The Surprising Secret to Mastering Violin Spiccato

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  • Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
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    0:00 - intro
    0:37- why is spiccato so difficult?
    2:11 - learning the bow's natural bounce
    5:17 - learning the correct arm motions
    8:08 - BONUS: sautille
    Among the advanced bow strokes, the bouncing bow strokes, like spiccato and sautille, can often prove to be the most difficult. But they are also among the most important. While a violinist might be able to go a whole career without ever needing to use a rapid upbow staccato, it would be nearly impossible for a violinist to play professionally without a complete grasp of spiccato and sautille.
    However, it doesn't have to be as difficult as it might at first seem. Follow the basic practice advice in this video, and you will be well on your way to not only achieving a working spiccato, sautille, and bouncing bow strokes in general, but MASTERING them.
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Комментарии • 43

  • @elizabethsteimle2889
    @elizabethsteimle2889 3 месяца назад +24

    OH, the timing on this is perfect! I played from 9 y/o to 23 and then stopped because I was never going to be able to make a living. I became a nurse. I had put my violin away in 2010, but picked it back up just before Christmas and have been taking lessons every week. We are working on this right now!

  • @Hacoby
    @Hacoby 29 дней назад +1

    You deserve way more subs man. Your videos have not only improved my technique but they have also taught me how think better as a person in general

  • @SF-ru3lp
    @SF-ru3lp 3 месяца назад +7

    Fabulous, Tobiah! Thank you! Adult student here. G Ire

  • @agatafurczyk9149
    @agatafurczyk9149 3 месяца назад +1

    Great explanation - thanks for the video 😊

  • @violin.music1
    @violin.music1 3 месяца назад +3

    I like the way you explain violin techniques 🎻❤️

  • @danyahal7
    @danyahal7 3 месяца назад +5

    That was explained so very well. Almost all violin teachers that I got to work with were terrifying and very condescending. They also couldn’t demonstrate technical aspects with expertise or in a clear way. Many students are finding amazing teachers online to compensate for the lack of teachers that can explain things and break them down as well as you are doing. Many many thanks 😊 🎶🎶

    • @MurphyMusicAcademy
      @MurphyMusicAcademy  3 месяца назад +5

      Here's the thing about being condescending. I tried that and it doesn't work very well. Not that I don't push students but I've found being a little more patient works better.
      I'm a very practical teacher. If I thought being condescending would get better results, I'd do it. But thankfully for both myself and my students, being nicer (while still being demanding) works better on all accounts.
      Glad you enjoyed the video😄

    • @sonja4186
      @sonja4186 3 месяца назад +4

      If a teacher is condescending and can't explain things, he probably isn't interested in teaching @danyahal7

    • @sonja4186
      @sonja4186 3 месяца назад

      @murphysmusicacademy you actually tried being condescending? No surprise that did n't work. Your enthousiasm like in the video's probably works better

    • @MurphyMusicAcademy
      @MurphyMusicAcademy  3 месяца назад +4

      @@sonja4186 not really condescending, but certainly less patient and more pushy. Sometimes a student will need a bit of a “wake-up call” but I’ve found that being more encouraging and patient produces much better results.

    • @sonja4186
      @sonja4186 3 месяца назад

      ​@@MurphyMusicAcademy ok I get that. You try things along the way. You want to improve your students and every student is a bit different. So maybe the overconfident student needs to hear that the result is n't great yet.
      But if a teacher can't explain something like the initial post said, and is condescending he probably should not teach.

  • @sadhbhdelahunt
    @sadhbhdelahunt 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks so much

  • @sonja4186
    @sonja4186 3 месяца назад +4

    Great that you're posting again😊.
    Your instruction video's are very helpfull.

    • @MurphyMusicAcademy
      @MurphyMusicAcademy  3 месяца назад +3

      Yeah, I've had a bit of writer's block lately. Hopefully I can be consistent in the future.

