Paul Katz on Pros & Cons of Bent Endpins

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7 жыл бұрын

Interview with Paul Katz. Companion video to “Sitting: Chair, Feet, Power at Tip“; interview with Rob Mayes.
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@gustavwochercello1059 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! It is so helpful to understand for who which endpin fits the best and I have the most respect for your teaching and your channel! Upon getting a Stahlhammer the soreness in my right shoulder reduced itself substantially! That soreness had made me dislike playing the cello for years, having to stop every few bars in the most extreme cases. It's just gone now. (I'm the tall and skinny type.)

@CelloGoodSir 7 жыл бұрын

Now we just need Stalhammer to make the steel ones again!

@faisalhussein1028 7 жыл бұрын

Instructive video with the legendary Prof Katz, thank you for posting. For a very different approach of the end pin, but also fully valid, it may be interesting to see videos of Stephen Isserlis playing.

@SamsonCheung 7 жыл бұрын

Missed one advantage - the bent angle resolved and cancelled the forward component of the weight of the cello. All weight will transmit vertically. No more skidding cello on concert platform.

@martinriha3729 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I find that the biggest advantage, I'd point out one big disadvantage he didn't mention. You've got to lift up your left hand a lot when you play in thumb position, the switching is slower.

@ezequielcamacho5956 2 жыл бұрын

So interesting!! Thank you for the spanish subs!!

@CelloBello 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@user-ok6ef9zn4f 6 жыл бұрын

experiment with different endpin hights. find the sound that you like the most and is still comfortable to play. for me that is a more vertical playing position. this makes the low end of the cello sing. it is also easier for me to bow.

@bobbg9041 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a pin you can change the bend on to your body type fully adjustable. I dont think the pins going to change the sound so much becuse of its placement on the body of the instrument, like changing the Bridge position would. As every wood panel resonates sounds we hear.

@topsecret1837 3 жыл бұрын

I feel that there is another way around this problem, but it’s not ideal for someone who has played no instrument but the cello: Guitar straps and rotating the instrument partly on its side, perhaps all the way for pizzicato.

@CelloBello 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your insight Top Secret!

@topsecret1837 3 жыл бұрын

@@CelloBello No problem. Call me Warren. I’d rather be walking around a stage performing it like an uptuned, bowed bass guitar than having the entire instrument jut out the front while sitting down. It’s a matter of getting the technique right.

@philwong2268 3 жыл бұрын

helpful！

@CelloBello 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so Phil Wong!

@bobbg9041 2 жыл бұрын

This reinforce the fact of my assumption that contact with the body of the instrument changes it pitch and sound output, im going to bet this russian player was a very large man tall and sat way up in the chair.