Vivaldi Four Seasons Summer, Austrian 19th C violin, Vienna

[Fiddlera23]

could be genious..

[the506thPIR]

amazing! what was the little tune you played in the beginning?

[eboyinc]

@the506thPIR -- its just a bit of warming up i've been doing for so long i don't remember what its from.

[Th3oz1m]

What a performance!!

You did play beautifully!

By the way there any way i can get sheet music for this i would really apreciate

[eboyinc]

@Th3oz1m -- obrigado! my favorite online site for free sheet music is imslp (dot) org :)

[Frenchviolins]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eboyinc]

@Frenchviolins -- thanks...i appreciate your comment!!!

[SentaiKoboru]

...i wish i could play like this. how many years do you play the violin? very good in my opinion^^

[eboyinc]

@SentaiKoboru - thanks...i've been playing for eight years now.

[olokies]

what movement is this? may i ask?

[Flaminggential]

@olokies it's first mvt of Summer

[carlosassoarg]

Beautiful............ ohh and by the way i have the same persian rug in my room hahaha a pretty bokhara.... greetings and keep up the good music work.....

[VivaldiLucio]

4 Dislike? WHAT?OMFG...

[eboyinc]

@VivaldiLucio -- hey thanks...you know what they say about trying to please all of the people all of the time :)

[luiggioasis]

very skillful indeed :)

[eboyinc]

@luiggioasis -- thanks!!!

[hpept]

The sound is fantastatic and the playing too!!! I think you definitely deserve to play these amazing violins.

[eboyinc]

@hpept -- thank you!!! its a real privilege for me and my sister to do these sound samples. these violins each have a unique, distinct personality.

[Nilaratna]

amazing playing! love this piece and have always wanted to hear just one violin part (isolated) - could you isolate the violin part from that crazy 1.5 minute interval of beethoven's 9th (4th movement) between the turkish march and the big 'freude' chorus? know which part i mean? that is a request : )

[PrinceWilliamAntichr]

woooooooooowwwwwww

[PinkYachi]

These violins in your videos sound utterly amazing!!

[eboyinc]

@PinkYachi -- thanks...its an amazing collection of instruments...

[eboyinc]

@zhouyu88 @zhouyu88 -- vibrato is hard at first. i'm just a student still working on making my vibrato better. the attack from1st finger should be vertical and use the fleshy part of the index finger. go slowly at first. i try to mentally focus the energy through the string...into the middle of the neck. its always good to keep asking your teacher for help. sometimes, they have extra tricks they will give if you keep asking. good luck, you'll get it.

[brutallyhonestplaya]

Amazing! I felt an intense climax coming, great sense of timing, direction, and rhythm. Not just a bunch of fast notes, not an easy task. ;) I studied with Zakhar Bron, you heard before? He would love you! but you need to know Russian.

[eboyinc]

@brutallyhonestplaya -- whoa, thanks so much!!! yes, i've heard of bron. he was vengerov's teacher right? i've watched his glazunov master class video and i love his enthusiasm. my accompanist is russian and her son is a violinist. she mentions bron but her son studied with zuckerman. i'd love to meet him or even better, do a master class with him.

[kyocat72193]

wow... so much clarity!

[eboyinc]

@kyocat72193 -- thanks so much c:

[UlimorUdamenta]

nice playing.. id like to know you better if you dont mind? facebook?

[333mrbeast]

dude you're a boss

[eboyinc]

@333mrbeast -- hey thanks!!!

[classicaddict2010]

love it!

[eboyinc]

@classicaddict2010 -- thanks...glad you liked it!!!

[classicaddict2010]

@eboyinc i'm having a violin tutorial for two sundays now...and i still have to learn more to play this

:)

[Roddickace]

It's hard to record a solid/clean violin sound on normal cameras/video cameras, but this sounded really solid/clean --> Must sound amazing in real life.

[lolturtle13]

This song is so fun to play. :) all hail Vivaldi and Bach and all other great composers.

[AndreaElephant888]

i bow down to you

that was beast!!

