Jascha Heifetz Tests Itzhak Perlman's Skills

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  • Опубликовано: 29 мар 2015
  • In this excerpt from "American Masters - Jascha Heifetz: God’s Fiddler" (2015), Itzhak Perlman's first encounter with famous violinist Jascha Heifetz.
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    Itzhak Perlman reminisces about his first encounter as a teenager with the world-famous violinist Jascha Heifetz. Perlman was a student at Juilliard and Heifetz stopped in at his class to hear him play. After performing, Perlman and his teacher Ivan Galamian thought Heifetz had heard enough. Instead, Heifetz asked Perlman to play scales for him --- a rudimentary exercise in training.
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  • @bilbo_gamers6417
    @bilbo_gamers6417 4 года назад +1269

    2:14 Imagine being nodded at by Heifetz, God, I would burst into tears

    • @legendsilver6016
      @legendsilver6016 4 года назад +10

      Holy shit right!!!!

    • @QED_
      @QED_ 4 года назад +17

      @Bilbo_Gamers: I'd just quit right there (while I was ahead, so to speak . . .).

    • @s.t.5993
      @s.t.5993 4 года назад +8

      Probably you wouldn’t, because you would know that you are pretty good already ;)

    • @davidshubin2889
      @davidshubin2889 4 года назад +4

      why do you idolize men? Worship God and only God!

    • @HyouMix
      @HyouMix 4 года назад +31

      @@davidshubin2889 PRAISE THE LING LING

  • @paulharris3000
    @paulharris3000 7 лет назад +1241

    The pupil in this video is not Itzhak Perlman, but Erick Friedman,also an extraordinary talent.

    • @dominiquecolipi970
      @dominiquecolipi970 7 лет назад +91

      Paul Harris well, obviously it's not itzhak. But thanks for clarifying who it was.

    • @yugandali
      @yugandali 7 лет назад +41

      Paul Harris Thanks, I thought he looked a bit old for 14, and different from the other photos.

    • @nidurnevets
      @nidurnevets 5 лет назад +23

      I think he is identified in the documentary, but not here for some reason. He went on to teach a Yale, where he was highly thought of by his students, from what I have heard.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 4 года назад +57

      @@yugandali If it were Perlman, he would not be playing standing up. Perlman contracted polio at age 4 and walks with crutches: he plays sitting down.

    • @johnny_eth
      @johnny_eth 4 года назад +5

      Those scales were hideous though.

  • @christinaminton8441
    @christinaminton8441 7 лет назад +629

    I think if I had to play in front of him, I would literally dissolve into the physical embodiment of severe nerves and a heavy weight of inadequacy. That era of teacher could be pretty brutal.

    • @stradivarius54
      @stradivarius54 6 лет назад +36

      haha! I had Erick Friedman as a teacher-he always asked for crazy scales at master classes in front of all the students, like let’s hear F# major 3 octaves, and he wanted the right fingering too-not one for Gb wasn’t correct even tho it was the same pitch. Everyone was mortified to play, and we all improved a lot. But I’m glad I don’t teach that way...

    • @Molybdaenmornell
      @Molybdaenmornell 4 года назад +10

      @@stradivarius54 I'm not a violinist (pianist here). Why does Gb get a different fingering than F#?

    • @davidekdal7190
      @davidekdal7190 4 года назад +19

      @@Molybdaenmornell Its usually that the written note name correlates to a specific finger in that position. For example the norm is to play a G sharp on the D string with the third finger (In your case that would be the fourth finger), but a written A flat is played with a lowerd fourth finger.
      I think it has to do with playing efficiency and also it gives a more logical system that ties Gb, G, and G# to the ring finger (3rd finger) and Ab, A, and A# to the pinky (4th finger). Of course every note can be played in different positions but this is basically the standard.

    • @stradivarius54
      @stradivarius54 4 года назад +1

      Molybdaenmornell Gb begins on low 3rd finger on D string while F# would begin with a high 2nd finger. If you begin on 3 you use a different sequence of fingers going up the scale ( 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2) than if you begin with a 2-( 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1)

  • @MST3Killa
    @MST3Killa 4 года назад +266

    Heifetz: "Play..."
    Me: "A horrid rendition of Marry Had a Little Lamb? You got it!"

    • @DeadAbeVigoda
      @DeadAbeVigoda 4 года назад +20

      (plays "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" by mistake)

    • @donsroom4843
      @donsroom4843 4 года назад +7

      Heifetz: “Play...”
      Me:”...myself out? Absolutely, Maestro. My sincerest apologies; I have no idea what I’m doing here, either.”

