Describing how I go about learning guitar solos on electric violin. Featured in this video is my cover of Eddie Van Halen’s solo in Beat It by Michael Jackson.
You're a great musical talent. It's a sad state of affairs that you have to prove your talent to some folks. I love your work. You're fantastic. Thank you for sharing your gift.
cant really blame ppl these days tho, so much fakeness, even their faces can be a silicon mask, with all these new apps u just cannot tell anymore what u are looking at. so dont judge too harshly.
I can’t believe anyone nitpicks that Eruption solo. IT WAS AMAZING. I cant believe the tone you got. Closer than many guitarists I’ve heard. You keep rockin’. “If you can sing it you can play it” was a rule when I studied and performed jazz in college. I feel many guitarists could learn from you…especially this video.
What an incredible musician. WOW.. I’m in total admiration to your dedication to your craft. This is much easier to emulate on guitar than violin. Mind blowing !!
Thank you for your post. I think you’re a musical genius. You must be. It’s amazing that you are able to quickly understand the mechanics and structure of what you’re hearing. Very impressive.
Awesome video explanation, thanks for going through the time to do this. You are amazingly talented and Eddie would be impressed! Thanks for keeping his music alive!
I’m a self taught guitarist. I’ve also been a sound reinforcement engineer. I have however been out of it for more then 30 years and still, I could tell you were legit playing eruption and you absolutely did it justice. In fact I did comment on your rendition of it. Quite frankly I never thought that it could be done. You proved me oh so wrong. Technology has improved greatly since my day of analog devices.
I play electric guitar, I know I'm a bit off-topic, but I remember how surprised I was when I got the chance to hear a cello played by a professional in my sitting room, right in front of me: the amount of harmonics that were coming out of that instrument! It really sounded like a close relative to a distorted electric guitar...
I like your attention to how you want to sound like a guitar and actually sonically recreate the solo itself. That's cool! Your solos sound really awesome! 🎸
I could never achieve your skill, your knowledge is amazing, the work you have to do to replicate a peice of music and your understanding of the technology needed to get the sound right. Your absolutely amazing.
Musicians who watched your Facebook video know that it is you playing by watching your left hand vibrato and also the effects are what bring your electric violin to sound like it did playing the classic Time from Pink Floyd which I loved .
So glad I found your channel. Like you, I started playing violin young (5 years old -- yeah, the whole Asian thing), classically trained, blah blah blah, but switched to guitar in high school, and haven't owned a violin since my main violin was stolen in the mid-90's. I fully agree with you about violin players trying to cover guitar solos -- they sound like they're played on a violin. Which is fine, because if one wanted to sound like a guitar, why not just play a guitar? BUT -- there are sounds that are better produced on a violin, and might make the solos even better than the original. Creating sustain effects on a guitar is something takes a lot of effort on a guitar, and it's built-in to the violin! I don't have a Helix, but I already own a Boss GT-100 which is similar -- lots of model simulations already built-in. So I haven't bought an electric violin to get back into the violin world yet, but great to see that people like you are already far along the path to merging the two instruments. Great video!
❤ Wowwwwww, very, very impressive, and very, very amazing talent! Ohhhh, wowwww! I really love hearing and watching you giving instructions of the song!!! Your violin playing, is very, very amazing!!! Hope you have a wonderful day! ❤
This is awesome!! Interesting and informative🎉🎉🎉🎉 Fun to watch😊 You are an extremely talented musician🎉🎉🎉🎉 Hope to see you in a live performance someday!!! Keep on Rockin'🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸❤😁
That’s pretty sick! I wonder what a little foam would sound like, under the strings behind the bridge and at the headstock? Maybe even a fret wrap? The bow picking sounds rad!
I'll have to keep some of this in mind whenever I get my 6 string back from the luthier. I was trying to play the 1st solo on iron man and it was definitely a case of playing all the right notes but it still just sounded "wrong".
First of all, you dont have to prove no one about your playing. Second, that is a really sick looking violin. Third, fantastic playing as well. 😊 👍 🔥 ❤
Recently discovered you and since you've blown my mind more than once. After watching Eruption and this video my first thought was Dream Theater/John P/ Train og Thought. Imho a couple of his most scorching solos on As I Am and Stream of Consciousness. Keep rocking \m/
No Oh Susana, camptown ladies, Orange blossom special, Devil went down to Georgia😂 On the cool ... Just keep doing what you do. Unless you create, people don't know that 3 seconds of work can take three hours. Very creative.
