HOW TO: Tune your VIOLIN!!
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Hey Alison! Thank you for all of your lessons. I was wondering though if you could do a video on violin octaves? I got myself a fiddlerman violin and it was close to all the correct notes (E,A,D, and G) on my tuner, but it was almost a week of playing open strings before I realized I was in the wrong octave for every string. There is very little out there on the importance and "how to" for tuning in the correct octave. Thank you!
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I just bought my first violin. I had a man at the violin shop tune it for me. And I was there for a shoulder rest and some rosin. That's just ANOTHER way to tune your violin. :-)
My first violin at 56. Loving these videos! So helpful. Thank you!
I hope you're making success so far
Go you! That's wonderful 😁
I'm glad others are starting later in life. I just bought my violin at 57.
Four years later, I hope you're doing great!
It's funny cause it's my first as well. I'm 36, I play guitar, piano, trumpet, and some drums
I wish I watched this video first before I try to tune my violin. 😭
Same
Mines is messed up and I’m crying 😭
same
Same... the G string on my new violin snapped 😭😭😭
Did we all snap the string before looking for a tutorial? Lol
I've been playing music since I was 8 and I've always wanted a violin but didn't think I could afford lessons. But I just got one (now that I'm 32) and found your channel, thanks so much you have the most helpful and informative channel I've found. Would have never got mine tuned if it wasn't for you. Being as I've always played guitar and bass and cheap ones at that I've never messed with fine tuners but thanks to you I know what's up.
Her: " Always use the fine tuner. "
Me: Literally twisting the pegs while watching this 👁️👄👁️
G D A E. looking at the violin, the G is on the left and the Eis on the right. The G string is the thickest string and the E is the thinnest.
So, it follows, when you're looking at your violin, face-on, the strings are saying to you the Aussie expression "G'day!" (GDAE)
Hello, I have a question. My violin teacher was telling me that after tuning the A, E is tuned next, so you start playing A and E together. I thought she was mistaken as I only saw D getting tuned as second. So I searched for a reference and the reasoning behind that. The only thing I found was a forum comment saying that A and D are tuned first, because they are n the middle of the bridge and tuning E as second might cause some problems. However, they also said that Viola tunes D after A, hence the two uppermost strings, so this can't be the reason.
Can you give me some information about why are strings on the violin are tuned in that order and if there are places or times where it is done differently?
Alison! Alison!!! My new MV300 arrived today, and I rosined up the bow just like you said in your other video, and I made . . . noise! :))))))
This lesson has really helped me a lot
Still learning and improving, all thanks to our online tutor for the tutorial ❤❤
Learned to tune a few months ago by myself, & our video really really helped me do it quicker. I used to hesitate all the time & then get nowhere.
My pegs won't stay in place, they always move back. Like, it was designed to never be tuned correctly.
+al gore czcams.com/video/iiizJ6K3rPE/video.html
The Online Piano and Violin Tutor thanks
You could also push them in after you've put them the way you want them, push in and they won't move. But not too much or you'll break the pegs. And when u want to move them again just pull the out a tiny bit. NOT TOO MUCH. My DAD was helping me cause he plays the guitar and he tightened the E string to much and I went to play Carol of the Bells and when I bowed the E string snapped back at my face and now I have a large welt on my face from my eyebrow down to where my nostril lined up with my cheak
al gore mine do this too
Same tho
I'm 55 and played the piano and clarinet as a child. I originally wanted to play the violin so I am pursuing it now.
Your videos are a tremendous help to me. I have been playing the mandolin for our church's worship group but have always desired to play the violin. I now have a violin, and am adjusting to a bow. Your videos are a treasure grove of information making it easier to learn.
I wish I watched this video before. So far I've broken 3 or 4 E strings and now I got a bunch of E string just for every each time the accident happen again =)).
This video useful !
For beginner, remember never tune your E string with Peg. :))
Nam Bùi Đức thanks for the advice
Lol
I broke my E string,I’m screwed
@@windyrunner3847 I broke my G string 😳😳😳
I'm incredibly blessed with the gift of being able to unravel/untangle the thickest string of an instrument.
