Like... casual conversations with Paganini over coffee. 😉 Nearly unfathomable. Soaking in every last bit of his words like a scorched traveler across the Sahara. So grateful. 🎻🎶🙏🏼
@@skyko Similar, but I don't think Paganini was anywhere near as smart, as honest, as genuine, or as nice as Augustin. His caution about "noodling" during practice, and its subconscious effects, is absolutely brilliantly true. It doesn't really raise the technique, it mostly just cancels the music, and that becomes a bad habit. It is better (for me) to just slow down.
Haha! Yes, it’s extremely sobering but I guess it’s better to live in reality than a fantasy! I’ve found that , once the confidence knock is out the way , that I do improve more quickly on doing it though.
Thank you, Augustin. These are great tips. I played violin in my teens and have taken it up again after 44 years (had to start all over with Suzuki Book 1). I had forgotten how much concentration and diligence it takes to improve.
I used to play violin since my childhood and i realized that i don´t play nothing . I need to study more Augustin . thank you so much , Greetings from Brazil
I'm a guitarist and I'm listening all your clases, it's so awesome to have such an incredible prodigy that is aware of what he's doing and willing to give it away for everyone.
The greatest benefit I've ever used is recording myself. As a rock guitarist I've been in the studio more than classical musicians. When you learn that there are microphones that pickup your lips moving you'll be more sensitive to the noises you make.
Thank you for sharing these valuable practice tips! Perhaps you will offer us your personal insights on left hand basics in a future session. Your left hand only touches the violin at the thumb and finger pad. I never see the base knuckle of your index finger touch the neck. It’s always relaxed and very smooth, moving like the hand of a classical guitarist. Sometimes I need that extra touch point for a sensory orientation and guidance on the fingerboard. Nevertheless, as violinist and violin teacher, I find your left hand is a wonder to behold and a thing of beauty.
I need make my left hand my friend instead of just tolerated Sometimes the neck of my violin screams in the strangle hold of my hand,! You had some wonderful practice tips. Thank you.
Alex Saldarriaga Augustin was taught to play up high first. The posture is very different up high than down in first position. It’s similar to how a guitarist approaches a chord or fingering. It seems to me he may possibly be playing with “high hand” posture throughout the fingerboard. I’ve been watching him carefully, because I really have to watch for tension in my right hand, and he never seems to have any. In his conversation with James Ehnes, he noted how James rests his left finger on the neck of his violin, while saying he (Augustin), always has a hole there.
I agree. I’ve struggled with left hand technique for decades. Can’t seem to get the balance between holding violin up with the thumb or holding the violin more with the head. Augustin’s left hand technique of coming around the fingerboard more in the lower positions is interesting and obviously super effective for him. Guess one has to experiment until you find what works for you.
@@wendyshell8679 Can you send me a link to where he discusses learning up high first. As an adult I learned first and 7th position at the same time as far as scales go.
I think of the first stage of practice as measuring, correlating, planning and becoming entirely mindful. I sometimes find this more decisive of the outcome of the performance than the amount of repetitions.
Thank you for the explanation..Its very helpful..Iam a violin beginner learner, the more I see your video the more I like my violin and love practice..
Even though I’ve heard these things it’s good to hear this as a reminder. Practicing isn’t only hours of tactile work. It’s also cognitive. In fact, the more time you spend thinking the faster you solve problems and the less time you spend practicing in general. Lol.
I have recently changed my practice habit......my intonation was making my ears bleed so I moved my thumb so that my thumb is lined up with my 3rd finger ( in 1st position) and have had some amazing results.........it keeps ringing, and there is less tension on my 1st finger.
so true! Take recordings and they will change your world! When I studied there was no technical opportunity to record oneself. It is is so helpful nowadays. Thanks for this lesson, it is a gift :-)
I've just found this! Your advice is so wise, thank you for sharing. I will definetely check out other clips from this series and also share with my students. Your way of making music is just fabulous, i am a fan!
Thank you for another installment of this series! It's funny how timely the topics of these videos seem to be; they always seem to get at recent habits or concerns that I recently become aware ... I'm looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts.
