I recently noticed that precision is a huge deal on a violin. Even the simplest songs can sound so beautiful when played with clean precision.

Fascinating, I'm low-key obsessed with finding the difference between a great player playing a beginner piece, and an advanced student playing that easy piece.

Chloe Chua is so young and so good. Very clean, very precise, plenty of expression. I hope she keeps it up.

I’m currently working on Mozart 5 and just using the concept of having the fingers make a heavy drop onto the string immediately made my playing sound substantially cleaner. Incredible!

I feel like I am doing a pretty good job at being a test subject haha. Very good video btw

Thank you for this great lesson 🫶 I was already in bed and stood up to grab my violin 😆 especially the thumb exercises are very helpful to me, same as shifting. This is vital knowledge, thank you so much 👍👍👍

Currently struggling through the slurs in Air on the G string- glad I came across your video. Thanks for the lesson!

hey - just as prior to entering the pool, I always shower before playing the violin.

I have access to a gentleman who has a truly incredible level of bow control (Daniel Rohn), and I have learned so much just by watching him closely. These subtleties have such an incredible effect on the quality of tone. So good!

Fantastic teaching and advice!

very inspiring! understanding more about how these noisy sounds produced helps me to avoid making mistakes during practicing.

I laid my violin down for 25 years. Had I known how much I'd loose and trying to relearn holding the bow with arthritis and other problems..Don't do it..Go for it..keep trying it's a gift

Wow. Thank you! You helped me a lot...

there's an easier way to understand and instantly use catch & release, just put some pressure on the string with the index as showed here, but before even moving the bow release it (take the pressure off the index) and only then move the bow, it will sound perfect at the beginning even if you wait some time because the string is "catched" by the bow already, if you start moving the bow while "releasing" you get more and more articulated (you hear a click at the start) and if you start the bow before releasing you get martele I teach cello and double bass, making people do this is instant amazing sound to any beginner.

Thank you, very good content. I like your videos.

You are phenomenal

Awesome!! What a great video!! and a reminder to do my Sevcik exercises even though I can't stand them 😂

also like when playing arpeggio runs like in the lalo symphony espagnole to practice in short staccato sequences and various rhythms to get that crisp brilliant sound. also swing your arm slightly to the right so your hitting the strings with the side tip of your fingers instead of square on with the fingers

Refreshing and enjoyable - this would appeal to accomplished players and beginners alike. It's not that all the content is new, but the way it has been put together. Chua,s clip was an eye-opener , beautiful and so were the others - no place for Kavakos? Articulation takes performance to another level, but to achieve this, setup has to be near perfect. Along with articulation , if there is poetry , drama , beautiful tone , you get Accardo playing Perpetuela and so on. By playing creatively most things fall into place and the possibilities are endless. Even mundane exercises have a better outcome if done imaginatively. A friend who started violin a couple of years ago , said he was helped by your video on left hand technique. He's not very good at English, so he asked me to thank you on his behalf. Thanks.

Interesting "translation" of Kalinovsky on Tonebase there in the Finger articulation part! I did feel intrigued when you on one hand said that he is a great teacher and on the other hand said that you didn't want to teach your student some aspect of his teaching. To tell the truth, I tried Kalinovsky's way but have difficulty in getting the finger articulation going on. But this is an interesting "translation" from your side. You tell the key things that haven't been said out clearly and I get immediate realization when trying. It's kind of like "Aha! That's how he did it!". You are really generous to give us lesson on youtube!

Very useful advice here! Remark: collé = stuck (by any means); coller = to stick, colle (without accent) = glue.

Hmm... I thought articulation != total cleanliness ? I would personally prefer a bit "messy" but spirited and emotional play versus clean but sterile play

I think you learned the slapping technique from Kalinovsky !

The Soviet violinist Zoria Shikhmurzaeva (b. 1933), who is almost unknown in the West, is another one for your "Greatest violinists you have never heard of" series. This performance of a relatively simple miniature by Bizet that has been arranged for violin and piano is one of the most beautiful cameos that I have ever heard. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdJggqWq0LTYdKc.htmlsi=o6L9e6yl8l0Kh6zl

what are the books in the background?

Would this work exactly the same on the viola? Which violists should I listen to for the cleanest articulation?

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STOP HITTING YOUR VIOLIN !!!!!!!!! 🤬😭😭🤬🤬😡😭