    • @allyw7405
      @allyw7405 4 года назад +3

      No no, a jazz rendition

    • @MangoGalaxyYT
      @MangoGalaxyYT 23 дня назад

      @@allyw7405 damn 🔥🔥🔥

  • @JewandGreek
    @JewandGreek 4 года назад +147

    My violin instructor told me about taking lessons from Galamian. He traveled from Oklahoma to New York to study with Galamian over the summer. In his first lesson he was told to practice scales. He spent about ten minutes practicing and said "This is stupid. I know how to do scales. I'm here to learn how to play like the pros." When he showed up for his second lesson Galamian said "let me hear you do your scales." He did one of the basic ones and Galamian asked for progressively harder scales until he was satisfied that his student didn't practice. About ten minutes into the lesson he said "The lesson is over. Come back when you're ready to do what I tell you." At that point he knew he was in trouble because his parents paid for the trip and he was about to blow it, so he buckled down and practiced scales like his life depended on it, and won Galamian over. He went on to become the principal violinist with the Tulsa Symphony, and he attributed his successs to Galamian's emphasis on playing scales.

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 4 года назад +5

      Amazing! Yes, we have to constantly be humble. Mastery doesn't come overnight.

    • @MattB90
      @MattB90 3 года назад +3

      So lucky to have a great teacher and to have the humility to surrender his talent to that teacher

    • @cpetrizzi
      @cpetrizzi Год назад +6

      Music is all about the fundamentals. I had a teacher (clarinet) that said, "If you miss one day of practice, you go back two days." I was terrified of losing two days! So I never missed even a single day of practice from age 13 to 22. Practice consisted of 10 minutes of warm tones, 20 minutes of scales, and the rest pieces. No exceptions, ever. People think practicing is playing a piece over and over. It is rarely such. Some days it could be the same 8 measures of 16th notes for 6 hours. Practice is typically mundane tasks over and over and over again.

    • @PalKrammer
      @PalKrammer Год назад +4

      Practice scales 40 hours every day.

    • @nickcarroll8565
      @nickcarroll8565 6 месяцев назад

      I swear I’ve heard that story, that wasn’t Mr Marquis was it? I’m in Tulsa area.

  • @jamesmiller4184
    @jamesmiller4184 4 года назад +84

    "Do not be afraid of scales; MAKE the scales afraid of YOU!" - Heifetz. (As paraphrased from memory.)
    . : .

  • @anekamJ
    @anekamJ 7 лет назад +476

    lmao: "g flat in tenths, major"

    • @noelic6744
      @noelic6744 4 года назад +31

      That to me sounded like the most intimidating line ever. lol

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge 21 день назад

      @@noelic6744 unless you know what he means. He means play a G flat or F# major scale where the harmony is a 10th above the low note. Instead of 2 notes up for the harmony, he wanted a separation of an octave in between.

  • @ApsisApocynthion
    @ApsisApocynthion 4 года назад +475

    So anyway I started playing in Gb, 10ths, major.

    • @Ishsa
      @Ishsa 4 года назад +12

      I missed cause my fingers ain't so good, but imagine if I hadn'ta had my Flesch!

  • @nimluikham11
    @nimluikham11 4 года назад +134

    God, this is more scary than horror films being made these days!

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 4 года назад +8

      I absolutely thought the same thing. What would happen if you got it wrong...?!

  • @11Kralle
    @11Kralle 6 лет назад +169

    "What's a scale?"
    (from the violinist-edition of 'Famous Last Words')

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 4 года назад +9

      Scales are too musical, too melodic. Play Flight of the Bumblebee fast!

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 года назад +3

      @@u.v.s.5583 Yeah, who cares if you miss 95% of your notes? If you can play it slow, you can play it fast, and make 10 million dollars

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 3 года назад +2

      @@Killerbee4712 Fast is AMAZING! Such a display of pure genius. Geniuses are not made, they are born this way. They can seem out of tune and missing most notes, they are still perfect!

  • @Kaitalise
    @Kaitalise 8 лет назад +1414

    Heifetz with astraight face: "G flat, tenths."
    Me:......I'M SO SORRY THAT I HAVE SKIPPED PRACTICING MY NORMAL SCALES ALL THESE YEARS PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!

    • @TheBandFake
      @TheBandFake 8 лет назад +35

      I was really confused when he said that at first... I didn't realize he was referring to the interval until he played it.

    • @seindual7599
      @seindual7599 8 лет назад +50

      ERICK FRIEDMAN plays in this video, NOT PERLMAN

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 8 лет назад +6

      +Kayta Vicaer
      Rainbow trout have scales, weight-loss clinics have scales,why not fiddles??

    • @rayjr62
      @rayjr62 7 лет назад +141

      Jascha Heifetz made a deal with the devil. No one knows what Jascha got, but the devil got some violin lessons.

    • @fgrcdtczhrsthwrhcae
      @fgrcdtczhrsthwrhcae 7 лет назад +41

      I was terrified watching him do the scales test thing

  • @TheMaestro2005
    @TheMaestro2005 8 лет назад +393

    Gb in 10ths... 0_o

  • @NathanielRobinson
    @NathanielRobinson 9 лет назад +318

    Great to see my teacher Erick Friedman playing in this clip. I remember at my audition for him, in the tradition of Heifetz, he had me play scales in C and D major.