This lady is a great talent, and I, like many on this video platform, am quite impressed with her work on that instrument. And it is the instrument I wish to comment on. There have been hybrid instruments before, but when does one stop being what it originally was? To me, this is a seven string, short scale, fretted guitar that is played with a bow. I have not been able to determine string tuning. It is bowed from chin level, and it seems this is the only trait it has in common with the classic violin. American Heritage dictionary defines a violin thus: violin /vī″ə-lĭn′/ noun 1. A stringed instrument played with a bow, having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth, an unfretted fingerboard, and a shallower body than the viol and capable of great flexibility in range, tone, and dynamics. 2. A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle. Similar: fiddle 3. A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers. Note that all three definitions mention four strings, and the first mentions the tuning. What is the consensus here - guitar or violin?
I don't know what your talking about not tech savvy. But you sound FRKN bad ass. Please keep posting your videos.do you take requests ??? So much music to explore thank you
My granddaughter is just learning viola at 11 yrs.old. would love to get her an electric violin. Saw some on Amazon.. Is it worth a try. I've been playing guitar for 57 yrs. Have bought a few instruments with great success. Tia!!! Your wonderful by the way!!!
I respect all string musicians, as I see is extra hard to get a proper sound. Intonation by ear, no frets, and countless practise hours... But I never liked the sound. But mr. Wood with his electric artifacts and you awesome players, daring to explore new sounds outside the classics, You are really rockin'!!!
"I call bullshit. what a idiot, even electric guitars don't sound great until you add FX. Thanks for explaining how much work it takes to get such a awesome sound from your instrument. You are amazing.
I was blessed to have a concert violinist in a rock band. And yes it's possible. He had a distortion, pedal, Wha pedal, everything and he was amazing. It was a pleasure playing with that dude... Wait pause that didn't sound right...😅😅😅
You're a great musical talent. It's a sad state of affairs that you have to prove your talent to some folks. I love your work. You're fantastic. Thank you for sharing your gift.
cant really blame ppl these days tho, so much fakeness, even their faces can be a silicon mask, with all these new apps u just cannot tell anymore what u are looking at.
so dont judge too harshly.
100%
you took the words right out of my mouth. She is great at what she does.
I can’t believe anyone nitpicks that Eruption solo. IT WAS AMAZING. I cant believe the tone you got. Closer than many guitarists I’ve heard. You keep rockin’. “If you can sing it you can play it” was a rule when I studied and performed jazz in college. I feel many guitarists could learn from you…especially this video.
E.V.H. I believe would be impressed by your technique and musicianship! you are amazing on that violin, love it
EVH was an innovator. I'm sure he'd appreciate another innovator.
Eddie would be so proud.😊
Love the Deep Purple Smoke on the Water Reference! ❤❤😊
Yeah, it came out of nowhere and it rocked.
That was great! Just discovered you here and I'll be watching more!
King Edward would have thought what you do is amazing. Rock on Girl!!!!👍👍👍👍👍
Absolutely phenomenal!
Pure awesomeness!❤
Outstanding violinist, BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO 👏 🙌 👍
What an incredible musician. WOW.. I’m in total admiration to your dedication to your craft.
This is much easier to emulate on guitar than violin. Mind blowing !!
Thank you for your post. I think you’re a musical genius. You must be. It’s amazing that you are able to quickly understand the mechanics and structure of what you’re hearing. Very impressive.
Thisnis one of the absolute clearest, most masterful explanations of ones techniques/software/gear on CZcams. Nicely done.👍
Boy Nina you got the whole package - such professionalism and talent - I sub’d for sure!
Clean sound so good. Nice share. Very dialed in. Sing something play something is a great note. 🎶
Excellent video, thanks for explaining your method of figuring out solos !
I believe I can or could learn the violin. I've always loved the sound.
Outstanding insight into your music kitchen! Thank you for sharing!
Awesome video explanation, thanks for going through the time to do this. You are amazingly talented and Eddie would be impressed! Thanks for keeping his music alive!
I’m a self taught guitarist. I’ve also been a sound reinforcement engineer. I have however been out of it for more then 30 years and still, I could tell you were legit playing eruption and you absolutely did it justice. In fact I did comment on your rendition of it. Quite frankly I never thought that it could be done. You proved me oh so wrong. Technology has improved greatly since my day of analog devices.
You did a fantastic job with that Rush song.