[eboyinc]

to AndreaElephant888...whoa, thanks so much!!!

[TheRealrocker74]

@AndreaElephant888 no pun intended?

[danieljaguiar]

In the very beginning you don't play Summer. What piece was that? (From 0:04 to 0:13)

[eboyinc]

this is my brother playing and the snippet you hear at the beginning is his warmup....not a piece...something he does when he's just picking up a violin :D

[Rpkist77]

@danieljaguiar It wasn't a piece, just a descending A major 2 octave scale, then he does an arpeggio from the low A up to the Harmonic E and back down, then ends with an A major chord. But i guess you could refer it to the end of Paganini's 5'th Caprice.

[Juliusx1087]

excelente, eres un violinista virtuoso!!

[eboyinc]

muchas gracias!

[Soulmariah]

Stunning.

[eboyinc]

hey thanks!!!

[keshonnns]

greatttttttttt makes me wanna play the violin!

[eboyinc]

hey thanks!!!! why not give the violin a try?

[knoduron]

o.m.g.!!! Beautiful...my hair is standing up...Love this..I dearly Love Vivaldi!!!

[eboyinc]

glad you enjoyed this one...i love vivaldi too.

[rex052]

o_0

[eboyinc]

thanks for your comment...

[SanJosefiddler]

Perfect , brilliant!!!

I just checked out your Musicasa2ndlanguage page. Nice to see you guys playing duets! And we get to see you too!

[eboyinc]

thanks...glad you like our duets.

[enzoportaviolino]

I just watched a video titled "Prokofiev Sonata for 2 violins Mov. 3" ---is that you and your brother? you guys are so young!!! And brilliant!!!!

[eboyinc]

yes, thats us.

[TheRustedBass]

wow you are so awesome =) you played it perfect

[eboyinc]

thanks so much!!! i'm not so sure i played it perfect though...its a tough piece...but i love it.

[kindboy1996]

I wanna play  good as you man

[eboyinc]

hey thanks...i'm just a student and i struggle like every other violin student...join the frey!!!

[gianrossini96]

they all are yours??

[eboyinc]

no, none are ours...we're helping to catalog the collection by doing the sound samples, but we don't own them...wish we did...they're awsome :D

[gianrossini96]

ahhhh.thanks

[ViolinValia]

Such a pleasure :) You have such clarity of tone, especially at this tempo... maybe in 10 years, I can also play like you :)

[eboyinc]

hey thanks so much...its a great piece to play...once you get started, it won't take you long...what are you playing now?

[gianrossini96]

how many violins have you got?

[eboyinc]

this collection is huge...we don't have a count of the total, but there are hundreds...its an amazing thing to see all of the cases, most of which haven't been opened in years. we never know what we'll find so its like an adventure each week :D

[redradar1]

How old is your violin?!?!?!? Mines around 102 or 103 years old

[eboyinc]

this violin is part of a major collection of violins that my brother and i are sound sampling here on youtube...this one's around 150-160 years old :D

[redradar1]

say what!!!! woah!!!

[spdlight7]

holly shit! this is fucking amazing, i adore your playing, 10 stars!!!!!!!!!

[eboyinc]

hey glad you liked it!!!

[HUSKY5757]

Can you continue on that first solo?

[eboyinc]

sure...right now i'm preparing for a couple of competitions, but when i get some time, i'll pull this back out and continue it...thanks for asking!!!

[HUSKY5757]

Whoa, competitions! That would be so good to see!

[SpyrosMichelidis33]

extraordinary.very beautiful man

[eboyinc]

hey thanks! glad you liked it.

[deedee2244]

Beautiful.

[eboyinc]

hey thanks...glad you liked it!

[64soul1]

Fantastic!

[eboyinc]

thanks so much!!!

[Cowshake]

Oh My God i can play the violin and i can play the first movment in spring but you are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eboyinc]

hey thanks so much!!! i love the piece...that helps.