    • @srinitaaigaura
      @srinitaaigaura 6 лет назад +19

      He reminds me of the legendary Indian violinist, M S Gopalakrishnan, a violin God to anyone who watched him play. His students had to play everything from scales to a whole composition, on one string, with only one finger, at any speed, any bowing.
      I've heard Heifetz would keep on making it more and more and more difficult, introducing all sorts of tough bowing and variations till the student couldn't do it anymore and then he'd say "Let's work".

    • @julian-ze2ed
      @julian-ze2ed 6 лет назад +13

      What an honor to have been in the sight of Jascha Heifetz

    • @verboh4846
      @verboh4846 6 лет назад

      Nate Robinson porfavor, enséñanos lo que tu maestro te enseñó sobre las escalas

    • @fhpurcell5364
      @fhpurcell5364 5 лет назад +1

      He was your teacher?! Wow, that's amazing. I'm extremely happy for you, you must be an awesome violinist.

    • @nimluikham11
      @nimluikham11 4 года назад

      @@srinitaaigaura Oh, my, God.

  • @yve6177
    @yve6177 4 года назад +31

    Notice how the camera ominously zooms in on the word "scales" at 0:38 😂😂😂

    • @fcandias
      @fcandias 4 года назад +2

      underrated comment 😂😂😂 that's subtle editing genius.

    • @name5702
      @name5702 3 года назад

      Huh lol

    • @xxathenacraftsxx
      @xxathenacraftsxx 3 года назад +1

      Why do I get a Parks and Rec vibe at that shot 😂😂 So menacing but in a comedic way

  • @robbes7rh
    @robbes7rh 4 года назад +27

    Wonderful anecdote that captured an aspect of Heifetz not everyone would know. And the fact that a 14 year old Itzhak Perlman was able to impress the revered Master of the violin in such a way. What a triumph!

  • @properlydicedonyon3624
    @properlydicedonyon3624 7 лет назад +67

    I have 10 years under my belt. I had a decent number of songs in my repertoire. I thought I was ready to take on the world.
    then I listen what the first chair in my youth Symphony could do.
    THEN what Perlman can do.
    now I realize I'm a long way to go and then I should strive to be better every day.
    thank you Itzhak Perlman!

  • @audrey1358
    @audrey1358 4 года назад +232

    I think I'm overly obsessed with violin now thanks to TwoSetViolin videos😂

  • @arthurhogan2133
    @arthurhogan2133 4 года назад +36

    @Christina Minton: my teacher was Czechoslovakian ,and her name was, Haas; a brilliant master of the piano. She drilled scales into my head in all keys, major and minor particularly; the three forms, natural of course, and melodic ,and harmonic. Ascending, descending and in contrary motion through all the keys. Plus using them in broken chords, contrary and parallel motion. European teachers are demanding of this from their students; and this is for the piano. Learn scales this way, and your fingers will fly to the right notes no matter what you are studying. Especially when sight reading.

    • @lancethrustworthy
      @lancethrustworthy 4 года назад +4

      For YOUR brain, maybe. We're not all wired up the same.

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez 4 года назад +3

      I certainly wish MY piano teacher had made me practice scales.. but, alas, she never did.. I took lessons from her for 9 years and never ONCE practiced scales.. not once. Although, I did turn out to be a half-way decent pianist later on, I'm sure I would have achieved a lot MORE having been made to practice scales on a more regular basis.

    • @bzeliotis
      @bzeliotis 4 года назад +5

      @@lancethrustworthy Personally, I don't play scales or finger exercises but prefer pieces that contain scales, (Bach), which is a musical activity. Also, I agree with Barenboim who says that one should eliminate the mechanical element from one's playing and concentrate on playing consciously. Many other masters also say that one should play music pieces not just finger exercises.
      But... sorry human brains are human brains, we're all wired more or less the same, it's just our choices that differ.

    • @Liz-vd4lj
      @Liz-vd4lj 4 года назад +1

      I agree. European teaching of music will always excel the american way.

    • @blauespony1013
      @blauespony1013 4 года назад +2

      My first flute teacher was the same. She made me acquire a lot of musical knowledge and I am thankful to this day. It is way easier to sightread if you look at a run and think: "E major run" or "A minor triad" or whatever (sorry, if the words aren't correct, I learned music in German obviously and struggle with the translation). Nevertheless: Practice makes perfect. So sightreading is just part of the story.

  • @RezaMolavi
    @RezaMolavi 4 года назад +21

    No way to escape the basics. no matter what we do or what we are trying to learn, it begins and ends with basics per and over again. here is an excellent example of it. Mr. Perlman, as I understand it, practices the basics every day to this day being the great violinist as he is. thank you for the reminder.

    • @alhfgsp
      @alhfgsp Год назад +3

      No structure can survive on a faulty foundation.

