Paganini's Secret of Breaking Strings, and What to Check BEFORE Replacing Your Violin Strings.
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2012
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I know that this video may seem like a bit much, but before replacing violin strings, it really is important to know that EVERYTHING IS RIGHT! Otherwise you may damage or break the next string as soon as it is tightened!
Also, The Secrets of Paganini = how he broke his strings.
If this video was helpful, please tell a friend.
Special Note: I gained even more respect for Paganini after making this video. If you decide to purposely break strings, it is dangerous; for you and for your instrument, and don't try doing it with solid steel strings or without a sharpened steel ferrule or you just might end up with a broken violin lying on the floor.
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I demand this man to narrate my life
it was a joke dude
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Everytime he went to McDonalds...he MEANT IT!
This luthier is like .....badass
DEAR Mr.Lee have just played a very Russian sounding ballad. I have just now incorporated the 6 mm gap between bow stick and hairs. I m using a rather heavy bow weight wise. It's as if the violin is teaching me now, rather than me fighting her. I am flabbergasted! That simple trick has put me over the top.Blessings to you Sir and thank you! Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel!
Thank you for your comment. Merry Christmas!
The arching, shape and thickness of a violin bridge can vary a great deal depending upon each instrument and the requirements of the performer. All of the drawings in this video represent the "average" bridge shape for a classical violinist playing upon a fine instrument.
The next "how to" video is now online; what Paganini told his students was his greatest secret. Please let me know if you are disappointed or satisfied. "Abracadabra" and "hocus pocus" will never make a great musician, only knowledge and the right kind of practice. Thanks again.
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Cuttin the string at the end was such a badass move.
wow! so that's how you use vibrato on open strings!
I had chills when he said, "He MEANT it!"
When artists feel so comfortable with a difficult piece that they have enough room for an even higher performance level.
I really love your videos, and the way you explain things. It's great to see somebody living out their passion. Seeing your attention to detail is inspiring.
Graphiting instructions begin at 5:09 :)
Thanks for posting this
You are the best violin teacher on youtube. Thank you from the deepest part of my heart!
What a showman. "I'm too wild for these strings, they can't take it."
I have plans for a video on burnishers, but for now:
I make burnishers from discarded (machine shop) bandsaw blades about the diameter of each string ( be careful). The G and D are usuall the same diameter,so there are usually 3 burnishers per set. Cut the blade 4" long with an abrasve wheel or a grinder, then grind off the teeth and smooth the edges.
Finish by grinding the smooth long edge into a radius, then polish the radius slightly smaller than the string radius on a whetsone/waterstone.
Are burnishers produced by some tool companies like Hosco or Stewmac that make flat nut slotting files?
I personally use needles to burnish slots and first layer of graphite on my mother’s violin.
The worst bit about breaking a string mid performance (and I've done it a couple of times) is that usually the other strings then go out of tune so it becomes double trouble to keep going. These days I keep a spare violin handy!
Just one more reason to own at least 2 of my violins! :) Thanks for commenting.
Thank you for your drawings! So much effort and passion in your video.
Thanks to your video, which was very thorough and reassuring, I managed to change my strings for the first time ever. And the new gut core strings sound amazing. Thanks!
This is fantastic! Kevin youre great!
...and replace the string with the all confidence in the world...I love it! Hope to meet you in person sometime.
Very nice presentation, very detailed. Loved the enlarged schematics, a lot of work went into that. All you're missing now is a black & red cape & maybe some fangs.
Yes, and I will be including templates and measurements at The Romantic School of Music free of charge. But it will probably be a little while since I am in the middle of two music videos and possibly another surgery.
Such is life :)
What's the opening piece?
Profound and many secrets generously shared. Study I must.
WOW! YOU ARE INCREDIBLY GREAT!! A TRUE MASTER OF YOUR ART!
Very informative video with a playful bit of drama!
Thank you very much for your very infornative video. What you say IS what I understand about the violin, while learning more about.,
Very best regards, Jim Ediger
Your drawings are beautiful. You could sell prints of these, I'm sure. I know I'd like to have one framed on my wall.
this dude is F'n awsome
That was awesome!
What a great voice kevin.you have.ive never heard anyone like him.google much obliged.
6:50 The real secret is every time Paganini broke a string, he meant it.
Any chance of you uploading a video on how to make a violin bridge? :) You seem to have the best video production quality I've seen from my hours of searching for violin tips.
I like your presentations.
is much fun to watch!! ... Is like reading and old enciclopaedia...but in video!!
thanks!!!
knowledge and practice , make a great musician
Amazing
Guys, do you know what piece is called played at the end of the video?
Very helpful! Thank you :-)
oh yeah..! I have to practice my "string breaking" :D
awesome video, im going to phillipines, hot country. can you please make a video on how I what I should do to keep my violin safe? thank you
Your videos are amazing for our briefing I would like to ask you to give us some things about the soundpost from the violin.. some secrets about the sound and its place..please
The video that you are requesting on the soundpost is extremely important, and it is on my to do list, but now that I am all-consumed with my next violin: "Tangled," (see the violin shop tour series) I apologize that it may be a while.
