Ray Chen teaches Left-Hand Pizzicato

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
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    Learn how to do Left-Hand Pizzicato here!
    Every few Mondays or so I will be posting a CHALLENGE video where I teach a technique on the violin and people will be posting their videos to my Facebook page ( raychenviolinist)
    Let me know what you would like to see me teach in next week's video! :)

Комментарии • 127

  • @Pionike
    @Pionike 5 лет назад +258

    Ray : you can start it slowly...
    My mind under 1 sec : If you can play it slowly you can play it quickly

    • @shiragoldmusic
      @shiragoldmusic 3 года назад +7

      Exactly

    • @blubs6968
      @blubs6968 7 месяцев назад

      That is what I tell my students, anyway.

  • @mavil64
    @mavil64 8 лет назад +534

    when you played the 9th variation of paganinis 24th caprice i was like "he knows exactly why i'm here"

  • @favner82
    @favner82 6 лет назад +199

    (FUn fact Paganini was also a guitarist which is how he came up this idea)

    • @highgroundproductions8590
      @highgroundproductions8590 4 года назад +10

      A real rock star!

    • @aasserelzoghby6781
      @aasserelzoghby6781 4 года назад +1

      I already knew
      But only some songs for guitar include full on plucking with the left hand they only have tapping

    • @l.ahrens231
      @l.ahrens231 4 года назад +3

      @@aasserelzoghby6781 I think the inspiration might have come from playing harmonics on the guitar. Although the motion is similar to that of the right hand guitar, instead of the left hand, you have to find the correct intonation as well as pluck the string simultaneously to play harmonics on guitar, other than the base harmonics.

    • @aasserelzoghby6781
      @aasserelzoghby6781 4 года назад

      @@l.ahrens231 huh after thinking about it it actually could be

    • @mbvglider
      @mbvglider 4 года назад +2

      @@l.ahrens231 I don't think harmonics are where he got the idea. After all, violin has artificial harmonics as well, and it's played the exact same way on guitar. However, look at how guitar features hammer-on and pull-offs. Merely tapping the string hard against the fret will make that note sound, but when you have a higher fret and want to have a lower pressed fret sound, you have to flick the string downward a bit while having the lower fret engaged, hence pull-off. Meanwhile, a violinist doesn't need that to maintain a trill, for instance, they just maintain the bow speed. Left hand pizz is basically a guitar pull-off, but much more exaggerated. However, because a violin doesn't have frets and doesn't make a sound when you first hammer on, you have to use bow tapping to create the initial sound, but the rest is done with pulling off.

  • @akwadtypoyt8649
    @akwadtypoyt8649 7 лет назад +252

    I wouldn't care to learn this if it weren't for caprice 24

    • @insectwhisper4214
      @insectwhisper4214 5 лет назад +4

      AkwadTypo YT OMG YES AS ASS SAME

    • @llary
      @llary 5 лет назад +2

      Sarasate Caprice Basque for me

    • @atlanticking2315
      @atlanticking2315 4 года назад +3

      Tzigane

    • @nemesislucifer7114
      @nemesislucifer7114 4 года назад +1

      @@llary is sarasate's zigeunerweisen for me, other pieces rely too much on it for me to start

    • @becc_yuan
      @becc_yuan 3 года назад

      sammmme

  • @sms05550
    @sms05550 3 года назад +4

    2:03 I was waiting for him to say "and paganini was just built different" 😂😂

  • @themastersstrings
    @themastersstrings 5 лет назад +14

    His sense of humor! I love u all the more! 😂😂
    This video helps a lot. Waiting for more, Ray! :D

  • @danielwalker2381
    @danielwalker2381 6 лет назад +92

    "Rome wasn't built in one day and Paganini wasn't built in..."
    *dies inside*

  • @dennischang2803
    @dennischang2803 5 лет назад +54

    Paganini wasn't build... nor was he created... Paganini just Sprung into existance... all happened when he was Summoned by Lord Ling Ling...

  • @rowanwatkins1580
    @rowanwatkins1580 5 лет назад +137

    I thought Left-Hand Pizzicato was a joke when I first heard of it

    • @dehanbadenhorst1398
      @dehanbadenhorst1398 3 года назад +16

      It's a very cruel joke Paganini wrote to torture violinists

    • @juliejules7780
      @juliejules7780 Год назад +3

      I'm glad pianists don't have to deal with this crap

  • @dogpaw814
    @dogpaw814 8 лет назад +43

    Always with the Mendelssohn :)

  • @katarinasutherlin
    @katarinasutherlin 8 лет назад +13

    When he starts playing the 24th caprice!!!

  • @ninazoe4693
    @ninazoe4693 9 лет назад +3

    Lovely and very clear! Awaiting for a new lesson! We are trying to do our best!

  • @zakiyehhoseini5212
    @zakiyehhoseini5212 5 лет назад +2

    haha, u are a fun and energetic teacher and artist. I like ur style.