  • @geoffytheonemanband905
    @geoffytheonemanband905 6 лет назад +428

    Meanwhile in my world __
    C major one octave

    • @user-ji7ik7ef3s
      @user-ji7ik7ef3s 6 лет назад +23

      and no slurs

    • @violagang842
      @violagang842 4 года назад +22

      Start where you are. Play it well, with good pitch and tonality. The rest will come :)

    • @musical_lolu4811
      @musical_lolu4811 4 года назад

      Studio Kingma ...NOT.

    • @nimluikham11
      @nimluikham11 4 года назад +10

      Dude, shut up. G major one octave is what's hot...

    • @isabelkantor6443
      @isabelkantor6443 4 года назад +1

      @@nimluikham11 music gypsy

  • @catherinehazur7336
    @catherinehazur7336 3 года назад +31

    I could listen to them play scales, arpeggios, 8ths all day long.
    Heifetz had such control. Can you imagine having someone like that as your teacher and have to prepare for a lesson every week? Id be a totally nervous wreck
    I would have liked to have heard Perlman play a little something here.

  • @rudranroy2109
    @rudranroy2109 4 года назад +49

    The result of practising 40hrs a day.

  • @grantbmilburn
    @grantbmilburn 4 года назад +81

    Heifetz: Can you play a C major scale...
    Perlman: (thinks) piece of cake..
    Heifetz: ..with left hand and right hand reversed...
    Perlman: Dang Ling Ling challenge...

  • @V.D.22
    @V.D.22 6 лет назад +9

    When you are playing with Heifetz and at the end of the song he nods his head in approval, meaning he is satisfied with the way you played, that means you are really good!

  • @debrahayes7621
    @debrahayes7621 6 лет назад +18

    Scales, scales, scales. The foundation for all musicians.

  • @revshareglobal7334
    @revshareglobal7334 8 лет назад +243

    Heifetz did not fuck around. Thats obvious.

    • @wisdomseeker0142
      @wisdomseeker0142 7 лет назад +17

      Revshare Global. That is the quote of the century. I need to work on my scales.

    • @rockhard2654
      @rockhard2654 6 лет назад +11

      seems to me the whole lesson of heifetz's life is you can get a lot done if you just quit fucking around

    • @curtisharrell
      @curtisharrell 6 лет назад

      Actually he could, if he wanted to, fuck around all morning, practice in the loo, and still be home in time for cornflakes that night.

    • @richardmessina9475
      @richardmessina9475 6 лет назад

      Yes.

  • @winglow7615
    @winglow7615 7 лет назад +62

    I am glad my teachers didn't make too much demands on me. Otherwise I would have quit. I did not quit and still enjoy playing in my 80's.

    • @deldridg
      @deldridg 4 года назад +3

      Lovely to hear. It's quite a delicate balance to find. I am a pianist with 2 young kids learning. I can tend to be a little strict, as was my teacher (I'm not teaching them - just during their daily practices). We often play for others which gives them the encouragement to work harder. Only this morning I asked my 8yo daughter how long she thought she would be playing for. She'd never really considered it. Our son immediately responded with "all my life" when asked. Guess who works the hardest and has by far the better results?? All kids are different.
      My dad is over 80 and plays every day and often puts on concerts for folks in nursing homes around his area. Lovely to share your music! All the best from Sydney - Dave

    • @jeffs1546
      @jeffs1546 4 года назад +2

      Well that is why you’re not Perlman

    • @deldridg
      @deldridg 4 года назад

      @@jeffs1546 I think that's true. Have you seen the movie "Whiplash"? It grappes with that exact idea. To be the best requires a single-minded focus for a very large proportion of your life and if you are not that driven innately, you need an external force (that parent screaming at the 7yo tennis player etc.). It's what it takes to be a Perlman in most cases.

  • @SpaghettiToaster
    @SpaghettiToaster 7 лет назад +12

    Love the bow gesture after the last stroke, like a kenjutsu cut. Looks pretty damn badass.

  • @nicholasdevizzio2311
    @nicholasdevizzio2311 7 лет назад +20

    Now, Now, Let us get thee story straight, Mr. Perlman was shown in a still photo, as well as the late Mr. Galamian. It was then depicted and noted that Eric Friedman,along with others were in the video. The excerpt clips were from the Heifetz Masterclass series. Maestro Perlman was just drawing back from an accounting of his meeting. Besides, if one really wants to disprove that the use and studies of scales are invaluable. Well my first introduction to scales was when I had been asked to play Beethoven's First Symphony in C, when I was in my first year in Junior High, With th Senior High Orchestra. Then I was introduced to studying basic scales, then eventually introduced to the heavy duty studies. So the value of scales is important to develop coordination and a sense of listening.

