I tried and it didn't make any scratching noise and I was proud then I realized my dad was having a zoom meeting and all the tries were heard by his students....

Bow grip is also a thing. That pinky at the end of the frog ain't there for decoration! Pressing down however slightly on the frog end of the bow relieves weight on the front end of the bow...and sometimes even the frog end. Draw the the bow across an open string and apply pressure from your pinky on the bow hand, you'll see differences in the volume and tone.

Lauren! I loved the humor in the start of the video with the "infomercial" touch. Please do that again. On the serious side, this video really helped me because I did not know that lowering your elbow and your hand actually adds pressure. Thank you so much, you are the best teacher! Please don't stop teaching!

But Wait! There’s more!! Order within the next hour and we’ll send you the magical “No Scratch” Mongolian horse tail hair for your bow absolutely free. Lauren, I’ve been scratching, I mean practicing for over a year now and I still seem to get that lovely scratch sound from time to time. And it never fails to happen when I am online with my instructor. You know, just so she can hear it. Anyway, THANKS for the tips. I really need to try that Patreon thing since I seem to get so much from your KZfaq videos. And I will be ordering some back up supplies off of Amazon (going through your page) as I had a nice failure yesterday. The violin, hanging nicely in its place on the music stand, decided to send the E string fine tuner into space. Luckily it did not put my eye out during its exit. The tail piece broke. I can’t complain as it is over 100 years old. I’m just glad that it didn’t damage the violin. I had a bag of parts on hand that I ordered a while back just for such mishaps. Things like a chin rest, pegs, bridge, fine tuners, and a tail piece. So I replaced the tail piece, strings, and I had to replace the E and G string pegs. The others just would not hold. Because I don’t overly enjoy the look of these new pegs that are in there, I’ll be ordering some more along with another tail piece and likely some more strings. The strings I put on are a lot nicer than what I had and you can really tell a difference, so I want to get some more for the future. Oh, and one last thing. I showed my instructor how well I was doing with “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” that I learned from a KZfaq video, that now she wants me to continue with it. It has some key items in it that she felt will continue to enhance my D and G string scratching. I mean learning. Thanks.

I've always had some bowing problems such as bow scratch, warble/bounce, etc unless my bow tension is about right. I'm a bit puzzled as to what the bow tension should be before playing, but after a few adjustments a lot of bow problems mostly just go away. The bow tension I've never been able to eyeball it and adjust it right, so that leads me to believe bow tension has a fine line between working and not working. I don't think a new player could pull out a new violin and figure out how to set up both the violin and the bow.

Thanks for the great tips. You have hit the nail on the head with everything you said. Keep up the good work 👏

You hit the nail on the head! Also I was trying to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and it sounded exactly like the intro lol

Starting out again to play after many many years, So beginning again. GREAT TUTE. THANK YOU.

Thanks Lauren, this video was so simple but very insightful and made an immediate improvement in my tone. Happy to hit the tip jar for that! I'll be checking out more. Thanks again.

Great video thank you!!!

I straight SCREECH on the D string ! 😩😩😩 thank you !

Thank you so much mam...!! It's very useful for every beginners...!

Love how you explain things .

Thanks for the tip!

Literally saved my life tysm

Thank you 😊 this does help

Thank you so much!!

just seeing the advertisement at the beginning made me subscribe

Thank you for helping me

This was very helpful for a beginner like me!

thank you for this excellent explanation your video got quite informative past 0.40

Great vidéo !

I like your back ground look like my culture batik..thanks for sharing

Im working on Kansas' Dust in the Wind violin solo but so far it sounds like "Rust in the Wind" but thanks to you, the tin man is starting to lose his squeaks.

Very Helpful

Nice video! To hold and use a bow correctly is a complex task. Mine was scratching a lot, I found replacing the bow hair helped me. I still struggle with the light touch you describe

Thank you for your video. :)

I LOVE ITTT!!!! I’m 9 years old, and I just wanted to say, Thank you M.s Lauren!! I got a violin to make my dad happy, and I’m learning French at the same time, whenever I used the violin, it sounds like a dying cat! But I did this, and it worked, thank you, Again. ❤

Great hacks they helped me so much. Thank you!!!

