Violin Lesson #34; Ear Training Exersize

Please pardon my singing voice!
BTW, this could be applied to any piece of music.

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Music

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• violin
• technique
• ear
• training
• todd
• ehle

[fadel1254]

hi i am a oud player but i learn from u

 thank

[professorV]

I like your music, fadel1254.  Thanks for the comment.

[photo436]

Did you know or replace Mr. DiRusso?

[professorV]

Hi photo436,Yes, I know Mr. DiRusso and he still lives here. I believe he retired in 1992 or 1993.

[360FFrPyl3]

I was reading in some online instruction somewhere and it stated that you dont nessisarily press your finger down onto the fingerboard when playing a note. is this true?

[professorV]

I remember my professor at Eastman addressing this issue by saying the string had to make contact with the fingerboard. However, I can create a quality sound without pressing the string to the wood - but it is down 99% of the way and the skin is touching the wood. The difference may seem small, but it can be the difference between tension and relaxation in the left hand and arm. Watch my two videos on relaxation techniques for more ideas on this.

[ronnysoeberg]

This is a great tip.

I've been watching all your videos up to this one so far, and I'm doing the rest of them in sequence as well, just thought I'd stop and thank you for putting in the time to do these videos. It is very much appreciated.

I live out in the middle of nowhere, so I'm not exactly likely to stumble across a violin teacher. It's really great that professional teachers like yourself bother doing this for free.

Karma is going to pay you back bigtime :)

[mikysclub8]

Thanx for these helpful lessons , you are one of the best teachers I've ever seen..

[9100joker]

how do i know if i sing correctly :D

[eartrainer11]

nice! Thank you for making it clear for everyone!

[NYMPH1234]

i'm studying how to compose a melody for my ABRSM theory exams next year and my teacher doesn't want me to check (through trial and error) with my violin and i can't tell which is a do from a sol to save my life

once i was singing do re mi and my 're' was higher than my 'mi', so that should tell you how my skills are right now....

so i was wondering if you have any tips for me on how to develop my skills on how to differentiate notes and stuff. thank you

[marquesgoncalo]

this is really helpfull not only to major scales but to all of scales and modes. thanks a lot

[psychoactivepaper]

Thank you for the great exersize! I don't play violin but I always search up te4chniques from other instruments to apply them to guitart, and this exersize is going to be exellent for training my ear more ^.^ I'm sure you could also do this exersize in 5th's or seconds or thirds or whatever you want ^.^

[photo436]

Thank you for the response. I am glad to know Mr. Di Russo is still alive. He was nice to me though I had no musical talent.

[enkoushinobaba]

I'm getting ready to start my 6 y.o. on the violin. I gave up the violin 40 years ago but probably would have continued had I a teacher like Professor V. Excellent series of videos!