  • @SanteeNellie
    @SanteeNellie 5 лет назад +596

    That's a Ling Ling workout

    • @Nadia1989
      @Nadia1989 4 года назад +14

      The ULTIMATE Ling Ling workout

    • @bgaona
      @bgaona 4 года назад +25

      It turns out Ling Ling is actually an old Jewish guy LOL

    • @roccotarli762
      @roccotarli762 4 года назад +2

      Stg😂😂

    • @m0ment219
      @m0ment219 4 года назад +1

      Not even close

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 4 года назад +2

      C major scale up and down, 40 years, 40 months every year, 40 days every month, 40 hours every day straight please. That's one of Ling Ling basic workouts.

  • @yourguykeikei5738
    @yourguykeikei5738 4 года назад +47

    Me before watching this video: I could practice my scales later... *ends up not to*
    After this video: OKAY OKAY, IM SORRY HEIFETZ, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR NOT PRACTICING MY SCALES, ILL DO THEM NOW

  • @HarlondN
    @HarlondN 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you my friend and i really enjoyed it. Here i come to support this channel. Greeting from California.

  • @OCD777JFN
    @OCD777JFN 4 года назад +4

    The violinist Heifetz is speaking to in the video during one of his masterclasses is Eric Friedman, not Itzhak Perlman. Itzhak Perlman is on the color video, however, telling stories of his studies with Ivan Galamian at Julliard on a day that Heifetz dropped by.

  • @ivanaraque
    @ivanaraque 8 месяцев назад +1

    This brought me to tears, I've revered Heifetz since I was a teen, and Perlman since not so much after... Seeing them doing the ending to BWV 1043 was like cherry on top!

    • @marycage7075
      @marycage7075 4 месяца назад

      That’s not Perlman playing with Heifetz, it’s Erick Friedman.

  • @satrialesporkstore7889
    @satrialesporkstore7889 4 года назад +10

    "G flat, in tenth!"
    "Uhhh... sure..."
    "If you can play slowly, you can play quickly!"

    • @vikramkrishnan6414
      @vikramkrishnan6414 3 года назад

      Unless you are Contrabassi, then you are late because you have no eyes and your ears are in your feet

  • @lindamanas954
    @lindamanas954 2 года назад +3

    Itzhak Perlman is a lovely man with a great sense of humour. A really good raconteur!

  • @violaisreallycool
    @violaisreallycool 5 лет назад +1

    7th time watching this.... Just appreciating heifetz and perlman together.

  • @owdy3973
    @owdy3973 3 года назад +2

    This video single handedly makes me practice scales
    Even if i couldn't do it in tenths or fingered octave and not always in tune, it helped me a lot

  • @fernhill36
    @fernhill36 7 лет назад +14

    Back in the mid 1950's when I was a music loving history student at Columbia, I knew a number of musicians who lived on the upper west side of Manhattan including the wonderful violinist Beryl Senofsky. Beryl had recently won the Queen Elizabeth Violin Competition at which, Heifetz,was one of the judges. One aft.,I ran into Beryl on 93rd and Broadway and he told me he had just gotten off the phone with Heifetz in Ca. telling me that the last thing Heifetz told him was " don't forget to practice scales or you'll play like Isaac" (Stern)! Beryl,also, told me Heifetz used the word "whore" to describe Stern's playing!

    • @SpaghettiToaster
      @SpaghettiToaster 4 года назад

      I'm pretty sure Stern knows his scales though

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 Год назад

      one of many things stern had a reputation for was playing out of tune but when i heard him (late in his life) he sounded fine

    • @TheZombieGAGA
      @TheZombieGAGA 9 месяцев назад

      😂

  • @MrGer2295
    @MrGer2295 6 лет назад +2

    Wonderful ! Thank you for posting :)

  • @glennlopez6772
    @glennlopez6772 4 года назад +4

    This is a video of reality besides capability as such.
    We need real teachers and few are lucky enough to find them.
    There are also good teachers and one has to glean as much knowledge as possible from them, regardless of their sometimes demanding attitudes.
    After all, it's finally the student who gets what he was seeking or at least some of that!
    For me the violin was difficult to appreciate in my early days due to lack of exposure to the best. Later I was fortunate to witness live, some really high standards.
    We should be thankful for violins and violin players.

  • @gabywatkins7125
    @gabywatkins7125 6 лет назад

    Wonderful! So gifted!

  • @PhyllisTHuang-qj7py
    @PhyllisTHuang-qj7py 8 лет назад +13

    Well, it's sad that Erick was already dead for so long when this documentary was made.

  • @AlisoCreekVoiceOver
    @AlisoCreekVoiceOver 6 лет назад +66

    "G flat, tenths."? I only know that in F#...

    • @VIsionsOfJenna
      @VIsionsOfJenna 4 года назад +8

      Right, why play a Cb when you can play an E#?