  • @anirvinvaddiyar7671
    @anirvinvaddiyar7671 4 года назад +10

    I started learning left-hand pizz and variation 9 on caprice 24 was my first piece...after like 2 hours of learning, I was able to play the first two measures of it at normal speed LOL

  • @raweewashoe327
    @raweewashoe327 4 года назад +58

    Ray: okay, first practice all the fingers and adjust according to the strings
    Me: okay
    Ray: now hold down the first finger
    Me: okay?
    Ray: now sync both hands and you’ll be playing Paganini caprice 24 in no time! *flawlessly plays the pizz*
    Me: ok now wtf?

    • @cke900
      @cke900 2 года назад

      lmao ikr

  • @whirl.__.nix.__3840
    @whirl.__.nix.__3840 7 месяцев назад

    This technique makes me want to cry , seriously ! I am just gladly practising and once I get to the left pizz hand bit I feel like not playing the violin

  • @blubs6968
    @blubs6968 7 месяцев назад

    Working on Zigurnerweisen...this is the one thing I cannot figure out how to do on my own. Never thought to keep my nails a bit longer....as a female, I hate to cut them any shorter, but do on my left hand, anyway. So, going to try out. Love your infectious laugh and smile....as well as your playing, of-course. If you hadn't become a violinist, you might have made a great comedian! 😅 Looking forward to more on your channel!

  • @shixuenchin1396
    @shixuenchin1396 7 лет назад +10

    you should at least get 1mil subscribersssssss

  • @BeccaRoodleRoo
    @BeccaRoodleRoo 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you for making this video! It's beyond my skill level so far, but you addressed my left hand pizz questions. Thanks again!!! :)

  • @likemboney8649
    @likemboney8649 8 лет назад +31

    I just found out it's your birthday! Happy Birthday from me and my little brother Nathan!! :) (BTW, I'm a viola player )

  • @JaydentheMathGuy
    @JaydentheMathGuy 5 лет назад +7

    I'm not surprised he knows that I'm here because i need practice with Paganini variation 9

  • @Dutchified
    @Dutchified 9 лет назад +2

    Great tips as always. Tx

  • @jasoncao80
    @jasoncao80 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much I have only been playing for 9 years and I already did the 9th variation thanks to your helpful video

  • @szilardsuba-faluvegi6589
    @szilardsuba-faluvegi6589 7 лет назад +228

    what am i doing here i dont even play the violin

    • @giovannifinucci
      @giovannifinucci 7 лет назад +1

      Me too, i play the piano😂😂

    • @ss-gv1te
      @ss-gv1te 6 лет назад +5

      Szilard Suba-Faluvegi because this stuff is so fascinating and so cool. 😃

    • @guerrero4982
      @guerrero4982 6 лет назад +5

      giovanni finucci left hand piano pizzicato mates

    • @jaredgarcia6509
      @jaredgarcia6509 5 лет назад +1

      @@giovannifinucci me too but i don't have a violin 😅

    • @heavyplateenjoyer
      @heavyplateenjoyer 5 лет назад

      @@ss-gv1te thanks

  • @neoniahazelwood9263
    @neoniahazelwood9263 5 лет назад

    Great instructor.

  • @akwadtypoyt8649
    @akwadtypoyt8649 7 лет назад +14

    This is the only helpful video on left hand pizz. So far

  • @richardmessina9475
    @richardmessina9475 6 лет назад

    Thank you for this video!😎

  • @Capybara78
    @Capybara78 8 лет назад +1

    Brilliant and funny virtuoso !

  • @fei8075
    @fei8075 5 месяцев назад

    Ray, thank you for this video but I still don’t know how to do it well with a finger placed on the finger board.

  • @jagdishdesai278
    @jagdishdesai278 5 лет назад +3

    Lol, exactly what I was here for: paginini that pizza part!

  • @seiko8027
    @seiko8027 9 лет назад

    love ur videos!!

  • @youraveragebrian8305
    @youraveragebrian8305 4 года назад +22

    But I thought I’d you could play slowly, you could play quickly...

    • @naomi8305
      @naomi8305 4 года назад

      can’t get enough of that joke haha

  • @Mua-Xuan
    @Mua-Xuan 5 лет назад +2

    I’m learning the 5th movement, the 13th movement, and the 24th movement of Paganini. They are all devastating especially the variation no9 which is a pain of how complex it is. This video helps me understand it a little better so thx XD

  • @KimberlyOurlian
    @KimberlyOurlian Месяц назад

    will practicing it with just the bow, leave out the pizzacato, just to get the runs under your finger tips help?

  • @zeynepakgol
    @zeynepakgol 3 года назад

    :D :D thank you. lovely!

