Violin Lesson #55; Artificial Harmonics (SEE DESCRIPTION)

[slater58]

this guy's great.

[zinko1991]

Thanks professor, i finally know how to play harmonics. My friend kept teasing me cuz he knew how and i didn't. lol :)

[violinlurrve]

thank you so much for making this vid! its much easier to practice them now that i know exactly what im doing (1&4 fingers) and what sounds(octaves) they make!

very nice chinrest by the way!

[822violin]

Hi Prof V, I just started w/artifical Harmonics this wk w/Mildred Zitt. She is taking the approach from Paul Rolland's series. I very much like your demonstration but was looking for more help?? I guess to reinforce what my teacher was attempting to teach. Well, I'll be back w/her Monday. Off for study now after I replay this again. Thanks

[jbcoyer]

why are artificial harmonics used as opposed to real harmonics?

[BlackZodMaster]

@jbcoyer because its much faster to play an armonic than switch two octaves above?

[8Amaterasu8]

I think that was a good tute, well done =) Covered everything really well and explained better than I could do a thousand words

[roneet2]

I mean, is the 4th finger on the A?

[roneet2]

Which note is the 4th finger on? Is it the G?

[RhodaBubble101]

That really helped me thx!

[MrMariomota]

my fingers get all sweaty and i cant get a good sound

[MrMariomota]

thank you maestro exelente i learned alot

[naturalhero]

Thank you for this. I'd embarassingly forgotton how to play the artificial harmonics in La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin after not playing regularly for a few years.

[maltamaryfree]

Best teacher on the web

[jasonform]

why is your chin rest so big?

[ittai66]

I don't play any string instrument, but I find your videos very helpful for me as a composer and arranger. Thank you so much for posting them!

[ittai66]

I don't play any string instrument, but I find your videos very helpful for me as a composer and arranger. Thank you so much for posting them!

[dragonflygirl105]

Im playing the Bartok Pe loc and this was very helpful. How do you do vibrato on artificial harmonics to make it sound pretty?

[violin614]

This is wonderful! This is the first time i came across these lessons. I'll be able to see if all this answers some of my remaining problems, which no one else seems to have!

But, do you have a lesson on DOUBLE harmonics?

If not, can you make one?

[elvisfernandes]

Nice lesson! Thanks!

[Teeteejay000]

"Rock on" hand at 4:14

[nellievic]

Hello Todd, I'm curious to know how you find out where natural harmonics are. They seem to be too much in a pattern for it to be random. Do you just have to know where they are, or has someone cracked the code?

[johnklucy]

@nellievic they are at equal divisions of the vibrating portion of the string, the first harmonic(octave) is halfway, second harmonic is one third and two thirds along vibrating portion of string(octave and fifth), then quarters of the string(two octaves), then fifths(two octaves and a major third).

[xnikilodianx]

i have a question! it has nothing to do with harmonics, though.

Okay so, my teacher is really old and isnt very good...anyways, i have been holding my violin very wrong! like, my thumb comes up over the fingerboard. So ive been practicing with my thumb completely underneath. basically my thumb is supporting the fingerboard. if that makes any sense O.o

anyways, Ive deffinantly seen a difference in how i play and im just wondering if that is considered "incorrect" also?

[TempoFurioso]

@xnikilodianx there is actually no definite correct positioning for the thumb... find what is best for your... but teacher's will often insist on some position... in my case for example, my thumb stick way up... as for my teacher, his thumb is not sticking up.... and neither of us is necessarily wrong...

[Supergibson]

Hi todd,

thank you for the great videos.

Nice pictures behind you over the fire-place. Sometimes they are changing from lesson to lesson.

[mastershine123]

wow... i first encountered artificial harmonics when we were reading this piece for the orchestra and i did not know what they were... thanks for sharing! :)

[mina8596]

VERY NICE~!

[sean623]

making us notice our mistakes by saying what could happen is the best thing, thanks.

[JaquesLeMondial]

Nice sound... You got the pronounciation of "Pe" ok but it's not "loch" it's "lok" with an "o" from "violin"... it means On the spot or In one place.

I'm thinking of getting a violin myself. Thanks for the lessons.

[professorV]

Hey, thanks for the information, JaquesLeMondial.

[shiplettWOAH]

ah the Pe Loc from bartoks rumanian dances- my favorite!!

[RoberTastic]

Thanks for the video - I understand harmonics now!

[colfranz1278]

Thanks for the lesson, Todd! I wanted to to learn how to play harmonics for my ng to ryiorchestra. The Elliot Del Borgo music uses so many harmonics. I'm trying to tune with natural harmonics, but how do I?

[VeKtorVacuum]

Didn't know you could do harmonics on violin....as a guitarist learning violin I'll be using these.....often........

[danielingui]

Master, your ideas are really impresionat by the clarity, and logical practical. Tank you very much.

[AndromedaAiken]

Thanks for this! And you changed your chinrest! :D The SAS one isn't it?

[professorV]

Hi, It's the same rest (Flesch with the hump), but I added blocks of wood to make it even higher! I've wanted to try the SAS though, and may pick one up.

[violingirl84]

Todd, thank you for the refresher. I am an adult player who just picked up the violin again after many years off, and your instructions, as always, are top notch. Many thanks.

[pikachoi2007]

Hello Teacher Todd, can you come up a video teaching us the proper way of pressing the strings? any tips? as well as vibrato(detailed). would be of good help to understand some good insights from an expert. Thanks in advance

[waxenwings89]

Very helpful.  Thank you.

[omega770]

I was just mentioning to someone about Artificial harmonics, great and informative :D

[pikachoi2007]

way to go Teacher Todd. 5 stars

[professorV]

Hi Joseph!

[anupamsircar]

You are the best!!!

[adael1305]

Your explanations are water-clear. You seem to be a great teacher :) Congrats!!!

[MichelleSeven]

great!!

[stradplayer614]

Harmonics are a pain

[nhoj39157]

haha Too advanced for me.

[A2daHouFSHO]

whoa first comment!