    • @GB6__YT
      @GB6__YT 4 года назад +1

      VisionsOfJenna Cb is enharmonically equivalent to B, while E# is enharmonically equivalent to F

    • @sealand000
      @sealand000 4 года назад +1

      @@VIsionsOfJenna I prefer B# and Fb

    • @VIsionsOfJenna
      @VIsionsOfJenna 4 года назад +6

      @@GB6__YT
      Yes, Gb and F# are enharmonic keys -- that's the joke. (The subdominant of the Gb major scale is Cb, while the leading tone of the F# major scale is E# -- you get a white key accidental whichever you decide.)

  • @barbaraweselakfranch1387
    @barbaraweselakfranch1387 3 года назад +1

    Is very interesting Maestro Itzhak Perlman! I love your video's together !❤️🎻🌹

  • @barbaraweselakfranch1387
    @barbaraweselakfranch1387 3 года назад +1

    Very interesting Maestro Ithzak Perlman 🎻 🌷 Thank you for documentary!

  • @IZn0g0uDatAll
    @IZn0g0uDatAll 4 года назад +8

    In our third year undergrad mid year exams in Guildhall, in London, we had to have all major, minor harmonic, minor melodic scales with related aroeggios, thirds, sixth, octavas, fingered octavas, tenths ready. Slurred, détaché, and dotted rhythm.
    That was not fun.

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 4 года назад +1

      But it most definitely helped your playing, though.

    • @IZn0g0uDatAll
      @IZn0g0uDatAll 4 года назад +3

      To be totally honest I'm not completely sure of that. I think it was a bit of a freak show, and in my case, working calmly on a few of those scales rather than memorize literally hundreds of fingerings would have been more beneficial.
      I think everyone should be able to play a simple three octava scale from any note (I used to do all of them in a sequence each morning, it takes a few minutes), but double stops imply different fingering for each scales, and you don't really need to know how to navigate g# minor melodic in sixth on demand. It doesn't make you a better player and takes an insane amount of time.

    • @M_SC
      @M_SC 10 месяцев назад

      @@IZn0g0uDatAllhi from the future, if you had been forced to play the scales etc as much as you did to have to memorize them but hadn’t had to memorize the fingers would that have been all the benefit and none of the time wasted? I have returned to violin lessons after 40 years and there’s no emphasis on memory. A few things like this are quite different

    • @IZn0g0uDatAll
      @IZn0g0uDatAll 10 месяцев назад

      @@M_SC No we learnt to “make them up” through systematic fingerings and by anticipating both notes in double stops.
      Still not fun.

  • @kevinaldrich5480
    @kevinaldrich5480 7 лет назад +10

    An example of a performance being only tip of the iceberg of everything the performer knows and is able to do.

    • @patheddles4004
      @patheddles4004 Год назад +1

      Many years ago, a professional woodwind musician told me: "You'll only ever need 10% of what you can do, but you won't get hired unless you have the 100%".
      I still have no idea what his actual limits were, but he was /good/.

  • @zojaherscha5538
    @zojaherscha5538 5 лет назад

    I grew up and learned the violin in the public school system at 10. I was lucky enough to have the same conductor that taught me to play all the way until I graduated high school. No private lessons. Our county had the best orchestra program in NC. I was concertmistress at school, 1st stand in All County and in the youth orchestra, All State 2nd chair (the little blonde stand mate at 10 always was concertmistress) and as a senior I actually took a class from the new Maestro of our Symphony Orchestra, a world renowned conductor that had the energy, intensity, and "umph" to drive us. In 2004 we competed as a high school string orchestra and won the title of best orchestra in the nation. We were always called to play at the Governor's mansion, conferences, weddings, you name it, we did it. Before graduation I did solo weddings for $100 a pop.
    The school I went to was a primarily black school, and so was my orchestra family. Obviously by my name, I'm Polish. We all loved each other. The National Symphony Orchestra came to my city, and the principal 2nd violinist gave us a lesson on the music we were going to perform in a few weeks. Magnificent! At my high school senior awards I played Mendelssohn's Concerto in E minor, first movement with a retired Julliard piano professor. The time before smartphones, I have no recording.
    But after graduation in 2006, I stayed home and went to a small college in the city. I contracted Chronic Lyme Neuroborreliosis Complex, and didn't know it. I got peripheral neuropathy (my pinky and ring fingers are completely numb). I started having severe uncontrollable tremors in my hands, lost the ability to move my fingers in a coordinated way. My severe cognitive dysfunction made it so I could no longer read sheet music. I lost the one thing I loved to do. Here I am today still the same way, but I could have died if the doctors hadn't figured out what I had. My husband takes great care of me. But that piece of my soul is gone...

    • @nozecone
      @nozecone 4 года назад +2

      Now that is a sad story.

  • @cellokid5104
    @cellokid5104 4 года назад +8

    This must've been so epic to watch

  • @keithrowsell6847
    @keithrowsell6847 7 лет назад +2

    Haha, I love the Al Hirschfeld at the end!

