Sometimes I feel watching your video is like comitting a robbery. The knowledge that you have shared here is more than what some students could ever learn in a conservatory. Thank you for your passion and great insights - it definitely benefits so many violinists around the world. May your life be blessed with great health, abundance and success!

She IS an amazing violinist 👍 let alone how she makes it look so easy ❤

I don’t if it has happened to alot of people too but sometimes there’s things that my teacher told me ages ago that I end up understanding just much further down the line because I didn’t feel aware if it before. I think the real difficulty in violin playing is that even though it’s simple motions, to achieve them you need to have much more awareness of each part of your body to isolate what needs to be used. The more consistency you want, the more awareness is required.

Hadelich and Szeryng using the same instrument in these videos! I like to refer to the events as "bus stops" - no one likes it when the bus stops too often! Appreciate your videos!

i feel like the only way someone doesn't think hadelich is the best violin player alive is if they've never heard of him haha the guy is just. On Another Level. other worldy, i'm obsessed with his technique and musicality, wish he'd record every concerto cuz it seems his interpretations are always my favorite

Dude I just love your channel.

Great video. Thank you.

I will definitely put this into practice. Thanks for the video!

I absolutely love your imitation of beginner. so much control

Interesting examples and perspectives on violin playing and performance in general. I like the phrasing examples of comparison.

The lessons on your channel are very very helpful to my practice, they add some clarity to what i am doing, thank you!

Excellent video!

Thank you so much for explaining the beauty of simplicity. I have been playing Fiddle for 7 years and I struggle with keeping the bow arm and wrist loose and not fingering the strings so hard (I also play guitar where you have to press down hard there). I think I can learn more from you so I will subscribe. My hero is someone you did not mention, Isaac Stern.

I’ve never thought Hilary makes it look easy. when I played with her I thought her sound was very pressed and her technique seemed very tense when viewed up close. I was sort of shocked she could avoid injury. Her playing is obviously extremely impressive though and she’s incredibly easy to follow

Honestly the best content... And I watch a lot. If only I could execute as seamlessly as you describe it! But seriously, you're just amazing.

Thank you for this video!! 💛🏵️💛

Thank you for the video

As age takes hold I wish I had practiced my EARS sooner

Thank you for sharing. :)

For intonation, I used a tuner to practice with and that made a huge difference when playing scales

one of the first things i noticed while starting closed notes is it takes basically no pressure to make it shift to the note, but i worried it was still gonna be bad technique, so id been wondering. thank you for bringing this up, Murphy. still struggling with keeping the fingers not touching the strings until i need them to without being too far to play efficiently though

Super super super lovely tips Augustine violinist from Malaysia

I wish you and your KZfaq channel would have been around back in 1989 when I was learning this instrument.

I’m curious, have you read much into Dounis’s pedagogue? He believes that the fingers shouldn’t stay in a fixed structure directly above the string but rather in a limp state where your pinky might not be as close. There’s a wind back of the finger lever before the drop of the finger and a very fast and articulate approach to the string where the finger strikes the string pushes it to the finger board and releases to the light finger pressure you mentioned earlier. I’ve found this fast strike and release helps a lot with vibrato because the energy and release allows the finger to roll more naturally as a response to that drop movement. The fast drop also helps with intonation because the signals in your brain are coming from more of a “reflex”. If the movement is too slow then your brain is sending “start” “stop” “start” “stop” messages to the finger which leads to inaccuracies in finger placement. It’s like when your eye is tracking movement there’s little skips and stops when the tracking is slow, but when it’s faster and jumping from one side of the ball to the next then there is no little stutters. I hope this all makes sense, would love to know your thoughts.

Love this video and very timely for me as I came to this conclusion yesterday whilst watching a really good chamber music group playing live. I realised I don’t have a stable left hand shape so consequently my fingers don’t fall back in the same place each time!! Any exercises/videos you have to correct this fault please?!! They/you make it look so simple in that your wrist/hand frame appears to stay the same and only the fingers move . So much more efficient!! Thanks.

That’s the problem. Everyone tries to copy these “pros” instead of finding their own voice on their instrument. Not just the violin.

Mil gracias por el vídeo! Hadelich es también mi favorito! En el violín nada, absolutamente nada es fácil...pero es el instrumemto más maravilloso que existe! Mi sensación es que durante los primeros años de estudio se van incorporando muchos conocimientos y experimentamos cada día con lo que nuestros profesores y nosotras mismas aprendemos... Con el paso del tiempo vamos eliminando lo que no es útil, y optimizamos nuestra manera de tocar... Aún no he llegado a conseguirlo pero no dejaré de estudiar hasta conseguir que mi sonido no sea "sonido de estudiante" como decías en un video anterior😅 Eres un gran profesor y aprendo mucho contigo!💜🎶💜🎻

😮 eye opener

Hilary’s Brahms is everything

First of all they have great talent !

the new bumper is sweet

I don't even play violin, vut I found this video very interesting.

Sir, when I see Yehudi Menuhin, the way he holds the violin, his left hand is so free, it looks like the knuckle of first finger doesn’t ever touch the violin and it’s just supported by the flesh of his thumb and his chin. I have tried so hard to balance. It just doesn’t happen.

