THANK YOU so much! I've got a brand-new instrument (It'll be a Fiddle in My hands), brand-new bow, brand-new rosin, and have been totally mystified for two days by just the issues you speak of. This gets me off to a Start!
Thank you. I left one of my violas in the US when I went to the UK, and when I came back my viola was in a good state, but my bow wouldn’t make a sound. I have never run across this before so I was wondering what to do. Also the rosin has gone rockhard and gives up nothing. So thank you for your tips.
I bought new rosin for my bow. Should I remove the previous rosin layer from my bow with a rosin remover or rubbing alcohol before using a new one? They are different brands and kinds.
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This video solved my rosin debate :') which rosin to get that isnt on a cloth. (My pirastro goldflexs cloth has gone gross and dont want any chance for it to transfer to bow hair.)
Hi Again. Great Video. When I go to your link (the one you use) there are 2 options to that page. 1 is: Sartory Rosin in Octagonal Wood Case and the other is Violin Rosin in Collector Wood Case (Peccatte) from the same link (I'm in the USA)... Are both of these the same Rosin? One is $24.20 and the other is $18.25... I'm not concerned about the price difference. Just what you think is best.
In the many lessons and videos or yours that I've watched, I've not heard you mention what to do when hair on the bow breaks causing pieces to hang down at each end. I suppose you are going to say just trim the pieces off as close to the end as you can, but I'd rather ask than have regrets.
Exactly that. Just take care when cutting (obviously) as you don’t want to chop of goo strings and refrain from pulling as you don’t want to yank out more by mistake or make them loose inside the fitting.
Can you do a video on scordatura? I have a Baroque piece in that tuning that I need to play, but I don't really know how to use it or anything or what it is.
Hai ma'am I am a beginner and I don't know anything about violin. I really enjoying your video. Will I be able to play violin only by your classes? Ma'am I am an Indian.
Just a comment on "if you put rosin on your bow and still are getting absolutely no sound, ..." When I bought my violin as a 45 year old after having not played since junior high school, I had this problem. It turned out to be because the store I bought the violin from had SPRAYED OIL ON THE STRINGS! I kid you not. I spent the whole rest of the night with alcohol and Kleenex wiping the oil off the strings and the fingerboard, and trying to get it out of the horse hairs of the bow. Eventually, and with a lot of rosin, too, I was able to get sound. The more I played it, the better the sound got, and after a day or two it sounded pretty good for a $160 Chinese instrument.
Hello I have a question. I just got my violin and I need help putting the bridge . I can't because it doesn't have the little slits on the bridge so the strings will go in and I don't know how to make them . Can you help me ? I have a 4/4 🎻
You could return it to the shop and get another, or take it to a violin luthier. Im afraid I cant help you over the comments section on this, unless you feel confident to place the strings on the bridge equal distance apart. What violin did you get that didnt come with grooves on the bridge?
So a student violin doesn’t get a better sound from more expensive rosin? And I can just use the cheap stuff it comes with and it will be the same if I used the more expensive ones?
@@sola1814 I would always throw away the cheap rosin that comes with a violin. Usually if you get a good rosin ~$10-30 USD it can make a cheap violin sound loads better and the rosin will last you 5+ years honestly lol, so even a $30 rosin will be very cheap In the long run.
If you have re-haired with good and proper real hair like blue mongolian, then yes, just a few minutes, but for the vast majority of people watching this video using cheap synthetic hair, then yes. You wouldn't believe the amount of comments I get from people who ask me why there is no sound coming from the bow and its because they dont spend long enough putting rosin in - that, and they are also using cheap rosin. So yes, a good 15 mins plus!
@@TheOnlineViolinTutor The 'cheap synthetic hair' is a myth. It doesn't exist, and hasn't since 'Synhair' left the market place in the 1980's, and that wasn't particularly cheap anyway. In my experience the violin outfits nowadays ALL use real horse tail hair. The tutor is using FAR too much rosin and has not cleaned the bow hair before initially attempting to rosin the bow. A freshly rehaired, or a new bow, from a reputable shop must have a coat of 'base rosin' on it. Then you will only need a couple of wipes on even a new rosin block to make it play. If it doesn't, take it back! Otherwise the rosin that the hair just can't accommodate will simply spray all over the poor violin and up your nose - neither a particularly nice outcome.