Awsome
You are such a great talent ! I love watching you play and talk about how you work things out. Keep on rocking!!❤
Very cool. I appreciate your instructions
I play electric guitar, I know I'm a bit off-topic, but I remember how surprised I was when I got the chance to hear a cello played by a professional in my sitting room, right in front of me: the amount of harmonics that were coming out of that instrument! It really sounded like a close relative to a distorted electric guitar...
Such an amazing talents, enjoyed hearing the behind the scene technical workings to make the magic happen!
I like your attention to how you want to sound like a guitar and actually sonically recreate the solo itself. That's cool! Your solos sound really awesome! 🎸
Thank you!
Sounds amazing a new approach to the electric guitar sound with electric violin thank God
So fun. Great work. Sounds great. Excellent tutorial by you. Thanks. That guitar solo is iconic and I remember it well now 40 years later
Such an awesome gift.
I could never achieve your skill, your knowledge is amazing, the work you have to do to replicate a peice of music and your understanding of the technology needed to get the sound right. Your absolutely amazing.
Ok, this has to be the most helpful video I’ve ever seen on how to replicate this stuff on the viper. THANK YOU!!!
Thanks for sharing this helpful insight that I can incorporate into my guitar learning/playing.
You are an amazing talented musician and I love the way you create your own style. Thank you for a great work that you do. ❤
I'm speechless! Awesome!!
Nina, there are no words. Such a mesmerizing performance is the result of hard work. 💐💐💐💐
Нина, Маэстро-Браво! ❤❤❤! 🎉
Start to finish, you are a Pro. Thanks for the peek behind the curtain.
Thanks!
Such a talent 👏. Outstanding!
Super creative and she knows what she is doing, true artist.
U just popped up on my feed, I took a look n listen and I liked it. U have a new subscriber here. Love what your doing on violin.
🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽💯💯💯💯💯
Just discovered your channel and I am loving. Learning place. Thank you. Hugs from Brazil.
Your level of musical training is very impressive and dwarves many people on CZcams who aren’t classically trained as you are…Bravo! 👏
These videos are absolutely fantastic, amazing and just stunning 😍 ❤️ I absolutely love them! Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍🏻
Musicians who watched your Facebook video know that it is you playing by watching your left hand vibrato and also the effects are what bring your electric violin to sound like it did playing the classic Time from Pink Floyd which I loved .
So glad I found your channel. Like you, I started playing violin young (5 years old -- yeah, the whole Asian thing), classically trained, blah blah blah, but switched to guitar in high school, and haven't owned a violin since my main violin was stolen in the mid-90's. I fully agree with you about violin players trying to cover guitar solos -- they sound like they're played on a violin. Which is fine, because if one wanted to sound like a guitar, why not just play a guitar? BUT -- there are sounds that are better produced on a violin, and might make the solos even better than the original. Creating sustain effects on a guitar is something takes a lot of effort on a guitar, and it's built-in to the violin!
I don't have a Helix, but I already own a Boss GT-100 which is similar -- lots of model simulations already built-in.
So I haven't bought an electric violin to get back into the violin world yet, but great to see that people like you are already far along the path to merging the two instruments. Great video!
You are amazing!!!! Wow!!!
HOLY CRAP that Beat IT solo was so awesome , she's a star .
Brilliant 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Thank you Nina .Keep doing what you do
So cool and awesome. Very well explained, thank you so much..!
1st video of ANY musician that has me truly amazed in a while... Sumpin new. Nice
I Love Your Work!! ❤😊
Damn! You are killer! Thanks for taking the time to emulate the guitar on a violin, super talented! CHEERS!
❤ Wowwwwww, very, very impressive, and very, very amazing talent! Ohhhh, wowwww! I really love hearing and watching you giving instructions of the song!!! Your violin playing, is very, very amazing!!! Hope you have a wonderful day! ❤
wow...blistering pace....
Nice. Good job.
That was very interesting, so good.
You are amazing
Even more impressive is the decked out EVH black/yellow pimped pimped out violin and those blinged out Chucks :) Great solo!!!! Keep on Rockin'!!!!
Ok I come here and the first thing I see is a 6 string violin that I assume is setup like a guitar, that is freaking cool and i want one
This is awesome!! Interesting and informative🎉🎉🎉🎉 Fun to watch😊 You are an extremely talented musician🎉🎉🎉🎉 Hope to see you in a live performance someday!!! Keep on Rockin'🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸❤😁
That’s pretty sick! I wonder what a little foam would sound like, under the strings behind the bridge and at the headstock? Maybe even a fret wrap? The bow picking sounds rad!