I like to listen to my violin recordings but it kinda funny kinda weird i hate hearing my own voice 😅 i feel like i sound different to myself than actually hearing myself in a recording 🤣
Thankyou again for the great tips! I totally agree about recording the practice and listen to yourself. Recently, it was quite a discovery for me, wow I sounded like that (shitty?) and places where I thought I did ok actually was not ok LOL. Never did I know but I need to use a lot more bow length for example.
Thank you Maestro! Out of curiosity, what is your process when you start learning a new piece? Is the process different when learning a baroque or classical piece verses a new, modern composition?
excellent information, full stop. but, you forgot the number one most important tip - be born with talent. after 45 years of refining and improving my practice techniques, having some great teachers (including a couple of famous ones), i eventually realized that there's a certain point beyond which i will never cross. intelligent, thoughtful, efficient practice will enable you to maximize your potential, but without the inborn natural talent that you and other great players have, there's a hard limit to how good one can be. not that i'm bitter or anything :)
You are right. I'm 40 and picked up the violin 2 yrs ago. I realize that there are limits to my final product simply because of the level of innate talent I have, biological (my hand and finger build and length) and yes, I am fighting age. Age causes memory to diminish, hand brain coordination to slow. I compare to my daughter who is leaps and bounds more advanced then me and she is only a year and a half ahead. She just absorbed things faster. I have never seen a adult "prodigy". I wish I could go back in time and learned young but I still may have had limits. So I play without expectations except to make sure it is always fun.
Slow motion with extreme carefulness in small units and working backwards help me. I always warm up with simple scale double stops and simple octaves and record myself. I do not trust my ears!
Could you please give us some tips on trills? I find that I trill with a vibrato like motion rather than just finger lifting and placing.... Thank you!
Augustin, great tips. I find myself repeating passages that sound unclean. Playing on gut strings - everything sounds unclean, but how do I practice the sautile in pieces like Kreisler/corelli variations? They are very specific with cross-string jumping and mid-phase shifts... I have no more ideas on how to “not repeat” myself into oblivion.
You can repeat the difficult pieces very slow and cut them into small achievable goals. Repeating over and over and expecting that one day you will just "get it" will most likely get you nowhere.
Hey Maestro, thanks a lot for these gold videos ! : - ) I have a request for you... Which part or your fingers do you put on the fingerboard ? Is the same part of the fingers when you go to the third position and more ? ( because space between notes reduce so.. ) i struggle with this actually to solve many intonation problems ( i have a excellent ear and i know that my problem is purely mechanical ... ) Thanks again, Sir !
"Students are afraid of scales, but you must make the scales afraid of you" ㅡJ. Heifetz
wow
I so apprecite this. It's like having free tennis lessons with Roger Federer.
Like... casual conversations with Paganini over coffee. 😉 Nearly unfathomable. Soaking in every last bit of his words like a scorched traveler across the Sahara. So grateful. 🎻🎶🙏🏼
@@skyko Similar, but I don't think Paganini was anywhere near as smart, as honest, as genuine, or as nice as Augustin. His caution about "noodling" during practice, and its subconscious effects, is absolutely brilliantly true. It doesn't really raise the technique, it mostly just cancels the music, and that becomes a bad habit. It is better (for me) to just slow down.
Ha ha , is Roger F playing a stringed instrument ?
the most terrifying thing in the world is to record own practicing😂
Haha! Yes, it’s extremely sobering but I guess it’s better to live in reality than a fantasy! I’ve found that , once the confidence knock is out the way , that I do improve more quickly on doing it though.
naaa, listening to my recorded practice takes all my courage! 😄😱😉
Thank you so much, Augustin ! Your teaching style is very down to earth, and friendly. These videos are absolutely priceless !
Augustin looked like he was trying to figure out how to play something bad at 1:15
Thank you, Augustin. These are great tips. I played violin in my teens and have taken it up again after 44 years (had to start all over with Suzuki Book 1). I had forgotten how much concentration and diligence it takes to improve.
I used to play violin since my childhood and i realized that i don´t play nothing . I need to study more Augustin . thank you so much , Greetings from Brazil
I feel encouraged that even the world’s top violinists have gone through the same bad habits I do.