Small tip: if you place your thumb right over the silver piece at the frog, you can go all the way to the very edge of the frog without chipping it.
1:36 One can also use the serrated edge of a U.S. quarter (25-cent piece) too. It works every time. 😊 ♫ 🎻
I haven't thought of that! Ty sooo much 😄
I find these sorts of videos so inspiring to start playing the violin. I'm too lazy though! PS: Take a drink every time Alison says "rosin" ;P
Oh dont start that one - you know it wont end well...🤢🤮
48 times... she said rosin 48 times...
See what you have started here Sharm!!😭😩😂
Drink everytime rosin was spoken? Never been this drunk all my life.
Sounds like a fun game until you start praying to the porcelain gods.
Love the hair change & background!! Lovely
Just got a new bow today it took me about 10minutes to get a (nearly) perfect sound
Thanks for the tutorial!
THANK YOU so much! I've got a brand-new instrument (It'll be a Fiddle in My hands), brand-new bow, brand-new rosin, and have been totally mystified for two days by just the issues you speak of. This gets me off to a Start!
I have fell in love with a 'red' hybrid rosin it is perfect for every season and weather that I have where I live.
Watching to learn for my daughter.. Think i fell in love.. very good video.
On a new bow I hold the rosin up to a light to soften it and it sticks much quicker.
Thanks for the video! It was helpful because I just started recently to learn violin. Greetings from Germany!
Thank you. I left one of my violas in the US when I went to the UK, and when I came back my viola was in a good state, but my bow wouldn’t make a sound. I have never run across this before so I was wondering what to do. Also the rosin has gone rockhard and gives up nothing. So thank you for your tips.
You can give your bow a deep clean: th-cam.com/video/qAEOyjcVci0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you very much for everything you do, Alison!
The videos are getting better and better everytime you film a new one :)
finally I was thinking why the violin sound is like this
love the vid, very helpful. will say the flashing lights behind are a distraction.
This came right on time,just got a violin fr my daughter with no idea of how to even fix it up😂😂😂thank you,and pls is the regular violin size a 4/4?
Awesome video . You make it easy to understand
Be careful when approaching the metal part of the frog. Hard contact with the rosin can chip and crack the cake.
I bought new rosin for my bow. Should I remove the previous rosin layer from my bow with a rosin remover or rubbing alcohol before using a new one? They are different brands and kinds.
No, just play off the old rosin and then add the new one when it’s just about gone.
Thank you for your help!
Thanks for sharing about violin. You're one of my favorite. Keep on making good videos.
Thank you for great info in the description!
Attn folks miss Allison no longer monitors the comment sections on utube vids due to sleeplessness and fatique. She did try! Go to her website or patreon channel to request songs and sheet music and join up. Only cost 1 dollar. You may also schedule Skype lessons with her on her website. Good luck to you! 😀
This video solved my rosin debate :') which rosin to get that isnt on a cloth. (My pirastro goldflexs cloth has gone gross and dont want any chance for it to transfer to bow hair.)
Hi Again. Great Video. When I go to your link (the one you use) there are 2 options to that page. 1 is: Sartory Rosin in Octagonal Wood Case and the other is Violin Rosin in Collector Wood Case (Peccatte) from the same link (I'm in the USA)... Are both of these the same Rosin? One is $24.20 and the other is $18.25... I'm not concerned about the price difference. Just what you think is best.
I have the one that is already highlighted.
OK Great. Than that would be the more expensive one. Thank you.
Great information.Thnk you.
Very useful. Thank you!
In the many lessons and videos or yours that I've watched, I've not heard you mention what to do when hair on the bow breaks causing pieces to hang down at each end. I suppose you are going to say just trim the pieces off as close to the end as you can, but I'd rather ask than have regrets.
Exactly that. Just take care when cutting (obviously) as you don’t want to chop of goo strings and refrain from pulling as you don’t want to yank out more by mistake or make them loose inside the fitting.
Can you do a video on scordatura? I have a Baroque piece in that tuning that I need to play, but I don't really know how to use it or anything or what it is.
Do I tighten the bow before I apply the rosin?
Thank you so very much :D
Hai ma'am I am a beginner and I don't know anything about violin. I really enjoying your video. Will I be able to play violin only by your classes? Ma'am I am an Indian.
