Tension in the left hand causes the hand to contract, which sometimes leads to playing flat. At worst, it may lead to tendinitis and other hand ailments down the road. I have my students look at the left hand of the great violinists, especially Oistrakh, Milstein, Zukerman, and Szeryng. Their left hands are so relaxed, yet agile. Thank you for sharing sharing your insights on this common problem among students.
There's a lot of helpful resources on youtube by teachers for various aspects of playing violin and it's always appreciated. However if I had the chance to choose one to actually take real classes from that would be surely you. Very professional and great instructions. I don't know if this is just me or others function in the same way, sometimes I want to get something right and I end up just practicing 1 or 2 bars slowly and it only makes me realize I can't even play it consistently and well enough even slowly, slowing down just helps identifying several issues I may have with that passage (usually I realize it's not just my left hand but my bowing sucks in many ways too). These kind of well isolated issues and detailed instructions are quite helpful as a beginner, giving a direction for some gradual improvement. Thank you for the videos and demonstrations.
Thank you for providing these insights! Do you have any tips for the inability to rotate the left hand sufficiently towards the violin neck in order to get rid of tension? Because of this my hand / thumb are on fire after the first row of Sevcik :(
Funny you mentioned that. I'm an older adult beginner (maybe lower intermediate now) and I had this same problem, but I didn't know it was a problem at the time. Recently I noticed my LH wrist an rotates alot more than my RH wrist. I then realised this was my problem I had for a very long time. It was causing the violin to rotate to the right, and therefore droop down. This issue alone caused me so much tension and struggle with the LH and forth finger reach. Since then, I now do some stretching to help maintain the wrist rotation. Try to do some stretching everyday, before your practice to assist increasing your rotation, it can be done, its happened to me, and you'll end up playing much easier and infinitely more comfortable. Enjoy. Maybe if you start from 5 years old, your body will adapt, so you don't realise what your body has grown into, you take it for granted. It's very different when you're an older adult. Since most teachers have started very young, I really wonder how many violin teachers actually recognise and appreciate that this could be a significant problem depending on the student.
@@zeniktorres4320 thanks for validating my assumptions, indeed the movement is harder for us grownups. I could only find one video on youtube talking about this problem, and doing those stretches every day, but it is a _very_ slow improvement. Which stretches helped you the most? I am even considering going to a physical therapist to see if they can help give my arm more flexibility, without damaging it in the process.
Nothing should be on fire. Try to do tiny adjustment movements, even if you have to play with the straight pinky for a while. "Considering going to a physical therapist to see if they can help give the arm more flexibility, without damaging it in the process" is an EXCELLENT idea.
My chin rest was made sometime in late 1940s... We suspect it may have been an old model of Gewa. It was my father's chin rest and it was also adjusted to fit him. I got it when he retired from playing
@@ViolinClassUSA Oh, ok, how interesting! Thank you for your response. I'm looking for a chin rest for myself but all of the models I have seen are just too high. Will keep looking.
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Tension in the left hand causes the hand to contract, which sometimes leads to playing flat. At worst, it may lead to tendinitis and other hand ailments down the road. I have my students look at the left hand of the great violinists, especially Oistrakh, Milstein, Zukerman, and Szeryng. Their left hands are so relaxed, yet agile. Thank you for sharing sharing your insights on this common problem among students.
Can you give us some simple tips on how to keep hand relax when playing faster passages
@@Poreckylife yes please
Love the way you teach🙇🙇💕💕
Thank you so much maestro !
There's a lot of helpful resources on youtube by teachers for various aspects of playing violin and it's always appreciated. However if I had the chance to choose one to actually take real classes from that would be surely you. Very professional and great instructions. I don't know if this is just me or others function in the same way, sometimes I want to get something right and I end up just practicing 1 or 2 bars slowly and it only makes me realize I can't even play it consistently and well enough even slowly, slowing down just helps identifying several issues I may have with that passage (usually I realize it's not just my left hand but my bowing sucks in many ways too). These kind of well isolated issues and detailed instructions are quite helpful as a beginner, giving a direction for some gradual improvement. Thank you for the videos and demonstrations.
You are very welcome
I just envy these guys have you as a teacher 😌 how blest they are!
Fantastic!♥️
Thank you!
Mask or no mask you are beautiful .excellent lesson Julia .I. Adjusted the curve of my fingerboard for better tone on left hand .
Listening Connect the left with right.
Thank you for providing these insights! Do you have any tips for the inability to rotate the left hand sufficiently towards the violin neck in order to get rid of tension? Because of this my hand / thumb are on fire after the first row of Sevcik :(
Funny you mentioned that. I'm an older adult beginner (maybe lower intermediate now) and I had this same problem, but I didn't know it was a problem at the time. Recently I noticed my LH wrist an rotates alot more than my RH wrist. I then realised this was my problem I had for a very long time. It was causing the violin to rotate to the right, and therefore droop down. This issue alone caused me so much tension and struggle with the LH and forth finger reach. Since then, I now do some stretching to help maintain the wrist rotation. Try to do some stretching everyday, before your practice to assist increasing your rotation, it can be done, its happened to me, and you'll end up playing much easier and infinitely more comfortable. Enjoy.
Maybe if you start from 5 years old, your body will adapt, so you don't realise what your body has grown into, you take it for granted. It's very different when you're an older adult. Since most teachers have started very young, I really wonder how many violin teachers actually recognise and appreciate that this could be a significant problem depending on the student.
@@zeniktorres4320 thanks for validating my assumptions, indeed the movement is harder for us grownups. I could only find one video on youtube talking about this problem, and doing those stretches every day, but it is a _very_ slow improvement. Which stretches helped you the most? I am even considering going to a physical therapist to see if they can help give my arm more flexibility, without damaging it in the process.
Nothing should be on fire. Try to do tiny adjustment movements, even if you have to play with the straight pinky for a while. "Considering going to a physical therapist to see if they can help give the arm more flexibility, without damaging it in the process" is an EXCELLENT idea.
Hello Mrs. Bushkova. Could you share the brand and model of your chinrest? Thanks a lot for all your videos, beautiful teaching.
My chin rest was made sometime in late 1940s... We suspect it may have been an old model of Gewa. It was my father's chin rest and it was also adjusted to fit him. I got it when he retired from playing
@@ViolinClassUSA Oh, ok, how interesting! Thank you for your response. I'm looking for a chin rest for myself but all of the models I have seen are just too high. Will keep looking.
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