Itzhak Perlman part 2 "Big Hands"

Violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about the different sizes and functionality of violinist's left hands. He demonstrates and there is also an excerpt of the Finale of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Zubin Mehta conducting.

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[sneddley]

from the ist movement of the violin concerto (a couple of minutes into the movement).

[cello39mn]

He plays it fine. I don't know what he's bitching about.

[sneddley]

@cello39mn I wouldn't call it "bitching": he is drawing a comparison between passages which are more comfortable or less so for himself to play for various reasons. That discomfort clearly doesn't prevent him from playing the less comfortable one with brilliance as we hear.

[mandrileante]

thanks a lot for the video!! How did you get this???

Is it inside a edited DVD or Videotape??

I'm very interested in it,

Thanks!!

[sneddley]

You are very welcome! It came from a rather short "sampler" videotape. I don't think it is available but maybe somewhere it is. I think this was the most interesting part.

[manuelspcool]

Fat my ass, you have golden hands lol

[GabrielleduVent]

Totally agree with him. That passage is really awkward (Tchaik, 2nd page, around the middle part). Tried almost every fingering combo possible, the fingers just don't fall well.

Having large hands, on the other hand, rocks when you're playing Paganini. Big jumping shifts, tenths all work well when you have huge hands.

[Killer390]

@2010thevoice Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 

[2010thevoice]

what Tchaikovsky was he playing from in the beginning?

[joseoleavico1]

my hands are big and fat as hell but i can still play the violin!!

[MrCaryu]

what song is he playing

[omygood424]

you know what they say ,

big hands big ...

[whmozart]

@OriginalMoonbeam who gives a damn about your husband...