  • @dobramuzyka238
    @dobramuzyka238 4 года назад +5

    Once I was enchanted by a little girl who played violin in a music school despite serious burns in her hands ... she was holding the violin in her hands as if they caused pain, her sound as well as the sense of time and phrases in each song were out of this world - you have to to experience for yourself ... unfortunately the talent of this child was lost because other violinists were looking for more typical wonderful children in the children, virtuosos ect.

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 Год назад

      and only you could tell that she was wonderful because you're so wonderful

  • @ab20_
    @ab20_ 3 года назад

    Does anyone know the piece they were playing at the end?

  • @tomatojuice12
    @tomatojuice12 7 лет назад +32

    This title is misleading

  • @ellawu6552
    @ellawu6552 4 года назад +5

    After watching this clip, I rush to practice my scales and arpeggios ON PIANO!!!

  • @bilbo_gamers6417
    @bilbo_gamers6417 3 года назад

    what's the piece being played at the end?

  • @rogerdodger8415
    @rogerdodger8415 6 лет назад

    Fabulous!!

  • @mch12311969
    @mch12311969 8 лет назад +24

    Oh to have been a fly on that wall!

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 5 лет назад

      JH would probably have swatted you with his bow! (This guy took no prisoners!)

  • @Vn.Soyeon
    @Vn.Soyeon 4 года назад

    What was the name of the song they played last?

  • @angeloortiz2769
    @angeloortiz2769 7 лет назад +28

    Itzhak Perlman seems mad chill, just to talk to

  • @Dog-op4mk
    @Dog-op4mk 4 года назад +4

    Scales are the most important things in music.If you are very very good in scales than you can play any violine piece’s hard part.

    • @brucesmith3740
      @brucesmith3740 4 года назад +1

      Imo, in jazz improv, spending all the time practicing scales hurts the music. Imo, Practice repretoire, record it. Then practice what you created in the recording.

    • @brucesmith3740
      @brucesmith3740 4 года назад +1

      Also find rhythmic patterns and practice them in different modes.
      If you want to be like coltrane, then practice scales. if you like dexter better ( like I do), Practice like I suggested.

  • @srinitaaigaura
    @srinitaaigaura 6 лет назад +1

    According to what his students have said and written about him, there was no telling what exercise he might ask and when. If you did pass the first round, he would make it tougher and tougher, asking you to play faster or slower or 3 or 4 octaves in legato, detache, staccato, spiccato, and increasingly ridiculous bowings, or play it descending first and what not and when you couldn't do it anymore, you knew your limits and he'd say, "Let's work..."
    Friedman once challenged a student to play 3 or 4 octaves on the G string alone to give them an idea of what might happen...

  • @Slynell1
    @Slynell1 4 года назад

    I wanna watch this

  • @paulwellings-longmore1012
    @paulwellings-longmore1012 Месяц назад

    Reminds me of the story that Liszt told about his encounter with Beethoven. Beethoven asked the 11 year old if he could instantly transpose the Bach fugue he had just performed into another, unrelated key. "Fortunately, I could" recounted Liszt. Like Liszt, Itzhak Perlman must have had not only flawless technique, but nerves of steel to have performed in front of such an uncompromising and austere legend and not frozen, fumbled, or simply burst into tears.

  • @leam5998
    @leam5998 7 лет назад

    Can someone please tell me the name of the piece heifetz and the student were playing in the end?

    • @aberneuten5443
      @aberneuten5443 7 лет назад +4

      Bach's Violin Concerto for 2 violins, BWV 1043, third movement.

  • @JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we
    @JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we Год назад

    Maestro de Maestros , por siempre Deslumbrantes .

  • @sanashura
    @sanashura 7 лет назад

    Can someone please help and tell me what piece they play at 2:05!! I am going crazy looking for it 😂

    • @billbusen
      @billbusen 6 лет назад +2

      Hi, sanashura, That is the Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (the Double Concerto). You will love it!

  • @deenibeeniable
    @deenibeeniable 3 года назад +4

    Perlman is such a great storyteller. I could listen for a long time.

  •  4 года назад

    Thank you.

  • @iamlalala1995
    @iamlalala1995 6 лет назад

    Anyone knows what piece was played at the end of the video ?

    • @blackletter2591
      @blackletter2591 5 лет назад

      JS Bach Concerto for 2 Violins and String Orchestra in D Minor, BWV 1043: III. Allegro

  • @tesscrelli783
    @tesscrelli783 6 лет назад +8

    Ahhhh, tenths... I should practice them at some point.

  • @creamsoda6427
    @creamsoda6427 6 лет назад +1

    That is awesome

  • @richardgleichmann7671
    @richardgleichmann7671 4 года назад +4

    As great and talented and gifted as Heifetz was.., I still like Maestro Pearlman's interpretations and TONE much better.. ( not to mention his demeanor too..). ONE NOTE.., and I can tell it's Itzack Pearlman playing..
    My Aunt, Uncle, and my mother were all harpists in the LA Philharmonic... My Uncle got to do some recording with Heifetz... But I prefer Itzack Pearlman.. any day..❤️

  • @jenslindemann5925
    @jenslindemann5925 3 года назад

    awesome!

