Balalaika Lessons Tutorial DVD Intro

This is an Introduction to the Balalaika Tutorial DVD by Alex Siniavski. The DVD and downloadable files are available on http://ibalalaika.com/ This tutorial covers several basic balalaika techniques one needs to master before learning to play songs. The song tutorial is coming soon.

Category:

Music

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• balalaika
• lessons
• balalaika lessons
• russian balalaika
• russian lessons
• russian songs

[Solkovsky]

Aleksej Siniavski, your tutorial DVD has helped me to get where I am with the balalaika today - thank-you! With no teacher to practise with, your lessons always gave me something to aspire and learn from; there was no I could have learnt as much as I know now on my own.

[siniavski]

thank you very much and keep strumming!

[siniavski]

@Solkovsky The Dude abides!

[gordonmaloney0]

alex, i have one question. how do you get such a good tone when plucking the nylon strings? whenever i have to play a part of a melody on them it sounds awful.

[siniavski]

gordon, send me a video of yourself struggling or tell me why after 35 years of driving i am nowhere near michael schumacher.

[ghegozi]

5/5 and subscribed.

I played a balalaika yesterday for the very first time and fell in love with it!

One question: do you need long nails to pluck the strings, like in classical guitar?

[siniavski]

No, not at all. You do not really pluck strings, you strum them. Like Roberta Flack, only with your own fingers. :)

[Napoleonssuccessor]

How much is a balalaika?

[Neptunesea55]

The Balalaika sounds close to a banjo when played a certain way.

[imWELCOMEGOHOMEbitch]

I FUCKING SUCK.

[TheWOParmy]

I am gwtting a prima soon and im iterested in the native folk tuning which i think is AF#D please correct me if im wrong but is that above standard tuning or below?

[DerAnstifter]

Mikhail Smirnov!!! ha ha ha! A great man.

[DrDamshed]

I am now in love with this instrument, and when I am able to, I shall buy one. You my friend, are awesome!

[jks2]

very nice songs:) i just bought a balalaika and i was wondering what tuning you are in? i just found out on internet that there are three common tunings (prima, secunda, alto) greets, jens (netherlands)

[barynya]

Я до сих пор хожу в тех самых ботинках, что на видео

[mrstreith]

Блин, как здорово играете! Я тоже планирую в скором времени научиться играть.

[ArgentumPustulatum]

Спасибо за прекрасное видео!