I'll have to keep some of this in mind whenever I get my 6 string back from the luthier. I was trying to play the 1st solo on iron man and it was definitely a case of playing all the right notes but it still just sounded "wrong".
I'm not sure if many people understand how difficult it is to play an EVH finger tapping guitar solo on a violin, but you did a great job
Your so cool.....i love this....
Absolutely awesome!!
First of all, you dont have to prove no one about your playing. Second, that is a really sick looking violin. Third, fantastic playing as well. 😊 👍 🔥 ❤
That's pretty Amazing what your doing. Very very Cool. 👊😎💯
Awesome video, thank you for sharing your recipe 😂😂❤❤❤❤. Absolutely inspiring ❤❤❤
I never saw a 6-string e-violin before. That was interesting... and on top you're a beautiful sight to see... 😊 Rock on!
And frets too .
Im in love. With the violin technique, of course. I would love to see you cover Page's bow technique on "Dazed and Confused."
This kid Rocks
Wow what a talented Barbie doll, YOU"RE AWESOME, Keep on rocking!
That looks tricky. Badass
Great!!!!!!!!!!
Cool video!
Recently discovered you and since you've blown my mind more than once. After watching Eruption and this video my first thought was Dream Theater/John P/ Train og Thought. Imho a couple of his most scorching solos on As I Am and Stream of Consciousness. Keep rocking
\m/
Love what you do. Keep on Keeping on .... Let there be rock!!~ Would love to hear you do some Randy Rhoads. thanks.
Jean-Luc ponty mirage tune all his violins are electrified that's pretty cool she has a great demonstration of her style pretty cool. 😎👍
No Oh Susana, camptown ladies, Orange blossom special, Devil went down to Georgia😂 On the cool ...
Just keep doing what you do.
Unless you create, people don't know that 3 seconds of work can take three hours. Very creative.
This lady is a great talent, and I, like many on this video platform, am quite impressed with her work on that instrument. And it is the instrument I wish to comment on. There have been hybrid instruments before, but when does one stop being what it originally was? To me, this is a seven string, short scale, fretted guitar that is played with a bow. I have not been able to determine string tuning. It is bowed from chin level, and it seems this is the only trait it has in common with the classic violin.
American Heritage dictionary defines a violin thus:
violin /vī″ə-lĭn′/
noun
1. A stringed instrument played with a bow, having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth, an unfretted fingerboard, and a shallower body than the viol and capable of great flexibility in range, tone, and dynamics.
2. A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.
Similar: fiddle
3. A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers.
Note that all three definitions mention four strings, and the first mentions the tuning. What is the consensus here - guitar or violin?
I'd love to try that.
Among others,
Pink Floyd coming back to life I do on my harmonicas ..
Thank You 🌹
Interesting. I like what you're doing there.
What type of pickup is in your electric violin? Piezo?
I did'nt even know such an instrument existed ! 😮
I always thought Vinnie Vincent's guitar playing sounded like a wicked violin.
You and Nita Strauss should team up and do an album 😮 Amazing!
Nina…I think all you need is the stripes on your violin and you’re 90% there…hahaha…absolutely fantastic…excellent work 👍
I use a line 6 for guitar 🎸
I don't know what your talking about not tech savvy. But you sound FRKN bad ass. Please keep posting your videos.do you take requests ??? So much music to explore thank you
Wow! Who knew ! 😮
You Rock 👏👍🤘🎶🎵
Just jokin great job!!!👍🏽😆
My granddaughter is just learning viola at 11 yrs.old. would love to get her an electric violin. Saw some on Amazon.. Is it worth a try. I've been playing guitar for 57 yrs. Have bought a few instruments with great success. Tia!!! Your wonderful by the way!!!
I respect all string musicians, as I see is extra hard to get a proper sound. Intonation by ear, no frets, and countless practise hours... But I never liked the sound. But mr. Wood with his electric artifacts and you awesome players, daring to explore new sounds outside the classics, You are really rockin'!!!
You are a very talented woman with a nice home studio I love that neck strap too lol!
you are a great violinist I follow you
YOu are so awesome! The color of your eyes fascinated me.
Cool violin What brand is it? I thought it sounded great out it the box too
"I call bullshit. what a idiot, even electric guitars don't sound great until you add FX. Thanks for explaining how much work it takes to get such a awesome sound from your instrument. You are amazing.
❤❤❤❤❤
I was blessed to have a concert violinist in a rock band. And yes it's possible. He had a distortion, pedal, Wha pedal, everything and he was amazing. It was a pleasure playing with that dude... Wait pause that didn't sound right...😅😅😅