I love that the octave node just self-evidently and reliably tells you where it is. You don't even need a tuned string. No relative (let alone perfect) pitch is required to locate the overtone nodes. You can be deaf and still eyeball them and pick up the vibration with a finger, aka digitally (sic!). It either is in this spot or it isn't , no frequency gradient, only resonance or silence.
@@Soundgear4 yes, it works the same: you slide the finger up and down the fingerboard and with good bow control, you should be able to hear the harmonic overtone series. 👌
This is kind of a rant and a plead for help... so I'm a high school senior who's been playing since fourth grade, but my family has never had enough money to get me lessons. So I've only been barely able to play with my small school orchestra and learn from my overworked teacher who teaches both middle school and high school. I want to be good at playing for once and not feel bad and just anxious anymore. I can't produce loud sounds, my bowing feels odd, I can't vibrato because i feel like only GOOD players can do it, I can't sight read, rhythm is impossible to me unless I know how the song sounds, I just CANT play sixteenth notes I fumble so badly at how fast they are, Im afraid to ask my teacher for extra help since I feel like it's too late now. I'm the typical Asian violin playing girl, yet I always feel like an imposter since I'm actually a very poor player... I feel like if I utilized my time better and knew how to practice properly, I wouldn't be feeling bad every time I sit down for rehearsal. I'm a senior now, and I am worried I play worse than the sophomores who take lessons every week.
Hey, don't be so harsh to yourself. And please stop comparing your skills, at least with other people. You like playing, right? You'll be ok. It's ok to improve slowly. You're still improving. Hopefully, good people will come along and guide you occasionally. Keep going, you'll be ok.
Hopefully, free tutorials and determination will help you get you where you’d like to go! 🤗 Feel free to check out my free resources: Www.lynnkuo.com/free-resources
Absolutely not! In order to play the harmonic you have to lightly touch the string, instead when you actually go to stop the string its tension it will increase slightly so you will get a slightly sharp D!
@@cristiansicilia1286Exactly, Cristian. Just intonation is based on the overtone series; Pythagorean intonation is based on perfect fifths. I’m glad you are aware. And the purpose of this discussion using the harmonics was to help give students a better understanding and mapping of the fingerboard for general improvement of intonation (for just intonation specifically). I have had students struggle to get double stops in tune and have trouble adjusting the interval because they cannot hear 👂 intonation or how to adjust their fingers on the fingerboard. If their finger is completely off and the finger is not even in the ballpark of the harmonic, then using the natural harmonics that exist on the string becomes a useful starting point. From there, if the string bends causing the pitch to alter, then at least you are close enough to the pitch to make the slight correction. 👂
I love that the octave node just self-evidently and reliably tells you where it is. You don't even need a tuned string. No relative (let alone perfect) pitch is required to locate the overtone nodes. You can be deaf and still eyeball them and pick up the vibration with a finger, aka digitally (sic!). It either is in this spot or it isn't , no frequency gradient, only resonance or silence.
It’s so cool, right? Having mathematical, quantifiable measurements! 🎼
High school violist here- just played a piece with harmonics earlier today! ❤❤
Fantastic! It’s fun, right? Harmonics feel like a trick that we can pull off on the violin. 🎻😊
Never in my life have I touched a violin, yet I understand exactly what she is saying. So cool!
I want these teaching skills haha 🥰🥰🥰
Aww, thanks Maddy! I’m so glad I was clear and understandable! 😊
❤🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶♥️👍🤗😊
Thanks for watching!
She should represent our nation in next trade deal. We need someone who can say "this is nonnegotiable" with palpable confidence. :)
😂… but would they listen to me? 😅
@@violynnkuo ofc! it is non-negotiable!
Great info, Lynn! Maybe that fretless bass won’t be so intimidating if I get one!😏❤️
Paul, of course! Go for it!
@@violynnkuo Lynn, can you do sliding harmonics on a violin since it has no frets?
@@Soundgear4 yes, it works the same: you slide the finger up and down the fingerboard and with good bow control, you should be able to hear the harmonic overtone series. 👌
This is kind of a rant and a plead for help... so I'm a high school senior who's been playing since fourth grade, but my family has never had enough money to get me lessons. So I've only been barely able to play with my small school orchestra and learn from my overworked teacher who teaches both middle school and high school.
I want to be good at playing for once and not feel bad and just anxious anymore. I can't produce loud sounds, my bowing feels odd, I can't vibrato because i feel like only GOOD players can do it, I can't sight read, rhythm is impossible to me unless I know how the song sounds, I just CANT play sixteenth notes I fumble so badly at how fast they are, Im afraid to ask my teacher for extra help since I feel like it's too late now.
I'm the typical Asian violin playing girl, yet I always feel like an imposter since I'm actually a very poor player... I feel like if I utilized my time better and knew how to practice properly, I wouldn't be feeling bad every time I sit down for rehearsal. I'm a senior now, and I am worried I play worse than the sophomores who take lessons every week.
Hey, don't be so harsh to yourself. And please stop comparing your skills, at least with other people. You like playing, right? You'll be ok.
It's ok to improve slowly. You're still improving. Hopefully, good people will come along and guide you occasionally. Keep going, you'll be ok.
Hopefully, free tutorials and determination will help you get you where you’d like to go! 🤗
Feel free to check out my free resources: Www.lynnkuo.com/free-resources
but some harmonics aren’t always reliable
Very true! The higher in the overtone series, the more precise we have to be in order to successfully execute them.
This is an old trick 😅 and I love it lol
Fantastic, Bridget. Love that you know it. I wish I knew it a long time ago!
Great but you are bending the string when you press
Great, then just adjust! 👂👍
Absolutely not! In order to play the harmonic you have to lightly touch the string, instead when you actually go to stop the string its tension it will increase slightly so you will get a slightly sharp D!
And again, notes from an overtone series is different from pythagorean tuning! (Sorry for my english, i'm italian)
@@cristiansicilia1286Exactly, Cristian.
Just intonation is based on the overtone series; Pythagorean intonation is based on perfect fifths. I’m glad you are aware.
And the purpose of this discussion using the harmonics was to help give students a better understanding and mapping of the fingerboard for general improvement of intonation (for just intonation specifically).
I have had students struggle to get double stops in tune and have trouble adjusting the interval because they cannot hear 👂 intonation or how to adjust their fingers on the fingerboard.
If their finger is completely off and the finger is not even in the ballpark of the harmonic, then using the natural harmonics that exist on the string becomes a useful starting point.
From there, if the string bends causing the pitch to alter, then at least you are close enough to the pitch to make the slight correction. 👂