An expensive bit of showmanship! But somehow well worth it . . . Might you make more performance demos for a grateful audience?
you are awesome
"The secret is everytime Paganini broke a string... he meant it."
What is the beginning piece ?
kevinleeluthier He meant it
kevinleeluthier Even for all Bowed instruments & it works best w/ Gut Strings.
When he broke all but one string, how did he keep the sound post from falling?
The accounts handed down are vague, yet I have accomplished it by loosening the strings and pushing the soundpost out far enough for it to stay in place when the E, A, and D strings are broken. The sound is not optimal, but I believe Paganini was after the "show" more than anything else during these performances. As another note: the bridge usually shifts way out of place, when I've tried it, and the G string way out of tune. But with a little "stick-um" under the bridge feet and a little more practice????
I believe that! He was after the show .He could also have used some form of stickum under the soundpost itself that could easily be removed( possible or no)? This is a fascinating topic!!
Paganini ( so they say) was a money monger and hated paying for anything. From what I've heard they created a word using his name that was synonymous with being ( let's say (being kind) on the frugal side?
Who can say for sure if it's true or not, it certainly seems so.
I wouldn't rule anything out, and I'm sure that he tried a couple different ways before getting everything reliable enough to perform it on stage. I haven't pursued it further, because it just doesn't seem to fit my character. Yes, even though Paganini lost huge amounts of money gambling and on his failed casino, when it came to his day to day expenses, especially tipping, he was accused, many times, of being "cheap." Sadly, but true; no one's perfect.
My violin is buzzing, and I think it's because my bridge isn't snug tightest on the fingerboard side on my brand new John Juzek violin. Can you help me with this problem?
Until you have seen this operation in person, or until I make a video specifically about this, you may be better to take your violin to a competent repair shop. There is a lot more to it than you might imagine, but here are the basics:
The repairman will make sure that this really is where the buzz is coming from by getting the string to buzz, then pushing down on the string as it crosses over the bridge on the fingerboard side. Note: a string can also buzz if the groove is too wide and does not snugly hold the string.
The repairman will also verify the different string heights above the fingerboard, and if they can all be lowered slightly. (If strings are too low they will buzz against the fingerboard and if this is the case, you will need a new bridge.)
If the strings are high enough, the offending groove is filed with a fine file with a radius smaller than the string to the angle shown in this video (down on the tailpiece side) and the groove is then burnished and graphited as is shown in this video.
After this, the other three strings usually also need re-filed, burnished and graphited in order for them to still have the proper relationship.
I wish you the best,
Kevin Lee Luthier
kevinleeluthier I should leave breaking the strings alone even when playing Paganini.
could you tell me what is the piece of art you use as an intro
+Dimitar Stramski The opening is not a piece, actually. Just a few notes I threw together to help set the mood.
kevinleeluthier You did very well with it... Sounded Paganini-esque. lol :)
@kevinleeluthier Bruh I know it's been ages, but I would really love it if you were to compose a whole piece around that fragment.
I come back periodically to this video just to listen to that little intro 😅
7:05 He meant it
please explain why Paganini broke his sting ??
Music is Unity it was purely for drama. A deliberate act. Cool. A baroque rock star!
Please teach us how to break a string "ad libitum".
are those evah pirazzi strings with the green and black winding?
+Bbzije1 Yes, they are Evah Pirazzi strings. I also use Dominant strings, and sometimes others.
Sevcik was blinded by a breaking string (probably a gut E).
Why breaking a string would make the soundpost fall?
scary everything
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You're right Paganini used the wrong Ferrule.
7:12 This is why they never reccomend doing that.
If you think Paganini relied on a perfect build to play perfectly then you’re out of your mind. His type of playing requires years of intense practice so much so that he could make a POS sound like heaven. He’s able to adjust microtones on the fly. Only Hendrix is comprable to this but P makes H look like a rookie.
He probably didn't RELY on it to sound GOOD, but it is nice to not have your bridge fall down in the middle of a concert.
secret
Watch to the end lol
Haha, paganini 's secret
While sharpening the edge of a ferrule (like knowing the secret of a magic trick) may seem simple after you know about it, almost no one did know how Paganini could break his strings one after the other at just the right moment, and it helped him put on a much more dramatic show than anyone else. There are many who consider Paganini the world's first "Rock Star."
My next video will include what Paganini himself said was his "greatest" secret, and if you play the violin, viola or cello, I don't believe that you will be disappointed.
I must be simple, I see no good reason to deliberately break a string. I would bet the sudden shock (in the sudden change of tension on the neck and body) is not particularly good for the violin.
terrible violin oak punishment
his videos are a bit uncanny
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You're right Paganini used the wrong Ferrule.
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You're right Paganini used the wrong Ferrule.
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You're right Paganini used the wrong Ferrule.