1b How to "Really" Play the Violin / The Violin Bow and How to Bow / Lessons for Beginner-Virtuoso
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- Опубликовано: 15 май 2020
- Learn about your Violin Bow, How to properly Hold it, Rosin it, and use it, from the Director of The Romantic School of Music, and a Master Luthier (violin maker).
The yardstick was from The Home Depot. :)
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This man is a legend. Never had so much fun watching somebody teaching.
Thank you! The "funnest" lessons are coming soon! (as soon as "Two Trees" in completely online.)
You sir, are the Bob Ross of violin. Your lesson are very informative. Thank you for your efforts.
I always liked Bob Ross. Thank you.
Kevin, I've been a TwoSetViolin fan for a while, having played violin in my elementary school music class for a year when I was 9. I'm in my 40s now, and I always thought I was limited to being a violin music appreciator, rather than a player, until RUclips brought me to your videos and your incredibly encouraging attitude about starting to play violin as an adult. I took the leap and found a cheap $175 violin outfit on Craigslist, set an appointment to meet with the seller, and thanks to this video and others, I was able to play some long notes with good tone to make sure it was not a violin-shaped object. The seller was impressed that I didn't screech at all on the open string, and seemed to know how to hold the bow and violin. I had dutifully practiced straight bowing on a Ticonderoga #2 pencil before the appointment. I learned the parts of the violin in your violin tear-down cleaning video. I don't know if I would have had the confidence to buy a test a violin on a person-to-person sale without your videos. Thank you so much. Hope your back/neck surgery is healing up nicely and you can go back to making videos for the Romantic School of Music soon. ;)
I will turn 65 in a couple of months and just found your videos. I bought a very nice used violin and started some others a few weeks ago. I am finding your videos extremely helpful and I love your presentation. Thank you so much for doing this. My bowing already sounds better with only a couple of your tips. I played a little as a small child but that was over 50 years ago. I remember very little. So happy to be trying this now. I'm looking forward to all of your instructions.
Thank you. I am working on more lessons right now!
Kevin, I don't know how to express my gratitude. Your videos are the best I watched so far in terms of violin education! I am 40+ years old and had never played violin before. I started a week ago and struggled to get a hold of bow control. After watched your videos today, especially the one about Paganini secrets on bow hold (relaxed wrist, and purposes of each finger) , something finally clicked and I suddenly can control my bow and play with comfort, the tone feels so much clearer and I gained a lot more confidence. It was a wonderful feeling, I can't thank you enough for making these videos which sent me off a good start!
And I like this new video a lot as it collects content from your many other "how to" and "secrets" videos and forms a stream of "getting started right" knowledge. Very beneficial for beginners like me.
Wow. You just made my day. I will do my best to never let you down. (On the other hand, please be forgiving, because when it comes to playing the violin, I do sometimes get really carried away! :)
I love your dedication to the violin and teaching. I am 58 - my son played to a good level and I always wanted to try. Now is my chance! Time flies when I am practicing so it must be my instrument. I tried learning piano and guitar and got bored easily. The violin is really the greatest of all instruments I think. I like you humour too!
Violin is the most interesting and curiosity inducing instrument. Finding new ways to manage pressure, speed, tension, weight, and timing for that distinct sound stage. Sublime!
I GET IT! I finally get it! Please, don't ever take this video down.
You are kind. Thank you.
Excellent teacher. You don't get such an analytical guy every day.
Thank you so much for explaining very clearly how to use the index and little finger. Nobody has ever given a tutorial about this before. Especially revealing is learning when to use that pinkie.
A very gifted speaker.
I’ve started today and I’m glad I watched you first! I can’t wait to have more lessons!
Just started my journey. Glad I found you right away. Much appreciated
I’ve been playing guitar for years, but something got me interested in the violin, so I went online and ordered one! It’s an inexpensive one, but got very many great reviews. So I appreciate your videos very much! I have never ever tried to play one in my life, and I’m 60 now. I started playing guitar when I was 14, so I hope that’s gonna help me with the hand/eye coordination, but knowing how to hold a bow was a mystery to me! It should be interesting, being that the tuning is the 1st 4 strings on a guitar, but BACKWARDS! E,A,D,G. to. G,D,A,E. I hope that I Don’t go crazy learning this!
Hi Tom, what violin did you get that was inexpensive and had great reviews? Thanks
DNYL Sun It’s a Mendini, an inexpensive one I’ll add, only $89.00. I’m fiddling around with it, pun intended, but keeping her in tune in not easy! I pulled the pegs, rosined them up real good. I’m practicing the bow stroke, holding it the way indicated, trying to slide across the strings, and catching one at a time, and it’s extremely difficult! Also, it’s even difficult to hold under my chin. I think I have a LONG way to go!
Tom Seadon thanks for the info. Hang in there.
i love this man
Thank you so much, good Sir. Your noble deeds spread treasuries of bliss.
Excellent encouraging and fun way of teaching, hats off to your dedication.
Thank you, amazing teacher I never had
Very helpful indeed.
Of priceless value.
Hahaha, "Fiddle players and circle clowns". I'm more of a fiddle player than I violinist, and I have to say you're not only really informative, you're funny as heck. How you can go from how to resurface a fingerboard to cooking marshmallows over a gasoline fire ball is admirable!
Thanks Kevin, you always maintain excellence in all of your presentations. I haven't touched my violin for a year while I am still digesting lessons learned before from other videos to get my life in order to be able to get serious. I have worked very hard and hope to begin again with learning at least a couple of nice tunes.
