate I would say.
Beth, How can I keep my left wrist straight, I am still not comfortable with gripping the violin with my neck and chin. I have a Wittner chin rest over the tailpiece and a Kun shoulder rest with Everest grippers. Should the violin be at the 10:30 to 11:00 o’clock position looking down from above. Also what angle should the violin be at? Closer to flat when gripping it with your left hand (open strings) or steeply tilted like Itszak? I have been playing for 3 months retired 62 years old. Playing a Shar Music Fran’s Hoffman Amadeus student model violin with Pirastro Tonica strings. I play for 20 to 30 mins per day, I practice the 3 major scales in the back of Suzuki book one, I practice an open string exercise, I practice Schradieck exercise with a Korg tuner, in front of a big mirror. Also Hal Leonard book one.
I finished Suzuki's 2nd book and I'd like to start learning the vibrato but I just don't know how to, I'm kind of frozen wiith fear. I'm not a fast player and it seems to me that one needs to be fast to play vibrato... so I am a bit discouraged and violin without vibrato is like a pool without water...
what should a beginner (3 months - 6 months of playing) be focusing on when learning the violin? What advice would you give to improve progression?
What's the best way to learn vibrato? Thank you so much.
Tell me what you've already tried in the way of learning.
@@violinlab Hi, I really appreciate your response. I have tried various techniques from instructors on CZcams, but with no success. Not sure if my XL hands is the problem. Any help is much appreciated.
one more question!
do somewhere in the life of the teacher he won't need a teacher anymore to teach hin the advanced studies / repertorie because he already knows how to go until the infinite and beyond? or the teacher will need another teacher the whole life?
violin is bewitched
on day is ok or you start bad and suddenly is ok some days sounds. reasoable others screeeech !
the passing up and down to upper position sometimes is ok and suddenly don't
the bow sounds and suddenly goes sideways or your fingers shortens and cannot find notes .. i might add more .. the chin rest is ok like shoulder rest and suddenly get uncomfortable
.. i wonder who is the neurotic me or the violin ?
Thank you for your question. I had to cap the list of questions for this session. But I will be doing more Q and As. Be sure and turn on notifications so that you'll know and can be one of the first to post your questions.
Thank you for your generous offer! I have a question about the left hand pinky. Playing viola, I have a really hard time having a curved pinky on the the C-String. My pinky just isn't long enough and I can't get my elbow even more forward to allow for a curved pinky. I'm fine on the other strings. So far, I simply used another position if a vibrato on the fifth of the C string was needed. What would you suggest?
Great question!
a question
i have to play E note ( written on D chord , and above of it is written A7
what does it mean
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( when the saints go marchin in song )
my opinion: i have to play on A string the 7 th position extending the pinky to get a E sound very acute ?
thanks
What do you wished you had known when learning the violin as a beginner?
Good evening, teacher. Is it a good idea to skip wolfhart op.38 and start with op.45 instead?
how can i play long slurs in staccato
Once in a while I want to try an easy duet how in the world am I possibly going to find a beginner to try it with
Tomplay. They have backup tracks from easy to advanced.
@@mypham2788 ty
Good evening, teacher. How do I get rid of bouncy up bows? And why is it that on G string, my bow slips?😢
I have been playing B notes on the E string out of tune. I should be playing 987.77 Hz, but, instead, I am playing 979.99 Hz. The latter is not in tune, but it does resonate well on the G string, and the way I find a note is by listening to the other strings resonate. Any advice on how to hit B properly?
Hi. I am an adult learner .. started after age 38...managed to scrape thru grade 6 Trinity, but, hv not touched the violin for the last three years! I feel I may not be able to pick it up again, or may struggle more in reading the notes, or getting back. I miss playing it. Is there any advice?
I am very appreciative of your videos.
I come from a place of wanting to learn old-time fiddle. I came across your videos picking up some technical lessons ( which are amazing, thankyou).
I have noticed however, that the artists I follow hold the fiddle and bow in all kinds of ways ( particularly the left hand on the neck is almost supporting the instrument).
My questions: What are limitations of playing this way on my technique?
And are there any benefits to this style of fiddle?
❤
Hi! Great question, just to clarify, are you asking if having a "fiddle" style left hand poses limitations to playing classical music, or just limitations in general?
Hello!
Sorry, for the late reply.
To clarify I meant limitations in general. Both for bow and left hand.
However, If you have some thoughts about how it limits classical, I'd love to hear them too.
is arm vibrato better that wrist vibrato
I’m new. I’m trying to work on producing a decent tone. I do nicely on the E string, A and D are kind of Ok. The G string sounds like I am strangling a wombat. Is there something different about the stroke when playing the lower strings?
Thank you for your question! I had to cap the list of questions for this session. But I will be doing more Q and As. Be sure and turn on notifications so that you'll know and can be one of the first to post your questions.
hi! question 1: about the video #7 Dolcíssimo. How can we control the bow with a russian bow hold? the pink doens't support nothing :(
question 2: still about russian bow hold, all the things a franco-belgian hold do with the flexible wrist can be done with russian bow hold still with flexible wrist or we just don't use it, instead using only the forearm?
question 3: i have a limitation on my left arm, my tendons are malformed. i can't turn it enough for positions higher than 3rd, like projetc the elbow forward and twist my left hand until 4th finger can reach the G string. the worst case is if i try to reach the G string on 5th position my arm hurt a lot. and double stops in 4ths using 4th finger and 8ths on 1st position are extremely painful no matter how long i try (i play violin 6 years and it's always this pain. i have a very good posture). am i faded to never evolve in other positions or double stops on the violin? the further the hand go, the further the arm must twist, and the pain is more because of this! i can do it if i turn the violin itself almost entirely to the side, not in the normal position (so the bow when passing on the g string is almost pointing up and my left hand can reach the g string without hurting that much.. bus still hurting a little).
thanks in advance!
I can't wait to answer this one!
How do I find the perfect balance between bow speed and bow pressure to produce a better tone
how should i practice effectively. i feel like, it is impossible for me to reach level perfect of a song, rather i practice till i get it to a half way level and then all of a sudden it just all down to where its worse. and just practice more, helps nothing, all i can do is wait for the next day and then i play it just as good as i did the last day but nothing better.
How can I learn to pitch. I just don’t know how an A sounds or a D until my teacher pitches my violin. And therefore I actually don’t know if my fingers are positioned right. I just cant hear. I just don’t know what is right or wrong. What is to high or to low. To pitch when I am practice I always have to use an app.
I can't wait to answer this one!
@@violinlab im looking forward to your answer :)
I am starting to use third position. Do you have any suggestions for good intonation at the higher positions?
how can i solve my tensioning problem, my shoulder rest is way short to reach all the way from my shoulder to my chin and so i'm always pressing my shoulder up and I feel like the tension bothers me alot
While shifting isn't it easy to slide into to the note a bit early and stop when the correct note is reached?
Can't wait to answer this one!
I keep having problems not keeping bow straight, how do I stop this from happening please
Great question. Can you tell me when you notice it the most. Also, in what way is it not going straight? e.g. the tip trails to the fingerboard...
@violinlab I notice it when I'm practicing with my violin Teacher she tells me to stand in front of a mirror & watch the bow , I need to straighten my arm but I had a car accident a few years ago so damaged my wrist
Is it hard to bend the wrist making it look like a valley, a mountain, or both?
I find it difficult to bend my wrist properly
what strings are you using