Twice with my bass guitar, and so far only once with my Viola.
I'm extremely gentle, yet extremely gifted.
So, yeah. "Come on baby, let's do the twist", but do it GENTLY!
I love the way you said "and then they had to wait for me to put it on for them..." which conveyed much more than was said...
I seriously can't thank you enough! My violin was so out of tune and I couldn't get it, I almost gave up but I arrived at your channel. I'm a beginner so I was turning the pegs and it felt like the strings were about to break but you talked about how you have to be careful with them. I'm so great full I stumbled across your channel. Again, thank you!
yes, it should do. I dont use a shoulder rest or anything at all for that matter as you can probably tell, but i do lift my shoulder up and bring my chin down a little so they 'grip' the violin. The shoulder rest, just eliminates this so you dont have the raise your left shoulder slightly and grip with your chin and shoulder. That actually sounds worse than it is...but its not....It all depends really on the amount of space you have between your shoulder and chin as its different for everyone...
You're the Great !!! Alison, The Best Violin Tutorials in CZcams !!!💐💐💐
Allysen, Thank you for posting these lessons. I'm 61yrs old, and just begining. They are very helpful. Tony S. in San Diego, Ca.
thank you for commenting - its nice to read this :)
I am so excited! I just got my new Cecilio CVN 500 4/4! I love the way you teach. Now I am going to go take my violin out of the case, and use my notebook with your tips of do's and don'ts. So a fun morning ahead. Thank You!
I love the fact that I can always come back to a video, because I completely forgot the trick about pushing down the string into the peg box to get that micro tuning, as opposed to turning the tuning peg. Of course it's been two years since i last watched this video. But still, I love that option!
With the bow moving around problem when you are not looking at it, you could try splitting an A4 piece of paper in half and rolling it up (like a cigarette) so you will have 2 in total and placing them (CAREFULLY) into the circle part of the 2 'f' holes either side of the bridge. Put them in the top of the f holes, not bottom......
it means the notes are a 5th apart like the violin strings. So the G string to the D string is what we call an open 5th as G,A,B,C,D are 5 notes away. Does that make sense?
Hi, yes there is - you can use it to stop the peg slipping and make them easier to tune, but I wouldnt use pegs as a general rule unless you have a professional violin which is made for tuning with the pegs and has been set up as such. I would use the fine tuners except if the violin is really out of tune and the fine tuners wont cut it. I would leave the violin as it is when you put it to bed. Dont let the tension go or you will be ruining the strings. Hope that helps :)
Allysen, Thank you very much for posting these videos. I am 61 and just begining. They are very helpful. Tony S. San Diego, Ca
Thank you so much for this video. My school had a requirement to tune it own instruments. And this helped a lot. Thanks !
Thanks again u r best Robert Haller and family
Thank you so much for this video! My teacher never taught me to tune my violin, even though I took lessons with her for a year. And now that I can't take lessons with her anymore, I didn't know how to tune it! (I was absolutely useless!) But now I do! Thank you!
Love the video. As a gutair player I believe the word your looking for is harmonics.. also when you come into tune the "wobble" between the notes goes away.... again love you videos thankyou so much gonna try to learn to "fiddle" quite the challenge for a gutair player 😆
My E string broke while watching this video.
It was really out of tune and the pegs were acting weird and then it just broke. I've been playing the thing for 6 years.
I WASN'T EVEN TWISTING THEM TOO HARD
dammit
EchoTheBlackFox you should change your strings every 7 months 🙂
Yeah, you're right. I have switched violins pretty often, but I've had this one for about 2 years. I guess I kept putting it off.
i wish i had seen this video before breaking all my first new strings :(
Depends what level. For beginners, Stentor II is the one to get, higher than that and you are going to more traditional violins that are made by 'people' rather than brands and each one will be unique.
