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Love the arrangement for viola and organ. Is there any way I can get sheet music for the arrangement?

"And then we talk ourselves into this rather ridiculous position where we find ourselves for hours..." 😅 Well said! Brilliant lesson, Professor! I am self-taught but it is a bit disingenuous to say this with such a wealth of teaching material available which I am not at all shy about availing. Many thanks! #TheGeorgeFloydViola 🎻🙏🏾

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Hello My name si Diego Vera i'm a violist from México You video is great Master. Coulbe possible can You teach me please? 🥺 We're i live we don't have viola teacher and i want learn more.

Thank you !

Hey! Im honoured thank you mam! JULIARD! IM HONOURED!

Excellant. Class youve even helped me and Im a violinist. Thanks and Im looking forward to refer back to this. Im stocked! Bye for now

The Colorado River looks small by being mighty and persistent. (Somewhere around 13:00 and 14:00.)

Too advanced for me. I will continue to pluck, find scale(s) placement, try to not drop the viola and bow, draw some tones with the bow, try to time the l.h/r.h synchronization (pianist, here... have sympathy, please), and not throw myself off a cliff because my deep desire to perform even the simplest phrase of melody in an actually beautiful and engaging manner is seemingly SO FAR AWAY THAT I CAN'T SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL... ;-) Yeah, that's where I'm at. Never fear. I was playing French horn in the Houston Symphony at age 22, so it will become a reality that I'm able to play a sweet melody on viola - my most beloved string instrument (and the only non-fretted, bowed string instrument I'm interested in pursuing) - because I have mastered, or at least learned to adequately play, so many other instruments. 🙂VIOLA IS MY SPECIAL FINAL CHALLENGE.

I practiced Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto for MANY hours a day, for 4 months straight (in a DEAD practice room at the university)... Bad idea. It took me 1.5 years to overcome the left-hand wrist injury that I incurred. Please don't OVER-play,

53 years of fabulous piano playing, 1 month of beginner viola... I don't follow much of this.

Very helpful and informative video.I play electric guitar and my professor at Berklee recommended l use left hand technique similar to the violin,what he should have sais was similar to the viola.

Hello,I'm a violist and I have a problem with my left hand,and no one,doctors and teachers,don't understand how to help me....I can't explain problem here,with words,I need to show while playing...I really need your help! Where I can send a video to show what is going on with my hand(more precisely with my finger) when I play? You have a messenger?,facebook? Thank you in advance!

I hope this works for me. That’s why I dropped out in high school. But I’m going to learn again!

I am a cellist/pianist attempting to learn the viola, and I am loving all of the parallels that you make in your teaching, especially between instruments. Thank you for your work! Chadd

Genius Carol. Reminds me a little of Kato Havas technique. You now have a big fan. Thank you very much.

You are amazing! Great tips. Subscribed 👍

hey there, who premiered this? I thought it was Peter Kenote, my colleague from Britt festival, jacksonville OR.? yes pls credit the piano "accompanist" thanks Douglas piano accp, viola , guitar, etc. SD CA

beautiful playing (as always) and great composition! I'm a big fan of Carol because I've been teaching myself viola for a few years now and I kept hurting my 4th finger trying to do the big stretch from low 2 to 4 (in 1st pos) until I discovered her video on TH-cam called "Some Left Hand Tips" which shows an alternative way of thinking about the left hand. Interestingly, I did happen to notice that at 4:47 Carol actually did the dreaded big stretch - I assume the decision was made to do that stretch because that particular phrase needed it.

Extraordinary project and coming together of extraordinary people. Great teachers and fantastic students take on serious challenges. Would love to see this happen more often. And also, I enjoyed every piece, every performance. How wonderful to know that students of today can do this.

This is very helpful, thank you for the video! How do you approach double stops, in particular octaves, since the thumb can't be in both ideal places at once?

Grato. Muito bom

Wunderbare Bratscher,oder Bratschisten,wie man es gerne sagen möchte im deutschen!!! Ganz toll!! Wünsche von Herzen Ihnen alles Gute auch wie schwierig es ist in diesen Zeiten,außerhalb der Umstände in der Welt,auch bei uns in Deutschland und Europa ist es schwieriger mit der Kulturlandschaft geworden,grad die kleinen Theater und kleineren Orchester in Deutschland,nicht nur in Ostdeutschland,auch in Westdeutschland auch in den "reichen Bundesländern",BY,BW und HS,wird leider überall an Stellen eingespart! Aber man darf die Hoffnung und den Mut nicht verlieren!!! Alles Gute Ihnen alle 🎼 auch "C-Schlüssel 😉"🎶🎻🍀🍀🍀🧡 LG aus dem Dreiländereck Lörrach in die USA,NYC 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇫🇷🇨🇭🇺🇸, Josha 🙋‍♂️

BRAVO!!!!!! 🎉

the artists are incredibly talented but the compositions although exuding a lot of creativity , i personally feel somehow that melody in essence has over time devolved, i have searched a lot in contemporary compositions for the same high that the melodies of the old classical masters have conjured , but havent found it yet.

Best teacher ever 💙

drive.google.com/file/d/1W3TghUkopGlEMLj2mdSC55KVKqF7_BUg/view?usp=sharing audio available in youtube

Bravo for putting this whole project together, especially on this very particular year! Viva la viola!!

We need more projects like this.

great initiative, bravi all!

This is such a wonderful initiative! Bravi!!!!! Thanks Carol! Will be played in Brazil! Looking forward to purchasing the scores!

me encantan las piezas y espectacular la propuesta de estrenar obras para viola, con esa calidad de instrumentistas !

So awesome!!! (Why wasn't this always a thing?!) Congratulations, and BRATSCHEKRAFT!!!

a have made a transformation of my chinrest , my luthier did. ( sorry about my english)... actually they are so high, even to a long neck. so i said to him to low down everythink he could and soft without sharp edges and more rounded. because the viola its so big to my shoulder any way, i have to be confortable

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What a wonderful piece and performance! Love it!

Brava Carol... Fascinating and beautiful work. Thanks for sharing...

Beginning the gauntlet of preparing for graduate auditions. These videos have been so helpful! Especially your students as examples. I think my set up is the biggest obstacle. Then onto the bow hand (also a great video, thank you!)

This is wonderful! Thank you, Carol!

The wonderful pianist, Marcantonio Barone, should be credited.

Interesting piece

Great arrangement, beautiful

Did you recover fully?

i just started viola 3 days ago and my jaw really hurts idk why

Hi Carol! This video was extremely helpful. I would like to know what size of viola you recommend for someone with a 26.5 inch arm span?

Great video , but some questions what will happen when we play 4th finger and then the first , I mean If I follow this video,the first finger it's going to be in a different position a little higher and out of tune when I come back from the 4th finger to first finger. and what about doble stops. And fast passages for example stamitz before the octaves , all this movements(motions) , is not going to make harder to get in tune?

Thank you so much, Carol, this is revelatory. I am "only" a violinist, yet I also struggle with hand frame and with the reach of the fourth finger, particularly in combination with a low second finger. Lots of ideas to explore. Thank you so much.

Thank you Carol!

WOnderful in this arrangement for viola and organ!