[Hybridzealot]

holas muy buena melodia.

tengo una duda, en 0:34 cubres las 2 cuerdas con un dedo cierto? yo lo hago con 2 dedos pero obviamente no puedo ponerlos en el mismo espacio y me suena desafinado lol..

si usas un dedo me puedes explicar como lo pones por favor?

gracias y hasta luego

[mitmirit]

kick ass !:) I want violin !

[emin192837]

cna you please make a video on how to do this first solo? your very talented

[eboyinc]

hey thanks...if i get some time, i'll try to do it...but right now, school comes first...maybe over christmas break :D

[uglysweatergirl]

What are your strings?

[eboyinc]

most of the violins in this collection have been in their cases for decades. so the strings are very old and in most cases, i have no idea what they are :D

[fardisat]

Es exelente, ha sido simplemente maravilloso

vivaldi = dios

[eboyinc]

gracias tanto por observar mis vídeos.

[MikaxNezumi]

I actually just recieved my grandmothers violin for my birthday. I don't know much about it yet, considering she's not been well and is far away but I am honored nonetheless to have recieved it. I hope one day that I can play such a beautiful melody.

[eboyinc]

wow, that's cool. old violins need to be played...enjoy it.

[MikaxNezumi]

Thank you, I will. One day I'll be posting videos here on youtube! =]

[EdgarHero]

that was fantasitc! great job!

[eboyinc]

hey thanks!!!

[mindlessspillings]

I have sadly lacked time to play in quite some time and only took 2 semester of lessons. I am hoping to start again in the near-future though. My violin is roughly the same age though I do not know much else about it. It was given to me by my grandmother who received it as a present for her 12th birthday, at that time it was roughly 50-75 years old and if she were alive she would be in her late 80's.

[eboyinc]

thats so cool to have your grandmother's violin. in the past couple of years, having played almost 100 old violins from this collection, i've come to appreciate these instruments as having special personalities. they have their own distinctive voices and they each feel different to me. your grandmother gave you a special gift. old violins need to be played...i hope you get back to it soon :D

[iamsobored01]

I have a tip :D

Whenever you play a fast piece like the Summer by Vivaldi, it helps if you do not place your fingers very far away from the fingerboard when you lift them. Keep your hand and fingers hovered over the fingerboard so you have less distance to move them when playing. That will let you increase the speed at which you switch notes ^^

[teenkerbel7]

OMG, i hope that someday i will be able to be as good as you on the violim

[violonistchris]

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAVO!!!

[eboyinc]

thanks...i'm glad you liked the video !

[22Cat22]

AAAAA!!! I <3 U!!!!! i wish i could play like that!

[claudiusnagy]

terriiifiiiiiiiiiiic

[eboyinc]

thanks so much!!!!

[dee1emcee4em7]

what movement is this?

[CornDoctor]

first movement, the first violin solo. the thing in the beginning is not part of it though.

[gaithermd]

Best 4 Seasons on Youtube!!!!!

[eboyinc]

hey thanks...i'm glad you like it :D

[ellerylatino]

wow thats awesome I heard masaels "5th season" i think its good but could get a lot better.

but this is plain awesome lol your great

[eboyinc]

hi...thanks...glad you liked it.

[chapu88]

execelenteeeeeeeeeee!!

[eboyinc]

muchas gracias...tengo gusto que tiene gusto del video :D

[the506thPIR]

omg this is amazing u r the best ; )

[eboyinc]

wow...thanks so much!!!! glad you liked it :D

[najeehalaithnaif]

I like to listen to you play. I want to be able to play like that someday. I only just started. I cannot stop thinking about the violin.....am in love...

