Between teaching, death in the family, minor medical procedures, and divorce, I haven't been able to practice as much as I'd like. It's been a year but I haven't made that much progress. Recorded August 2009.
Actually, I realized from watching myself play that I was hunching... I was thinking when I was recording these that man, my bowing feels weird. I readjusted my shoulder rest, and my bowing worked itself out. Now I'm working on getting the same shoulder/chin hold every time.
Bonnie, Hi. I'm a beginning violinist (4 mo + sax player by training) and just picked up a viola after seeing a youtube video for Bach Cello Suite (1, prelude) for Viola. I think that your videos are great and I wanted to point out one thing that was painfully obvious.. You should work on your bow hold so as not to mis-learn the muscle memory. Think "pinky round". Get the strings teacher to show you or google it. Good luck !
Actually, I realized from watching myself play that I was hunching... I was thinking when I was recording these that man, my bowing feels weird. I readjusted my shoulder rest, and my bowing worked itself out. Now I'm working on getting the same shoulder/chin hold every time.
bnovota 2 years ago
Bonnie, Hi. I'm a beginning violinist (4 mo + sax player by training) and just picked up a viola after seeing a youtube video for Bach Cello Suite (1, prelude) for Viola. I think that your videos are great and I wanted to point out one thing that was painfully obvious.. You should work on your bow hold so as not to mis-learn the muscle memory. Think "pinky round". Get the strings teacher to show you or google it. Good luck !
bstrutton 2 years ago