Tuning the Violin

To view the next video in this series click: http://www.monkeysee.com/play/1542 In this video, professional violinist and pedagogue Slavica Ilic from the International School of Music describes the techniques needed to get started playing violin. The video is designed for the beginning violin player, but includes a variety of tips and technics that would be useful to intermediate players. This video series includes an overview of the basics, how to hold the bow and the violin, how to get the sound on violin, how to get loud and soft sound, how to play certain music examples and much more.

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[chuasiewmay]

She is supposed to teach us how to tune the violin not crap about 5ths and whatever

[marek007able]

I will have to make a video....

[Starkiller5678]

@chuasiewmay , You obviously don't understand how to tune it properly.

[robviolin1]

your vids are wonderful - keep them coming :)

[5w33ti3]

While this video doesn't actually explain anything about how to mechanically tune (oddly enough), she does make a good point for beginners in how to tune. The A is the only string you tune individually. After that, all other strings should be tuned based off your A (unless you have perfect pitch and don't need the reference of listening for a perfect 5th). My advice to beginners is to keep get an ear for what perfect 5ths sound like on the violin.

[soulsplitter10]

and what did this video teach us? nothing

[canals22]

is ok by me... I'm in love after 4 lessons...:)

[dordiemaa]

This is shit

[thepianoplayer416]

Other tips:

Some violins have only 4 pegs on top where you rely on for tuning like a guitar. Others also have 4 fine-tuning screws at the bottom (easier to fine-tune).

You can tighten /loosen tuning screws for sharper /flatter sound. If a screw corresponding to a string is tight (no room to tighten), you loosen it all the way up. Then tighten your corresponding peg carefully until you are about half a pitch flat (too tight may break a string). Then use you use the screw for fine-tuning.