[shodaime96]

0:17 - :54 is a killer... =]

[eboyinc]

hi...yep, its a little tricky there :D

[plovakia]

your finger movements are impressive XD I wanna learn how to play a violin too

[eboyinc]

thanks...glad you liked the video. its a fun instrument to play...not so hard to learn...give it a try :D

[plovakia]

Yeah I'm trying to give it a try. I'm nt rich but I can afford a cheap violin, can tell what are the disadvantages of cheap violins? I mean does it spoil the music or perhaps it depends on the player not the violin? thanks

[eboyinc]

well, i'm not an expert, but it's important that the violin be set up properly in the beginning. its hard to play at first, so the string height should be right for you, things like that. most important is that it sounds ok. you don't really need to start on an expensive violin. but it needs to sound decent and be tuneable. it gets discouraging if you don't sound good to yourself when your starting. being in tune really helps :D

[animaniac126]

Oh NO! my Jaw Dropped Open and it won't close!!!!

That's awesome.. but isn't that song called "The storm" or does it have more than one name?

[eboyinc]

thanks so much!!! the 4 seasons was part of a set of twelve concerto's "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione" which means, "the test of harmony and invention"...vivaldi wrote sonnets to go with each movement of the four seasons and this movement is about a storm with the corresponding stormlike music. i've seen it called the storm, too...a reference to the sonnet :D

[animaniac126]

Oh, it all makes sense now....!

[wookieman3]

this is one of my favorite parts of summer!!!

[eboyinc]

hey, glad you liked it.

[mackybueno123]

Just wanna ask : who made this violin?

It's just that my violin's also from Vienna.

[eboyinc]

wow, i'm not sure, but it might have been zach.

[thelightisahead]

Well, this inspires me to practice my fingers off...! Ah but can I ever make up for the 'late' start?... sigh :(

[eboyinc]

definately :D

[gilviopi]

nice video. now you can play with yanni!!!

[ch4ostheory]

my violin luthier does the same warmup routine. It's very beautiful, what is it? is it an excerpt from something, where can I find it I would like to play it as well

[eboyinc]

it's my brother playing...we share doing these videos. he always does things like that to warm up...i'll ask him :D

[DublinBusker]

This kid's amazing!

[Vampyr117]

Nice vibrato.

[eboyinc]

thanks...he's my brother...i'll tell him you approve :D

[locuendostyle]

maybe you should put all "Four Seasons" complete concerto, that would be great

[eboyinc]

maybe when we have time :D

[locuendostyle]

you are my new idol, nice intro BTW

emm can you send me you msn or mail, i want to meet you =)

[metalheadlass]

this is truly great

[eboyinc]

thanks so much :D

[Andrew12795]

what's the beginning warmup piece

[Massidm]

I really liked this! Oh, the violin looks and sounds splendid! Congratulation folks, hope you keep uploading videos, =D

Greetings from Argentina, adios!

[Mahlerman12345]

Bravo! I knew I was in for something special from your warmup. The Vivaldi was splendid.

[ViolinistProf]

Once again, absolutely incredible performance. Glorious sound.

[drew4u]

Amazing!

[Creutin]

Fantasic!

[eboyinc]

wow...thanks...my brother is helping out with the videos the last couple of weeks so i'll tell you you liked it :D

[saintinaustralien]

Ah, Summer! This brings back memories of Paris, new year's concerts, sitting in an old church with my best friend ... good stuff eboyinc's brother! I'm not sure whether it's just because I had my speakers turned down, but that articulation was so crisp it was like the notes just popped. I can't wait to play more Vivaldi (already played one sonata of his), and Summer is definitely one of my favourites :)

[eboyinc]

hey thanks australian guy. you've jumped right into the middle of our sibling rivalry lol. my sister wants to do this piece, but i am doing this piece. gotta love vivaldi!!!

[ehurtig06]

I love the way you hit the notes so perfect. I wanna learn how to play the violin. How old are you, and how long have you played?

[eboyinc]

hi, this is my brother who is 16. he's been playing for almost 6 years. the violin is a wonderful instrument to learn; not easy when you just start out but give it a little while and you'll be amazed at what you can do :D

[AytidaRed]

Wow it sounds so beautiful. i played summer before - its a great piece :)

[eboyinc]

gotta love vivaldi!

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

Gotta. And nicely played too, even if it was done by that brother thingie.

[eboyinc]

brothers!!! so competitive :D