Yes
Just a comment on "if you put rosin on your bow and still are getting absolutely no sound, ..." When I bought my violin as a 45 year old after having not played since junior high school, I had this problem. It turned out to be because the store I bought the violin from had SPRAYED OIL ON THE STRINGS! I kid you not. I spent the whole rest of the night with alcohol and Kleenex wiping the oil off the strings and the fingerboard, and trying to get it out of the horse hairs of the bow. Eventually, and with a lot of rosin, too, I was able to get sound. The more I played it, the better the sound got, and after a day or two it sounded pretty good for a $160 Chinese instrument.
Would the Franz Hoffman Concert Violin be a good beginner/intermediate violin?
I have never played that im afraid so I dont know the answer to that, sorry.
I finally produce a sound but they are scratchy, what am i gonna do next so it wont be scratchy?
If you have just started, then it is to be expected until you get better.
I didn't know I have to scratch the Shiney part..
If its good quality rosin you dont have to scratch it!
Hello I have a question. I just got my violin and I need help putting the bridge . I can't because it doesn't have the little slits on the bridge so the strings will go in and I don't know how to make them . Can you help me ? I have a 4/4 🎻
You could return it to the shop and get another, or take it to a violin luthier. Im afraid I cant help you over the comments section on this, unless you feel confident to place the strings on the bridge equal distance apart. What violin did you get that didnt come with grooves on the bridge?
Thank you for your time ((: I'll do that .
Does it matter if I use a cheap rosin?
Diya Ahmed yes, cheap rosin = poor sound. If the violin is cheap though it wont matter.
So a student violin doesn’t get a better sound from more expensive rosin? And I can just use the cheap stuff it comes with and it will be the same if I used the more expensive ones?
@@sola1814 I would always throw away the cheap rosin that comes with a violin. Usually if you get a good rosin ~$10-30 USD it can make a cheap violin sound loads better and the rosin will last you 5+ years honestly lol, so even a $30 rosin will be very cheap In the long run.
when you mention damaging rosin, how can it be damaged and in what ways?
I imagine she means like, when the container or the rosin itself is 'compromised'
Nevermind, I think she meant to not like, scratch it up to the point it just falls apart, you know.
I was playing soooooo good, no one heard a note...guess I should rosin! LOL, just kidding. Yes, thanks for the video.
What happens if you over rosin the bow?
hod do I know if I need to rosin my bow if I just bought a used violin?
Just apply a little and you will know when you need more as the sound will be thin.
The Online Piano and Violin Tutor thank you!
Thankssss
What about straya
Why my Violin still not making sound , I put rosin on my bow, but still not making sound.
2:21
Dammm with the price of her rosin you can already buy a violin here in the ph
I would lose all the patience in the world when I do this. I just hate it but obviously I gotta do it :(
I came here because the dooo ....
#85_FunnyMe_PanikedWhatsWrong_YupNotEnoughRosin😏🇺🇸🇬🇧
Good job trying to teach people Violin
15 to 30 mins??? Heck no. After a re-hair it really only takes like 5 mins
If you have re-haired with good and proper real hair like blue mongolian, then yes, just a few minutes, but for the vast majority of people watching this video using cheap synthetic hair, then yes.
You wouldn't believe the amount of comments I get from people who ask me why there is no sound coming from the bow and its because they dont spend long enough putting rosin in - that, and they are also using cheap rosin.
So yes, a good 15 mins plus!
The Online Piano & Violin Tutor ah...I wasn’t even aware synthetic hair was used for bows! Ignorance I guess 🤦♀️
Thanks for informing me!!
-McKenna
@@TheOnlineViolinTutor The 'cheap synthetic hair' is a myth. It doesn't exist, and hasn't since 'Synhair' left the market place in the 1980's, and that wasn't particularly cheap anyway. In my experience the violin outfits nowadays ALL use real horse tail hair. The tutor is using FAR too much rosin and has not cleaned the bow hair before initially attempting to rosin the bow. A freshly rehaired, or a new bow, from a reputable shop must have a coat of 'base rosin' on it. Then you will only need a couple of wipes on even a new rosin block to make it play. If it doesn't, take it back! Otherwise the rosin that the hair just can't accommodate will simply spray all over the poor violin and up your nose - neither a particularly nice outcome.