Violin Lesson #18; Playing in Tune, part 1

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[8palmsofpower]

Heh hey! I heard the 'beats' loud and clear and I'm feeling encouraged to trust my ear. Can't wait for tommorrows practise again, thankyou!

[professorV]

That is excellent, 8palmsofpower! 

[anupamsircar]

I have never taught myself to count properly. What I have been doing so far is to listen to a recording and keep playing till the timings match. What happens as a result is uneven playing within measures.

My piano accompanist says that I have to understand the rhythm and keep a count throughout the playing. I tried but I see that I stop counting and continue playing after the first few measures. Any way to master counting? I will go exactly as per your directions. Thanks in advance.

[professorV]

I teach more advanced students to count out-loud, proving they can count anything. I first have them count sub-divisions while clapping (no violin violin). Then we start counting only large beats - out loud while playing. If you are still working on finding pitch, bow hold, etc., that type of counting can wait, but you should start working on rhythmic understanding, and sub-divisions. With very young children, I postpone all that until they start reading in school, the Suzuki way.

[pyromanac388]

Hi,

I'm fifteen and play the trombone in my highschool symnphonic band. So I am an accomplished musician but I have really been dreaming of playing the violin, do you think that would be a good idea, or just too much of a stretch?

[professorV]

Hi Pyromanac388, If I were dreaming about something, I'd give it a shot. It takes years to learn to play violin at a very high level, but don't let anyone tell you that you shouldn't try. Good luck.

[MyCalistHands]

i would have given up on the violin a long time ago, if it weren't for you and your videos. for that i thank you...

[Syudu]

that shirt looks good on you sir

[gabjuzz]

Yay! I hear the 'beats'! Thank you professor for your very informative videos.

they are well taught and are very helpful. Thank you!

[leojosepila]

HI sir! I'm a beginner at playing violin, I find your tutorials very useful and helpful, right now I'm taking up ear trainings both perfect pitch and relative pitch and the teacher said that violin players has good ears and are easy to learn absolute and relative pitch,is this true?

[maryam0psy]

would you recommend playing along with midi files and checking for "beat" when trying to train the ear? that's the only way this concept of being in tune makes sense to me and i was wondering if by time i will be able to let go of the midis? (i actulayy spend a lot of time making those files myself)

[Elainelps0421]

Might it not be helpful to the student if you skew the angle of the camera so the student can see the finger placement, wrist and elbow position more clearly? I'm thinking more from over the left shoulder so they can see the finger tips on the string. I know the point is intonation, but good intonation cannot occur without a complete understanding of proper positioning.

[skydalim09]

What kind of violin you are using? The tone does not sound good but you are a good professor. Thanks for teaching us this video.

[habibanola]

You rock my world - thank you so much for that demo! I get it!

[geetarxist]

good work

[amrosik]

for those who want to know what a beat exactly is: my channel<playlists< 8.03 course, very interesting MIT lectures by Walter Lewin

[kennndrick]

prof, this one video tells me that your are a very good teacher,,,n i m watching all you videos sequentially...thanks a ton...

[gingerfrangipane]

thanks for all these teaching videos,it's amazing how much is involved in playing the violin it seems like the learning is limitless