  • @pugtm
    @pugtm 6 лет назад +1

    What is the name of the piece at the end?

    • @bitchslappedme
      @bitchslappedme 4 года назад

      3rd movement bach concerto 2 violins d minor

  • @shaneduyvenedewit5197
    @shaneduyvenedewit5197 6 лет назад +6

    "When teachers were still revered!"

  • @natehanks6997
    @natehanks6997 9 лет назад +4

    Interesting stuff

    • @natehanks6997
      @natehanks6997 9 лет назад

      ***** I understood that reference
      ;)

  • @rosebyron3350
    @rosebyron3350 6 лет назад

    Marvellous.

  • @edwardgoldsmith8011
    @edwardgoldsmith8011 4 года назад +2

    Have a lot of respect for these men they are the last of the true masters Heifetz will always be the god of violin Eric was a great violinist also praise by Heifetz good site thanks

  • @1oldfortlavender2
    @1oldfortlavender2 8 лет назад +1

    Now this is how great he was ! ! ! ! You should appreciate it ! ! !

  • @capezyo
    @capezyo 4 года назад +1

    He's great

  • @Velsanz
    @Velsanz 6 лет назад +1

    “Play (...something ridiculous difficult)” and I am going to listen to you with disappointed face. What a great teacher! 😂

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 Год назад +2

    The history of violin playing could be divided into BH and AH: Before Heifetz and After Heifetz.

  • @siyaoli7964
    @siyaoli7964 5 лет назад

    Can anyone judge what level is Schon Rosmarin on?

  • @eastwestcoastkid
    @eastwestcoastkid 4 года назад

    Wow!

  • @19pend
    @19pend 3 года назад +1

    What is the piece played at 2:10?

  • @user-yu6zt2bh3y
    @user-yu6zt2bh3y 3 года назад

    Просматриваю

  • @Victor56016
    @Victor56016 6 лет назад +1

    Song at the end??

    • @bitchslappedme
      @bitchslappedme 4 года назад

      3rd movement bach concerto 2 violins d minor

  • @elisabethmatesky7855
    @elisabethmatesky7855 6 лет назад +1

    ~ Por Nate Robinson ~ Muchas gracias para su muy importante explanation de Maestro Heifetz via scales y mi amigo en Master Classes, Erick Friedman, playing scales on film!!! Mi espanol esta muy horrific, pero yo trato ahabla 'better' con practicar!!! En Espana, yo tocar mi violin en Brahms Concierto pero en Espanol!!! Brahms muy bueno en Espanol!!! Heifetz was tough but had a wink in his mischievous eye! Erick, Varoujan, Robert W., Carol Sindell, Claire Hodgekins, Adam Han Gorski, & I were first original pupils in JH Violin Master Classes at USC ~ Cuando su en Heifetz Class? Aren't you desde L.A.?? Con JH wishes desde Chicago ~ Elisabeth Matesky

  • @pekkaT13
    @pekkaT13 6 лет назад +1

    On my scale, 1 to 10, Mr Heifets 1s 10. Love both of these magnificent violin players.

  • @barbaraweselakfranch1387
    @barbaraweselakfranch1387 3 года назад

    Very interesting Maestro Ithzak Perlman! 🌺

  • @violinmusicwrittenornotwri787
    @violinmusicwrittenornotwri787 9 лет назад +58

    Funny story about scales

  • @bastiatintheandes4958
    @bastiatintheandes4958 6 лет назад +1

    Gosh! Heifetz talks just as he plays the violin.

  • @AaliyahHigashimori
    @AaliyahHigashimori 3 года назад +2

    Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👏🎶💓🔥✨

  • @tomgreene6579
    @tomgreene6579 4 года назад +2

    Scales arpeggios well played can give a solid foundation .

  • @giaducati
    @giaducati 4 года назад +1

    This is how the students became famous violinists, with teachers like Heifetz.

  • @margareteast5670
    @margareteast5670 6 лет назад

    Isn't that Pinch as Zukerman in those old film clips with Heifetz?

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 3 года назад +5

    One of the greatest violinists of the modern era asks you to play scales for him, but no pressure! ;-) Luckily Perlman is a master as well.

    • @fubik2108
      @fubik2108 Год назад

      Это не Перельман играет.

  • @dominoplay3712
    @dominoplay3712 8 лет назад

    scales makes you think and concentrate. if you know scales from your head and be flexible on spot with fingering, you will know everything.

  • @ThePmfan
    @ThePmfan 8 лет назад +1

    It's clearly labeled who it was. It's probably from the master class vids that are also on RUclips. And there's never a hint that they are showing Perlman other than the current video and the photo. This whole thing is from the PBS special. Amazing all the complaints like they were trying to trick us.