  • @autumnleaves7427
    @autumnleaves7427 4 года назад +2

    When you play the viola so you'll never even play 24 panini caprese salads and you'll just be vibin' with the telephone man eternally, so you don't have to think about left hand pizzicato but you're watching this video just for kicks😎

  • @petrabo2169
    @petrabo2169 3 года назад

    You're a funny guy, Ray 😂

  • @robertbrawley5048
    @robertbrawley5048 4 года назад

    Thats exactly what i wanted to know. But not for Paganini but for Sarasate's Malaguena

  • @olivelee2527
    @olivelee2527 6 лет назад +8

    Hey look at my icon😂😂

  • @exitolaboral
    @exitolaboral 4 года назад

    Thanks

  • @yuanseaweed4138
    @yuanseaweed4138 6 лет назад

    Ty

  • @jervilopez1844
    @jervilopez1844 6 месяцев назад

    Should I practice this with a metronome? at 60? Then speed up?

  • @divisix024
    @divisix024 5 лет назад +4

    Is that weird that although I have never put my hands on a violin, I'm practicing along with the video on my guitar?

  • @babakesm942
    @babakesm942 7 лет назад +2

    pls tell us how to do it in (la ronde des lutins ) dance of the goblins ---specialy the last mov.

  • @shiragoldmusic
    @shiragoldmusic 3 года назад +1

    Now all you have to do is sync up your right hand with your left hand.
    Yup.

  • @hau1248
    @hau1248 6 лет назад +1

    And here comes Alexander Markov to play it twice as fast.

  • @favner82
    @favner82 6 лет назад +1

    Hi Rey do you have any advice on how to perfect that pesky second finger on the D string on the Paganini? (Besides praying?) ;)

  • @robertpadgett4192
    @robertpadgett4192 2 года назад

    Ray Chen is the Bruce Lee of the violin!

  • @idkwtvr4844
    @idkwtvr4844 3 года назад

    alternate title: ray chen slowly changes from american to australian accent while doing LH pizz

  • @judygambel2801
    @judygambel2801 5 лет назад +1

    Do i have to practice it for 40 hour

  • @Asha0618
    @Asha0618 3 года назад +1

    Caprice 24 IS SO HARD :(

  • @hotmarenta8290
    @hotmarenta8290 5 лет назад

    Indonesia here. You are so handsome boyyy.

  • @allenlu6086
    @allenlu6086 2 года назад

    My boy is learning Paganini Sonata in E minor, is there any suggestions for left hand pizz part? Thanks.

  • @notyour_ernst
    @notyour_ernst 11 месяцев назад

    i literally just cut my nails before starting my practice session 🤡🤡

  • @jasoncao80
    @jasoncao80 5 лет назад +6

    Also, do I see any TwoSet Fans like myself?

  • @WillieValdehuezaMunar
    @WillieValdehuezaMunar 6 лет назад

    Im just here because of paganini's caprice 24

  • @sarafeng6939
    @sarafeng6939 3 года назад

    I can’t imagine Brett’s face now...

  • @jaredgarcia6509
    @jaredgarcia6509 5 лет назад

    1:57

  • @harlinable
    @harlinable 3 года назад

    啊/這是甚麼啊/我從來就沒有這種技巧/他有啊/那很好啊/

  • @sj0o
    @sj0o 8 лет назад +25

    what happened to his accent?!

    • @paphiopedilum1202
      @paphiopedilum1202 6 лет назад +4

      He grew up in Australia but he imitates the American accent

    • @thatsEforEveryone
      @thatsEforEveryone 5 лет назад

      @@paphiopedilum1202 it's really good 😂😂

  • @juliejules7780
    @juliejules7780 Год назад

    There's so many dumb things to learn on the violin that could injure you. I'm glad I play piano

  • @chloecampbell5403
    @chloecampbell5403 6 лет назад

    Why am I here I do need help on it but I play the cello

  • @ix_mscz
    @ix_mscz 4 года назад

    Omg so hærd😥

  • @asol3379
    @asol3379 9 лет назад +2

    可不可以也錄中文的影片呢?

  • @zhatar4214
    @zhatar4214 6 лет назад

    song name in background?

    • @artemlyubchenko3022
      @artemlyubchenko3022 4 года назад

      Mendelssohn violin concerto 3rd movement

    • @zhatar4214
      @zhatar4214 4 года назад

      @@artemlyubchenko3022 2 years later, thanks man xD

  • @aaronmaoeric1
    @aaronmaoeric1 3 года назад

    Paginini was built in his mothers womb

  • @tweepy123
    @tweepy123 5 лет назад +11

    Paganini wasn't built. Paganini sold his soul to the Devil.

  • @volknerbat7049
    @volknerbat7049 3 года назад

    He’s so hot in this video

  • @treatb09
    @treatb09 8 лет назад +3

    so it's just a pull off? lol traditional terminology...

    • @daniellbondad6670
      @daniellbondad6670 6 лет назад

      +Bo Huggabee
      Pull off-For a smoother transition to a lower fret.Often,the string is accidentally plucked softly.
      Left hand pizzicato-Intentionally plucking the string.

  • @iggyzorro2406
    @iggyzorro2406 4 года назад

    Mrs. Chen: Raymond! Stop Showing off for your friends! actually nice informative video - thanks. Rome wasn't built in a day - but to play like that, the Pagman sold his soul to the devil. No Thanks.