Hi ..a lot of helpful tips..awaiting u r guidances in future

sooo helpful thank you

You're an angel.

Thanks! I'm scratchy on certain notes and wasn't sure if it was a rosin issue (look, I am convinced different rosins sound different) or if I am too heavy handed.

Everytime I time I start playing open strings it sounds fine but when I press on the E string to play a note it sounds scratchy, the rest of the strings are perfect except that one... So am I doing something wrong? Or is my bow...

Thanks for the help I've been struggling to have a good sound on violin.😅

100points for the presentation

I watched a couple of videos before, but none of them talked about applying less pressure. I started bowing it softly and could feel the difference immediately in the sound. Though my hand begin to pain, but that is something I would need to practice and get comfortable with as less pressure needs to be applied. Thanks a lot

Love your halo!

Great 👍 video thanks

thanks

I have a Canadian cousin called Lauren who is really cute and sounds just like you! The difference is that she cannot play the violin. Nice tutorial!! ❤

Thank. You. Madam. 👍👌👌👌

Not gonna lie when you said it’s because of too much pressure I stop putting so much pressure and my ears stopped hurting THANKS!

Thank You. Madam. Very very Nice

you are really a good teacher thank you

Your advice was helpful! Also your so beautiful with u standing in front of that wall, you look like a religious figure from the Bible!!🥺😃❤️🙏😃❤️perfect!!❤️🙏

If this works I’ll sub Edit: after a few try’s it works it’s still a bit scratchy but I think it’s because I still need tons of practice

Hi I have that on my A string

subscribed just cause the hilirious intro

'back in my day' (I'm 55yo, trained classically and played out a bit through my mid 30s then put it away for some unknown reason) My training, however harsh, was to hold a slightly boiled egg between my thumb and forefinger on the bow hand. Crush the egg...too much pressure on the string and I had to clean up the resulting mess. Not enough pressure and the egg falls out...again I had to clean up the mess. Kind of a Myagi approach to violin for sure but I learned some great wisdom and skill...sadly I've lost it and looking for tips!

Yesssssss

I love you ♥

Lord bless you woman 🫡very good

Does too much rosin make it scratch too?

Well I’m a bluegrass player. So I have the issue very often. It sounds like I’m tryi by to murder cat. But how?. Just apply Rosen? Or something

3:45

Please help me out in vibrato thing

Mine doesn’t sound like that kind of scratchy it just sounds like sandpaper running across some metal

The problem for me is when I press the cords it makes squeaking noises and my Bow is really loght

I can act now! LOL

The e and g strings give more scrates then other string how to fix them??

Apologies, apologies and apologies I can't stop and I got distracted by your noise ring lol

Someone please help me T-T I have no teacher for violin and my D string sounds like someone depressed sobbing (it's really hard to describe how it sounds but close to what I said) what am I doing wrong ?

The beginning made me laughing

I'm definitely at the scratchy Twinkle Twinkle part of my evil villain origin story 😂

why do it sound scratchy when i press the strings

thanks it was my elbow and the speed

But I play viola

Oh no! It is my first week learning violin 🥺 Did i make a mistake choosing it ?

Confused. Instructions tell us hold our elbow UP. Instructor did not. Is it a thing or not?

I have to play soft becaus I'm not allowed to have my violin and have to hide it to flow my passion

I don’t have a crunch but it is more gravelly . It sounds like I have sand on my bow hair

O my god really ur dad is a teacher and they all heard that hahahahahah

So to summarize it, calm the hell down 😂

My son been playing for 11 years and he still plays like a beginner...

I need to hire me a violin teacher that’s as pretty as you

Cute noise ring you r a beautiful girl

the nose-ring is more annoying than the scratchy sounds