    • @user-ly8ew8kw2q
      @user-ly8ew8kw2q 3 месяца назад

      Merci❤

  • @josedasilva7949
    @josedasilva7949 2 месяца назад

    Thank you!

  • @guikentaro
    @guikentaro 3 месяца назад

    Such exceptional teaching!! Tysm for sharing your knowledge, and in perfect timing for me! My orchestra will play Rossini's La Gazza Ladra overture, and strings have a lot of spiccato 😅🙏🏻

  • @StephaneMeyrat
    @StephaneMeyrat 3 месяца назад +3

    Sautille versus lower bow spiccato. I always found the two bow techniques confusing. A good exercise of spiccato is Tchaikovsky's violin concerto third movement. Sautille is more suited for Monti's Czardas.

  • @cavagechannel8141
    @cavagechannel8141 3 месяца назад

    It actually works

  • @anotherpracticeboy40hrs57
    @anotherpracticeboy40hrs57 3 месяца назад

    thoughts on heifetz doing spicatto? I find it extremely interesting seeing where he does it in the bow and the way he does it

  • @osezleviolon6641
    @osezleviolon6641 Час назад

    If spiccato is a challenge, understanding you is also a challenge for me (french) because of your words speed 🙄. I'm afraid I missed some details... Too bad, it's still so well detailed

  • @violinist86
    @violinist86 3 месяца назад +2

    Can you do a video on the best foot positions when playing?

    • @MurphyMusicAcademy
      @MurphyMusicAcademy  3 месяца назад

      I don’t that’s really a thing, bro. Typically just a good stance, feet just a bit more than hip-width apart will do it

  • @jackwarwar723
    @jackwarwar723 3 месяца назад

    Very clear explanation! Are there any specific etudes you tend to use for students just learning spiccato and sautille?

    • @MurphyMusicAcademy
      @MurphyMusicAcademy  3 месяца назад +1

      There is nothing better than Sevcik Opus 2 to help students with the basics of bowing technique. And, of course, always put whatever you are working on bow-wise into your scales

  • @ioana938
    @ioana938 2 месяца назад

    So.. I have a question.... does that really mean that each bow has its own unchangeable natural frequency? And if so, how do you adapt your spiccato to the various tempos you encounter in the litterature? Is there such a thing as "faster" or "slower" spiccato?

  • @thecatofnineswords
    @thecatofnineswords 3 месяца назад

    Was that a piece you played in the opening 10 seconds? I swear I've heard something similar, but cannot recall it.

  • @user-ms1uq4xs2c
    @user-ms1uq4xs2c 2 месяца назад

    Such as nice loving man

  • @oxoelfoxo
    @oxoelfoxo 3 месяца назад

    !

  • @juliejules7780
    @juliejules7780 3 месяца назад

    What that thing where you slide up and it sounds like separate tiny notes at 00:12 ? Is that still considered spicato? Or upbow staccato? Tutorial?

    • @MurphyMusicAcademy
      @MurphyMusicAcademy  3 месяца назад

      Ricochet. Where you allow a number of bounces within a single bow stroke

    • @juliejules7780
      @juliejules7780 3 месяца назад

      @@MurphyMusicAcademy I hate that thing

    • @juliejules7780
      @juliejules7780 3 месяца назад

      So you have to time the sliding notes to match with the bounces?

  • @carlossantos-rios9337
    @carlossantos-rios9337 6 дней назад

    I found it easier to sautille than to spiccato 😭. I was always told spiccato is easier than sautille

    • @MurphyMusicAcademy
      @MurphyMusicAcademy  6 дней назад +1

      @@carlossantos-rios9337 100% agree. I’ve found it much easier to teach sautille as well. Spiccato has so many little variables that must be accounted for

  • @atlanticking2315
    @atlanticking2315 3 месяца назад +3

    Are you Spiderman?

    • @masterparticular
      @masterparticular 3 месяца назад +1

      I wondered the same. Some kind of a far relationship maybe...? 😂