I'm a guitarist and I'm listening all your clases, it's so awesome to have such an incredible prodigy that is aware of what he's doing and willing to give it away for everyone.
The greatest benefit I've ever used is recording myself. As a rock guitarist I've been in the studio more than classical musicians. When you learn that there are microphones that pickup your lips moving you'll be more sensitive to the noises you make.
He's the best violin player in the world in my opinion.
Edit: one of the best player...
my favorite too, very underrated imo
Thank you for sharing these valuable practice tips! Perhaps you will offer us your personal insights on left hand basics in a future session. Your left hand only touches the violin at the thumb and finger pad. I never see the base knuckle of your index finger touch the neck. It’s always relaxed and very smooth, moving like the hand of a classical guitarist. Sometimes I need that extra touch point for a sensory orientation and guidance on the fingerboard. Nevertheless, as violinist and violin teacher, I find your left hand is a wonder to behold and a thing of beauty.
I need make my left hand my friend instead of just tolerated
Sometimes the neck of my violin screams in the strangle hold of my hand,! You had some wonderful practice tips. Thank you.
Alex Saldarriaga Augustin was taught to play up high first. The posture is very different up high than down in first position. It’s similar to how a guitarist approaches a chord or fingering. It seems to me he may possibly be playing with “high hand” posture throughout the fingerboard. I’ve been watching him carefully, because I really have to watch for tension in my right hand, and he never seems to have any. In his conversation with James Ehnes, he noted how James rests his left finger on the neck of his violin, while saying he (Augustin), always has a hole there.
I agree. I’ve struggled with left hand technique for decades. Can’t seem to get the balance between holding violin up with the thumb or holding the violin more with the head. Augustin’s left hand technique of coming around the fingerboard more in the lower positions is interesting and obviously super effective for him. Guess one has to experiment until you find what works for you.
@@wendyshell8679 Can you send me a link to where he discusses learning up high first. As an adult I learned first and 7th position at the same time as far as scales go.
I think of the first stage of practice as measuring, correlating, planning and becoming entirely mindful.
I sometimes find this more decisive of the outcome of the performance than the amount of repetitions.
Thank you for the explanation..Its very helpful..Iam a violin beginner learner, the more I see your video the more I like my violin and love practice..
Even though I’ve heard these things it’s good to hear this as a reminder. Practicing isn’t only hours of tactile work. It’s also cognitive. In fact, the more time you spend thinking the faster you solve problems and the less time you spend practicing in general. Lol.
I have recently changed my practice habit......my intonation was making my ears bleed so I moved my thumb so that my thumb is lined up with my 3rd finger ( in 1st position) and have had some amazing results.........it keeps ringing, and there is less tension on my 1st finger.
:DDDDDD
I really appreciate your advice. Thank you Augustin!
so true! Take recordings and they will change your world! When I studied there was no technical opportunity to record oneself. It is is so helpful nowadays. Thanks for this lesson, it is a gift :-)
I've just found this! Your advice is so wise, thank you for sharing. I will definetely check out other clips from this series and also share with my students. Your way of making music is just fabulous, i am a fan!
as good of a teacher as a performer. thank you for all of this wealth
Augustin, you are an amazing teacher, let alone violinist… thanks so much for your wisdom
I feel it , exactly what you mean! Thank you Augustin,you are great person!!!
Thank you for another installment of this series! It's funny how timely the topics of these videos seem to be; they always seem to get at recent habits or concerns that I recently become aware ... I'm looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts.
I love this series! Thank you
I like to listen to my violin recordings but it kinda funny kinda weird i hate hearing my own voice 😅 i feel like i sound different to myself than actually hearing myself in a recording 🤣
Are you making an album for the Bach sonatas?
Thank you Augustin! Keep this contents up! I really love your playing!
love from ph ❤
Thanks a lot Augustin,I really apreciate this kind of videos,are very useful!
Ive found one gold mine of a playlist
Thank you 😀.
Thank you for sharing these tips! They are very helpful
By the way, the piece he demonstrated practicing with is the Fugue movement of Bach Violin Sonata 1
thanks augustin!