At 13:29 you point out that slowing down on the last 4 sixteenth notes disrupts the musical line? I’m wondering why that is. Because Augustin does that same thing at 14:17. I believe that slowing does provide greater emphasis of an event ending because your ear is able to absorb each sixteenth note of the slow down as a sign of arrival.

Anne Sofie Mutter, Joshua Bell, and less known (for no reason) Bartlomiej Niziol winner of Wieniawski International competition in 1996 curently principal in Zurich Symphony Orchestra.

Great video! I think another good way to phrase this is "straightforward". Many times the problem/hurdle is straightforward, but execution is a lot more difficult than just stating what to do. Just because the end goal is clear doesn't mean the journey will be. Also, at least for me, I find I can easily get more tense when I think too much about simplifying/relaxing. Being aware without overly fixating on a particular aspect of playing is a skill in and of itself (e.g. noticing certain notes in a scale are out of tune but waiting until after the whole scale to evaluate and improve it for next time). And, speaking of Hadelich, his philosophy of simplifying technique (to an extent) to serve the music better I find great. Anyone who hasn't seen his Ask Augustin series of videos should watch some of them; he has a lot of gems.

I love Hilary Hahn. She’s a beautiful player

Hilary han is amazing

I like Szeryng's Bach better than all the others, too😊

Anybody that knows how to play an instrument well can’t make it look easy. I have played guitar since 1974. One day about five years ago, it was back when Best Buy was selling musical instruments and I was in their store, looking at their guitars and was playing them. And Laney walked up to me and said wow yeah sure I know how to play a guitar and make it look easy. She says I have tried so many times you make it look so easy. I think most people that have a lot of experience and playing music. They know how to make it look easy the age old saying is there is a lot more to it that meets the eye.👍🏼👍🏼😁🎸

Well the bowing is just like bicycling. Less is more. When your balance is perfect you can even let go of the bars and it will stay stable.

what are James Ehnes's idiosyncrasies that work for him but wouldn't work for others?

FLAT Intonation can come from not being firm enough in your left hand fingers. Give some helpful information please.

I'm Still a Fan of Hahn lol.

Oh my

I'm following the instructions in the video right now to get in a comment cuss out fight with Hilary Hahn haters because she is my absolute favorite. Just doing what I can to help the video get exposure.

Hilary Hahn makes it look "easy." I am not a violinist, but I do NOT believe for a moment that what she does is EASY. Instead, I get the impression that she puts enormous thought into each passage work and connects them flawlessly. Her technique is simply beyond question. So is her utter clarity, even in the fastest passages. No, I have no idea how she does this. But it is NOT easy. It never will be. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

golf is simple; all you have to do hit the ball into the hole.

I just wish I could stay in tune. I can play the same three notes in a row ten times and somehow get 30 different tones. OK maybe not 30, but still it is super frustrating.

When the violin, violin.

Idc what yall say Hilary is amazing bro

Basically...use less _physical_ energy and much, MUCH greater amounts of _mental_ energy.

Is Ray Chen a good violinist?

I think you forgot one crucial thing, which majorly affects the left hand dynamics; i.e. holding the violin with your chin. If the violin is not sufficiently locked in place by your chin, the left hand needs to take over and thus a) the fingers need to press more on the strings b) the left hand needs to hold the violin and the frame shifting suffers from it and c) vibrato will also suffer from it. Overall stiffening the left hand.Thus, I hypothesise that in order to simplify your playing you'd have to make sure that your overall posture and stance is corrected first. The rest should follow. What are your thoughts on this?

Why do I try?

She IS an amazing violinist 👍 let alone how she makes it look so easy 2:47

Who's your favorite living violinist?

Yeesh

06:50

1:00 lmao, murphy the opportunist

How dare you not mention Augustin Hadelich in the "greatest violinist" section! This is my addition to the 50 comments :P

I like your chinrest. Can you tell me more about it?

Your sound was too good, when you tried to imitate beginner sound. :D

I just got to 5 minutes 47 seconds in the video (so I don't know what you are going to say next), but I've been teaching that thing you just called "pronation" for years. I call it "pouring the tea" into the cup. I like to say, pour the tea, don't smack it with a meat tenderizer. Lol

why must soloists stand while the rest of the orchestra gets to sit. i mean, except for Perlman of course… that never made sense to me.

8:34 "dumb" really? I would not send my kid to you.

You wanted comments? For the algorithm. You're welcome.

I'll bet if the inventor of the violin knew what we know today about ergonomics it would be a totally different instrument today. Just saying.

50 COMMENT FIGHT, BRING IT ON!!1

I can play violin like you! I just choose not to!

I know her uncle.

I don't even play violin, wtf am i doing here

Lol

I'll get her drunk and then she might tell me her secret

Simplistic? You sound like a DMV test. Accidents happen when 2 vehicles try to occupy the same space.

Btw Hilary Hahn is a prime example of what Not to do. 😂

i dont like hillary hahn tell me otherwise

Anyone else hate it when people add things that aren't in the score? Rubato, accents, etc?

People are, truly, stupid in this day and age...

I think ladies that authentically prayed for me or sided with me on whatever form some kind of psychic bond with me. And when other dudes dominate them sexually, it had an adverse effect on me physiologically. I'm over it now. I just expect that shit from everyone now.