I'm very grateful for your tutorials. I 've recently taken to the violin and I try to play simple melodies by ear- I hate notes, but love to sing. When I was about 12 I spent 1 year in a music school. It wasn't my idea but my parents', so I wasn' quite interested in training, although my teacher did his best. He was a great man and had a lot of patience for me. After that year the teacher told me to try an easier instrument (and died soon, I believe not because of me). Needn't say I gave up my musical education. And at the age of 43 I suddenly decided to repair my great-grandfather's violin (A.D. 1890 Hermann Trapp, Bohemia), which had spent a couple of years in basement and was in so bad condition (woodworms, top plate cracks, serious varnish loss, horribly concave and inclined neck, huge peg holes), that I didn't take it to the luthier's shop, but tried to fix it somehow just to hang it on the wall. But.... As I started the repair I realised, that it will never be an excellent one, but it may be still playable. While fixing the instrument I learnt a little about how the proffesionals do it, the violin looked almost nice, and I tried to produce any sounds. This is how it started. Then I bought a silent violin to practice and soon another "real" one in far better condition. Now, being already able to repeat a melody or accompany (in a simple way), I learn the essential things, thanks to videos like yours. It's such fun and pleasure to get new experience with this, once hated, amazing instrument.
By the way, my great-grandfather's violin not only looks nice, but, after a few further amendments (pegs adjusted by proffesional- I didnt have peg drill and shaver), sounds good and I play it.
It took me over 30 years to realise that my teacher was right- the first homework he gave me was to "make friends" with my violin- and I've eventually done it!
Beautiful woderful additude.approach to presentation.
this guys a legend
Another inspiring video. Thank you so much!
Thank you. Yet, the traditionally "inspiring" lessons really do come later!
Brilliant! This is a precise description of what to pay attention to whilst holding the bow (for example between 17.00-18.10 approx.) and it explains very clearly what your muscles should feel and do, so you can practice your muscle memory (!).
These are the lessons I need. This is how I understand how this has to be done. (And now I have to practice, practice, practice... ; -) ) Thank you so much, mister Kevin Lee!
Very Cool!
I started with the Suzuki method in 1964 myself, but when my parents tried to force me to practice, I quit and they took away the violin (maybe they were fed up with making payments on an instrument that the dumb kid wasn't even working on?)
I didn't pick up a violin again until 2005.
The way you explain every detail is so good 👌
Thank you so much!
Ignoring what history says about the birth of the violin, I believe this instrument comes from an age where we were closer from perfection. It's a memory from a remote time when konwledge was wider. There is something magic in the ease with wich it is possible to make the most complicated melodies with that object. It's shaped for human body in a way no other musical instrument is. It's magic and mistery. Where does the konwledge come from? Wasn't it even more perfect in a more remote time? How was it? I just felt that your channel was a good place to post that kind of comment. Thanks for all your videos.
albert béral I think that computer technology has taken us away from the heartfelt skills of the old craftsman. Little is left to the imagination these days it seems.
Muchas gracias, es usted muy didáctico y tranquilizador. El arte del violín es hermoso pero difícil.
Una maestra que era concertista, nos dijo en una clase general que el violín es un instrumento doloroso; por eso es que es altamente conveniente estudiar y practicar la técnica adecuada para que este displacer no se presente.
Thank you.
is it ok to tilt the bow oposide direction?
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That face. Literally LOL'd
Not that I'm very good at it, but just wait for my face and expressions during the "acting" lessons for being a violinist, later on.
One of the best vids yet Kevin and that violin really shines and I mean REALLY!. I just can't get over the side bout flamed maple you used. I have never seen better. It almost draws ones attention away from everything else. I could look at it for years ( in amazement).
In my opinion the price you asked is probably to low when I compare it to other contemporary makers and their prices. It also seems so well balanced on each string.
With that being said and being I'm to ancient to learn how to play can I ask you ? Out of all the bows you've tried, who is your favorite maker? Dominick Peccatte, F. Torte ( or his brother), Sartory and so on? I know I'm a pain, but your opinion is important to me. Hopefully in my next life I can own an instrument like the Tangled violin. ( To late to learn how to play now at over 70)!
As usual, thanks again
Stay well and stay safe!
When it comes to comparing bows/bow makers, I have to admit, it depends upon my mood, the piece, and the violin. That's part of the reason I have so many bows! I have played upon many different examples of each maker and they do vary, yet of the bows that really stand out to me from each of these makers: for sophistication and control(Bach)= Torte, for power and dynamics= Sartory, and for the the bow "most alive" in my hand: Satory. Yet, never choose a bow strictly upon it's maker.
And it's never too late so "enjoy" playing the violin for yourself, and/or grandchildren are the most forgiving and appreciate lot you will ever run into when it comes to "fiddling around." As always, thank your for your comments.
Im a simple man, i watch u and hear u say "All the way" i got scared and i panicked click subscribe automatically haha
Just wait, as the lessons continue, things get really scary!!!
I wish this video existed some months ago when I got my carbon fibre chinese bow. It took forever for rosin to stick to it and even to this day the rosin is uneven. Is there a way to rectify this, or should I just buy another one ?
While the hair will never be quite the same/as good, definitely go ahead and clean the hair with alcohol (denatured is fine). Keep the alcohol off the stick and off of the wedges in the tip and frog, as much as possible, it will take a few times and use a few pieces of cotton. Then, the hair will be a little stiff when it dries, but then rosin it up good, and you will be OK. I will be doing a series of "quick fix," and "if all else fails" videos in the near future to cover items like this. Sorry it took me so long to reply.
@@kevinleeluthier Thank you very much!
I learned piano via Suzuki.
I'm trying to replicate all your steps but I don't have a cute Japanese girl to pair up with :(
I'm truly sorry that I don't have one here to inspire you with because it is amazing how much that moment changed my life. I believe Dr. Suzuki really knew what he was doing! :)