My G string used to always acted up and my E string I used to hate it! But these thecnics actually helped when my orchestra teacher told me about them
This is for sure a master class - Thank you.I have played guitar since teen years and two days ago I had a brain melt and got me one.WHAT no frets? :)I'm hooked - I always have been - didn't know where to start until I found you.Sincerely thank you.
Thank you for being my guide in this beautiful journey
well either take it to your local music shop and the friendly staff there may help you tune it, or as you turn the pegs, GENTLY push them inwards as you turn and they should stay. Gently does it though and dont turn fast - take your time or you will snap the string or tilt the bridge so just keep an eye on the bridge also and make sure it stands straight.
You can use peg paste and try to push them inwards GENTLY as you turn to tune them
I like your point of tuning up.
Thank you so very much for these video’s. I do plan on donating to you because I consider this so much help. Age 55 and finally I just got my first Violin !
well loosen off the fine tuners a little so that you 'reset' them so to speak so you have room for manoeuvre. Dont have them too tight or loose, just in the middle. You cant really have too much string around the peg as thats pretty much standard. I find with students violins that they slip a lot when i tuning them so i use the pegs to tune them properly then just stick with the fine tuners from then on.
I had to rewatch this I had broken a string and needed to re tune after 4 hours i did it!! Thank you
Cool I finally have moved with No roommates and I have a violin. Glad I found your videos.
I have downloaded an App on my iPad and had it running during this video. It showed me more of a visual for of this video as well so it worked well together with this video so YAY! i cannot wait till I start!
you need to just gently push the peg inwards as you tune, but GENTLY though as you will do damage. If not, peg grip or soap (the bar variety) rubbed over the peg to help it keep in place, but only a little and dry NOT wet.
1) I can hear what you mean by the two notes sounding like one.
2) Use musician quote thingies (10:29)! Only musicians are aloud to use them! Use your index and little fingers instead of your index and middle. Sorry if that's a little random.
Very helpful video, thanks :)
I'm in love! Musical talent, beauty and that accent!!
I laughed at myself as you explained how you shouldn't use the tuning pegs lest you snap the strings. Where was this yesterday when I applied my guitar tuning skills on my new violin? lol Glad I found your channel it's clear I'm hopeless without it.
I tried to tune my new violin for the first time 2 days ago, and when I turned the pegs, they suddenly loosened and the strings became too loose, now matter how hard I tried to turn them to make the strings taught again, they keep springing back the opposite way, then when I tried again, the bottom G-string broke.
I thought maybe I was tuning the wrong way, as I was presumed to turn the pegs the same way that I turn the machine heads on a guitar. I checked CZcams tonight, and all the videos said to turn the pegs, which is what I did, but yours is the first video that I found, that explains to tune at the bottom of the bridge and not with the pegs, and you said exactly what happened to my violin when you try to tune with the pegs on a cheap violin. The string snapped.
Thank you so much for explaining that. I regret that I didn't look for your video before trying to tune it by myself (^_^;)
Thank you for your explanation.
Dominant strings are great all rounders and I recommend you have fine tuners and use them - not the pegs as student quality violins are not really designed for peg use all the time.
I love the "tuning it up" - great tip, thank you!
you are right,i wouldnt bother if it didnt work BUT it only works to an extent which i think you realise anyway. You can follow me and copy what i do, but the only thing you will miss from a teacher is lesson guidance as to what you play/practice and when to move on etc and also to tell you what you are doing wrong. It can be done even without a teacher but totally depends on what level you want to get to. If you want exams for example, you need a teacher. if you want fun, then videos will work.
only the use the pegs if the string is really out of tune, the you can use the fine tuners to tweak the note.
Thanks again for your help and support and help and advice u r fantastic
Alison,
Thanks for all of the valuable information. Violin lessons, who knew? Tuning, and rosining up the bow. My violin is tuned and sounds pretty good. All that I need to do now is learn to play. My playing is not scratchy, again thanks to you. My notes sound full and lovely. I am willing to practice as much as the law will allow :~D So far I am having a ball.
