Just wanna thank you so much Sir, I'm a pianist and now I'm also a violinist and its all because of your video. Good luck to all your works and may God reward you for your goodness.
oh, very thanks for your lessons... excuse me, i'm desperate 'cause i cannot finf the better way to start vivaldi's violin concert in a minor, so i beeeeg you to help me. i haven`t find the best video of this concert "to give me an idea", so pleease if you can help me (us), i will always thank youu!! ;)
Hi InezlaMagaineZ, I do have a video called Finding 3rd Position in Vivaldi A Minor. It will help you with the shift to 3rd at least. I have not done a video on the entire work. Good luck with Vivaldi, it's a great piece!
I was taught to play perfectly "clean" and shift soundlessly--but I like portemento and am now developing what I like :)
I was reading in some liner notes that Francescatti's portemento was quite a different style and I am trying to visualize what this could be--that he used 2 fingers to accomplish this and it was a differential style from other players--his portemento is very elegant and refined--can you imagine what he might have been doing?
teacher Todd, I would like to request for a video about how to practice a 2 or 3 octave scale. I think this would help alot of intermediate students to get familiar with it, good for auditions i guess for joining the orchestra? thanks alot
Great video. Perhaps you could actually play real passages that contain these techniques at the end to show us the technique in context. I think the A-A you were playing a bit shows up in the Sibelius concerto.
You are the best teacher I had. Thanks for all your videos. Perhaps it would be interesting if you posted some video on the problem of the trembling bow, I've seen lot of people asking you in other videos about that, also, what do you think of tilting the bow?
i am not a great violin player but i recently solved my trembling bow problems, it was all in my right hand wrist and elbow. On careful inspection i realized that i was dragging the bow in a slightly different direction from the direction it was moving.
Once I concentrated more on how exactly the bow was moving, and asked myself if my motions made sense or not. Then again, professorv may have some insight :)
hmm, in one of professorv's videos he explains that when moving from one string to another, you do it by lifting/dropping the elbow, not through any other kind of motion. Since i did not do this, it was much harder to control the bow motion than it needed to be.
Hello Todd - I've been practicing these techniques only this afternoon, so it is good timing. I've never been taught this technique, so it is something I've had to work out and pick up myself. Hense it is very useful to have it confirmed that I'm on the right track. Thanks.
I always thought this was called glissando, but I am enlightened!
sortilegus 1 week ago
yeah, let's call it "airplane landing" portemento
zainography 3 weeks ago
i love those really high frequencies, very fun watch!
rouncer81 5 months ago
Thank you sir. I don't play violin but just how you explained it was very well done and it all made sense. thank you!
Brandon75689 10 months ago
Great lesson. Im not a violisnist, but this technique is pretty much the same as sliding on guitar :)
Henry14arsenal2007 1 year ago
You look like the main character from Firefly.
Also, I want to learn the violin now.
jinenjuce 1 year ago
Just wanna thank you so much Sir, I'm a pianist and now I'm also a violinist and its all because of your video. Good luck to all your works and may God reward you for your goodness.
bossedwynn 1 year ago
oh! you are there!! so very thanks again!! i'll check it out!!
InezlaMagaineZ 1 year ago
oh, very thanks for your lessons... excuse me, i'm desperate 'cause i cannot finf the better way to start vivaldi's violin concert in a minor, so i beeeeg you to help me. i haven`t find the best video of this concert "to give me an idea", so pleease if you can help me (us), i will always thank youu!! ;)
InezlaMagaineZ 1 year ago
Hi InezlaMagaineZ, I do have a video called Finding 3rd Position in Vivaldi A Minor. It will help you with the shift to 3rd at least. I have not done a video on the entire work. Good luck with Vivaldi, it's a great piece!
professorV 1 year ago
This is my FAVORITE articulation...especially on cellos and basses. A+ on your teaching skills! LOL
DennisDavid1974 1 year ago 5
A sliding violin always brings tears to my eyes, for some reason. Such a beautiful sound...
noxteryn 2 years ago
you are a master teacher, i actually believe i may arrive after all, and i'll have you to thank for key insights. thank you.
brother234 2 years ago
thank you very much. I can now do it. This is the technique I haven't learned yet since I started studying violin
josephvermont 2 years ago
lol.
I love your analogies.
"It's not a helicopter. It's an airplane."
PerformanceBlack 2 years ago
I give thanks to you and the guy that requested this.
colfranz1278 2 years ago
At this point I just wanna thank you for all your lessons and your work. You are awesome, Todd! :)
Greetings from Bavaria/Germany!
piepsi1 2 years ago 4
Hi piepsi1, Thank you for the comment!
I traveled through Bavaria by train - it was incredibly beautiful...
professorV 2 years ago
I was taught to play perfectly "clean" and shift soundlessly--but I like portemento and am now developing what I like :)
I was reading in some liner notes that Francescatti's portemento was quite a different style and I am trying to visualize what this could be--that he used 2 fingers to accomplish this and it was a differential style from other players--his portemento is very elegant and refined--can you imagine what he might have been doing?
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago
teacher Todd, I would like to request for a video about how to practice a 2 or 3 octave scale. I think this would help alot of intermediate students to get familiar with it, good for auditions i guess for joining the orchestra? thanks alot
pikachoi2007 2 years ago
Thanks for your videos!
Smebninja 2 years ago
I was actually wondering this the last few days because I've been learning Elgar's Salut D'amour on my own. Thanks!
dabigkid 2 years ago
A great lesson as usual.
Thanks!
Linuxica 2 years ago
Great video. Perhaps you could actually play real passages that contain these techniques at the end to show us the technique in context. I think the A-A you were playing a bit shows up in the Sibelius concerto.
hollermahler 2 years ago
thanks for lesson! :D
tomislater 2 years ago
You are the best teacher I had. Thanks for all your videos. Perhaps it would be interesting if you posted some video on the problem of the trembling bow, I've seen lot of people asking you in other videos about that, also, what do you think of tilting the bow?
rhye999 2 years ago
i am not a great violin player but i recently solved my trembling bow problems, it was all in my right hand wrist and elbow. On careful inspection i realized that i was dragging the bow in a slightly different direction from the direction it was moving.
Once I concentrated more on how exactly the bow was moving, and asked myself if my motions made sense or not. Then again, professorv may have some insight :)
symphoma 2 years ago
could you explain in more detail please?
rhye999 2 years ago
hmm, in one of professorv's videos he explains that when moving from one string to another, you do it by lifting/dropping the elbow, not through any other kind of motion. Since i did not do this, it was much harder to control the bow motion than it needed to be.
hope that helps
symphoma 2 years ago
I still can´t solve the problem, it´s driving me nuts. Nobody has an idea why this is happening to me and I can´t afford a teacher
rhye999 2 years ago
Hello Todd - I've been practicing these techniques only this afternoon, so it is good timing. I've never been taught this technique, so it is something I've had to work out and pick up myself. Hense it is very useful to have it confirmed that I'm on the right track. Thanks.
nellievic 2 years ago