Thankyou again for the great tips! I totally agree about recording the practice and listen to yourself. Recently, it was quite a discovery for me, wow I sounded like that (shitty?) and places where I thought I did ok actually was not ok LOL. Never did I know but I need to use a lot more bow length for example.
이렇게 대단한 사람이 꼼꼼하게 설명해주니까 너무 감사해요!!
Thank you Augustin!! from France
thank you for sharing your knowledge!!! Very very helpful, thank you so much!
Thank you for all your videos. You are incredible.
Great tips. Wonderful
Thank you
Thank you sooo much!!!
Wonderful!!!😇🤗😀
This is a very well done video. amazing job
You are fabulous, thank you very much.
Bravo Augustín!!! Gracias!!!
I’ve been exposed 😅
Thanks a lot Augustin!
Thanks, great tips!
Hi Augustin! Thank you so much for these tips! really helpful....especially for kids who look up at you like my son :-)
Thanks 👏👏👏👏👏
Merci beaucoup pour ces précieux conseils !
Thanks! Make some video about practice routines if you can please :)
Awesome content Augustin !❤🎻
Thank you Maestro! Out of curiosity, what is your process when you start learning a new piece? Is the process different when learning a baroque or classical piece verses a new, modern composition?
excellent information, full stop. but, you forgot the number one most important tip - be born with talent. after 45 years of refining and improving my practice techniques, having some great teachers (including a couple of famous ones), i eventually realized that there's a certain point beyond which i will never cross. intelligent, thoughtful, efficient practice will enable you to maximize your potential, but without the inborn natural talent that you and other great players have, there's a hard limit to how good one can be. not that i'm bitter or anything :)
i agree! I don't see anything bitter about it either chuck
I think it's about connection between you and your instrument. Self awareness and curiosity
You are right. I'm 40 and picked up the violin 2 yrs ago. I realize that there are limits to my final product simply because of the level of innate talent I have, biological (my hand and finger build and length) and yes, I am fighting age. Age causes memory to diminish, hand brain coordination to slow. I compare to my daughter who is leaps and bounds more advanced then me and she is only a year and a half ahead. She just absorbed things faster. I have never seen a adult "prodigy". I wish I could go back in time and learned young but I still may have had limits. So I play without expectations except to make sure it is always fun.
Thank you so much!
If I recorded a practice it would be like a master class with no master and no class.
Slow motion with extreme carefulness in small units and working backwards help me. I always warm up with simple scale double stops and simple octaves and record myself. I do not trust my ears!
Thank you master
Could you please give us some tips on trills? I find that I trill with a vibrato like motion rather than just finger lifting and placing.... Thank you!
How does this only have 16k views??
Augustin, great tips.
I find myself repeating passages that sound unclean. Playing on gut strings - everything sounds unclean, but how do I practice the sautile in pieces like Kreisler/corelli variations? They are very specific with cross-string jumping and mid-phase shifts... I have no more ideas on how to “not repeat” myself into oblivion.
You can repeat the difficult pieces very slow and cut them into small achievable goals. Repeating over and over and expecting that one day you will just "get it" will most likely get you nowhere.
Hey Maestro, thanks a lot for these gold videos ! : - )
I have a request for you... Which part or your fingers do you put on the fingerboard ? Is the same part of the fingers when you go to the third position and more ? ( because space between notes reduce so.. ) i struggle with this actually to solve many intonation problems ( i have a excellent ear and i know that my problem is purely mechanical ... )
Thanks again, Sir !
Very good point . recording you practice. A surrogate teacher sort of.?
Gracias!!! sos increible
Meu amigo, traduza para o Brasil.🤝👏👏
Irapuã Correia procure alguém que fale inglês ao invés de pedir mais de alguém que já está sendo generoso demais
Wait, I have to practice to get better?
#Brasil
BRAVO!... but in 5 minutes of speech you play and demonstrate only 10 seconds of matter...
JMauricio Guimaraes 🤦🏻♂️ listen to the 5 minutes of speech
Wow🙄🙄
Too much talking not enough playing,like most violin video's,just sayin
He was so clear in his explaination that there was no need for demonstration.
Thank you!
thank you so much!