.......Push the paper in until you they hit the floor of the violin and they should stand up and not droop over. Then, you need to put the bow infront of them and it will stop you bowing onto the finger board. So you will have in this order: the bridge, your bow, the paper poles, then the fingerboard. Does that make sense?
Thank you Alison, you helped more than you know. I'm going to enjoy the journey.:)
Alison , you are not the first , but the best .. i like to watch your videos ,
+K N Its not always about being the first, but taking whats already done and making it better!
+The Online Piano and Violin Tutor perfect , yes you are true , this is why i said you are the best , you know how to make it better , not all music artists can make it better , you did it , and still doin
My electric tuner did the same thing. It will read any sound you make, even all those other letters. I listened to the video and tuned my top string like hers and was easily able to lock onto the correct note. Turns out, I was 1 maybe 2 octaves low! Try again but listed to her video for the correct sound. That was also why I could not get a good sound when using my bow. It just refused to make the sound with a bow. NOW all is well. THANK YOU ! ! ! P.S. I just ordered a pitch pipe so I Have a good sound source.
no. I get asked this a lot, but it doesn't - well i dont think so anyway. only my should is going up a touch and i can still move my hand and fingers and do vibrato.
Just because my shoulder us lifter a little, it doesnt stop me moving my fingers...
You need to find whats comfortable for you. Itzhak Perlman and Anne-Sophie Mutter dont use shoulder rests and they are 2 of the best violinist in the world.....Hope that helps? Alison
Total beginner mistake,my electronic tuner got switched to yucalaly. Problem solved but still thinking to upgrade. Thanks again for all the great videos!!
you r so helpful I'm going to start playing a violin and we can't get classes for me so this is very helpful thankyou!!
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Someone my sis knows lent me a cheap violin, and what you said about the cheap pegs is so true, I noticed they are made out of some cheap wood and dyed black, and they're a bit oval (don't know if they're supposed to be like that, though).
I already ended up snapping the E string, luckily it was the cheap string it came with, but I just bought a slightly beter string set. And I don't have any finetuners, the original tailpiece had them, but had a crack and simply broke when I was tuning it.
Will probably upgrade the pegs later on.
This is really useful. Thank you so much. Greetings from Mexico
depends on what context, but a 5th is 5 notes higher.
Best intro music I've ever heard
Type in 'tighten' into the search bar on my channel and a video should pop up that will help you. Sorry YT wont let me link it here.
Thanks. I do have an electric tuner but haven't tried it yet. Will use it as well as twisting the pegs : )
yes it is.
Hi Alison, I had my Dominant strings from your video on how to pimp your cheap violin put on at a local music shop. I also bought one of those little electric tuners. In the shop I met two old friends before I had a chance to play it and I was assured my violin was in tune. It sounded good at home but I didn't tune it. When I took it out to practise again it was all over the shop. I can now get the D and A strings to play nicely; G was fine, started to play up and is now giving me just as much grief as the E string which I really can't bare to think about. The fine tuners on G and E are right down, G I can only get to D sharp and E is currently on F sharp but its taken me this whole morning to get it there, and I know it is likely my inexperience but I keep thinking that the man said he had altered my bridge slightly. I can't move the E and G fine tuners any further and I hear what you say about the pegs Alison. Anything else at all I can do? Thanks in advance. I'm developing a fear of music shops.
Christine Gage Alison, I managed it! It's taken me an age to do and my left shoulder aches (but it spent a year in physio and had cortisone pumped into it), my bowing has improved hugely and I think my ear has. I'm just really chuffed that I achieved it. Practise today was the MASSIVE task of re-tuning my violin which has taken all morning. Going out to get heat rub for shoulder! :-)
its actually a very very good question!!
Well i guess if you have NO access whatsoever to a piano, or tuner or anything at all, then you will be able to tell if you play all 4 strings as you get to know the sound of the open strings and so when they are off, or not in tune, you will probably know as something wont sound right. Does that make sense? You will probably be able to tell as the sound of the 4 strings wont sound like they usually do....Alison
Thanks for the Yanks tuning tip. As a guitarist, its a common thing to maximum yank of the strings. And again, you have beautiful blue sky eyes
The vidoes you're doing are really helpful and so good! I'm so happy to watch your tutorial with my first steps in violin.
