Violin Lesson #49; Sautille Bowing pt. 1

[jogomez1974]

Hey maestro Could you tell me how you play the spiccatto of czardas of monti? I´ll apreciatte.

[TheComedydude1]

I was so happy when I learned how to do sautille. Then I realised I was playing off the string and it was supposed to be on the string ;( and I was NOT happy

[aykhwang]

The only way I'm able to do it quickly like you is to use the wrist. Is that wrong?

[xiolinorchdork]

Ahh, thank you so much! I've been having a lot of trouble with the fast part in Zigeunerweisen, but hopefully this will help :D

[fabioamorimm]

esse video é muito bom, é disso que estou falando, agora eu vou tentar tocar a Suite in A minor Op 10 (Sinding)

[lolturtle13]

It tool me about 11 months to master this bowing but I finally got it. I don't have a private instructor so these videos are really helping me keep advancing. Otherwise I would probably have just stopped learning anything new. Thank you. :D

[Cho60921]

lol at 0:42

[JeremyImp]

Thanks! I never thought about utilising my fingers as well as the wrist technique. Wonderful video for helping me with Tchaikovsky's Serenade!

[Kurls1231]

thankyou sooooooo much, Ive been stuck on this for weeks and I'll probably be able to do it now cuz I tried doing it with the wrist but without the fingers moving and I had all my fingers on the bow

[edwinhuifai]

I've just started to learn sautille on Kayser 19, the bouncing action halts when I put my finger on the board (changing notes). How can I conserve the motion?

[SarahIluvatariel]

Todd, you're awesome. :)  I remember when I first started violin 2+ years ago, and watched nearly ALL of your videos, so I knew what was coming (like the importance of finger flexibility). Now that I'm starting suzuki book 4, I think it's so cool how far I've come, and that these "WAY-beyond-me" videos are now appropriate for me. :) THANKS!

[tonynater]

good piece to practice on is perpetuum mobile by novacek

[TheStevenOoi]

is this stroke used in tremolo?

[ShredMentor]

Excellent lesson, you are a great teacher! As a guitarist and guitar teacher, this gives me just one more reason to envy you bowed-string players! :)

[xoxemil]

Very nice lesson! this is the technique that I really want! I really want to play czardas! :D

[Osweird]

What is the name of the composer whose concerto you mentioned?

[1ncaravag]

ahh finally...... i needed this

[DeathAngel1029]

so... many bowing techniques o.O....

[OscarsanchezIII]

This stroke is driving me crazy!!!! :-(

[trollhunter60312]

....yeah, cant wait to try this on Csardas.

i'm gonna die. haha but thank you for the help :)

[gina490990]

@trollhunter60312 u spelled czardas wrong

[taylorzhnag]

constant practise definitely helps

[perlas20]

@jessicadrhp try to lower a vit of your elbow and straiten your arm hope that helps :) (pm me 4 ur response)

[CrazyIemon]

Wow. This is ridiculously more difficult than I thought it would be.

[mingyfrog]

i can't get the finger opening thing i think i can kind of do it by using m handish part but i dont know...tips?

[jessicadrhp]

Hi Mr Ehle, Thanks for posting videos of the different sautille techniques. I just tried what you taught in this video. I'm not sure if I've acheived the 'popping corn' sound.

A problem I have is that my shoulder-neck muscle tightens up a lot while doing the bow-movement. My upperarm muscles also contract but not as much. Is there anyway I could relax my bow arm?

[nicowolfangs]

Yes, i had the same problem with my bow arm. After a few moments my arm is already tired. Sometimes i could achieve the 'popping corn' sound but i don't know what causes it so that i stay that way.

[gasto5]

THANKS

[czimon]

darn it! i already learned that piece and man was it hard. now i know why that fast part was so hard for me. thank you! this helped a lot.

[gbtayc]

Thank you for this lesson

When you played the musical example starting around 3:15

Your right hand was not in the shot.

If you do a part 3 please include the right hand in a longer musical example.

That said this has to be one of the best videos on the subject if not the best.

Thanks again.

[hansamluk]

thank you todd.

[anna258]

Thanks alot. Also for people struggling its easy to press down harder when you are bowing down and lift off when bowing up.

[mjvmusic]

Interesting. I could already do this just by experimenting, but my control is off. I was still wondering why no one else could ever do it.

[hlaakso]

I can do the bow stroke but I cant get my fingers to move together with my bow. I can move my fingers fast enough but I cant put them together with the bow movement!

[Maticomp]

I'm having the same problem. I have mastered the sautille movement, but can't control it's speed preciesly to fit my fingers. Playing Czardas as r4pang. :( Would you be so kind to give us some advice how to practice synchronization between fingers and sautille?

[RooZombie]

A good way to learn how to get the fingers and bow in sync for those notes is to play 4 sautille stokes for each note printed. If you can't do 4, try 8. When you are good at playing 4 notes per note, try bowing 2 notes for each note, and after lots of practice you'll be able to do one bow for each note.

Be patient, if you keep at it each day, your co-ordination and finger strength will improve and it will all work for you. You have to keep at it each day to improve though.

[Maticomp]

Thanks :)

[violaplayer1995]

you are amazing!! thankyou soo much!! i was killing myself trying to do really fast spicatto on the moto perpetuo by paganini. this has helped me alot.

[Linuxica]

Great violin lesson, thanks again.