A spot on video watched this after changing my strings took a ehile to tune but got there in the end great videos alison
Very Powerful and moving. Thank you.
I believe so. I used 196Hz for G3, 293.7Hz for D4, 440Hz for A4 and 659.3Hz for E5. I guess I don't really have much to gauge what is loose and what is tight at this stage, I might need to show it to someone who does. I do know that the G3 feels much tighter and sounds much better than the other three.
depends which G. The G higher or the G lower. Just turn the tuner until it gets closer to the note you need. Sorry cant help any more than that without actually doing it myself.
oh... thank you very much. Now i getting sound.
thank you very much
its possible the tape has slightly moved as believe it or not it happens all the time especially if the tape has been there a while as your fingers get hot and sweaty they melt the glue and move it slightly - having said all that, im not keen on tuners as, as good and hand as they are, i never quite find them totally accurate - to my ear at least...
well all the finger patterns are the same but the notes will be different and just slightly spaced out more i think. any song I play will just be transposed a whole step down kinda like transposing on guitar using a capo. I don't think any harmonics or overtones are lost tho cuz its a string and will have harmonics regardless of what note its tuned to. my concern was about the bridge and sound post since the tension of the strings is what keeps them in the right place. thanks!!! :)
hey alison i could tune my violin until i broke the A&E strings after watching your video i learn allot thank you
hi sugniwang
the string should not be loose. Did you tune to the correct octave?
The one i usually recommend is the Stentor II, I have videos on this if you do a quick little search on my channel for 'Stentor'.
I cant remember the price in dollars im afraid as im in the UK.
help, i decided to tap into my musical interest which include a piano and violin, you are teaching very well. Covid 19 has me stuck in the house but i am trying to follow everything i must do to keep from tightening up the strings too tight. Luckily for me I have a beginner , student violin by Easter. I will continue to follow your other tutorials
you are pretty delightful violinist xx
That was a very very great lesson!!
Hello! I've been watching your videos for the longest time and I was just wonder if you do any tutoring face to face like on video? If so please, please! let me know. Thank you very much for taking your time to read this message and I hope you have a wonderful day!
I d, but im fully booked at the moment. Sorry.
My violin scratching went away and also my g string was extremely loose for some reason. I think my violin still needs more tuning, but for now as a beginner it sounds much better.
you just tune the violin to the correct notes? Im not sure i fully understand what you are saying as you cant just tighten the strings however you like as they must be tuned to the correct notes. Hope that makes sense
Sorry, im not sure entirely what you mean? Do you mean how much are the fine tuners to buy? They are only a few pounds to buy.
It should be fine and i assume that even with a 20% loss as you say, its probably un-noticeable to the ear. If you have fine tuners, then you could use them, but as long as the violin is not hideously out of tune which can be very detrimental to your playing as you will have to re-position your fingers etc, then all should be well.
the same as you tune a regular one. An electric violin is the same, except you need an amp to hear it. You use a regular bow on them too.
That explains it. I tried tuning my violin the way I tune my guitar and uke. I was wondering why the strings were not tightening or loosening as well
If you type "fingerbord chart violin online" into google, the fist link you get is with sounds, maybe that helps :)
I honestly dont know the answer to that question im afraid as i only play the violin :((....but....iam going to see my good friend Russell Stowe at Woodbridge violins very soon and it shall be a question i will ask him on your behalf...so watch out soon!! Alison :))
YES!! you should always use a piano for tuning in the first instance.
Ms alison can you make a video plucking a tuned violin so i would know what a tuned violin sounds like
you can use some dry soap (those bars of soap) just rub it on and it should do the trick. No need to buy anything other than soap for less than a dollar - well hopefully as you can buy soap for about 50p here!