Years of playing and yet this is the one moment that has changed my perspective on bowing. The subtle changes and motions are what makes all the difference for me now. Thank you so much
Yes, ma'am, this "has been a very enlightening and interesting" vid. I've always known there was more to bowing than what I was taught as a child (never had private lessons on violin). I currently play for a church orchestra, and these instructs are gonna be so very helpful. Speaking of private lessons, I am taking drum lessons, and the talk of all that finger flexibility and use, reminds me of what my instructor is teaching me with the drum sticks. Thanks. Kevin.
I did not know that there could be someone that was able to deliver such a hight level of professionalism until then. I got to say:"Chapeau bas !" 👏🏻 And of course Thank you.
Great camera shots on all the slo mo shots, Beth! Thanks. You are the one that finally got through to me about the bow stroke. When you said it was a 'reach', that did it!
I have been an amateur cellist for the past 30 years or so, and have returned to the violin, having played in my youth. I cannot thank you enough for your immensely informative videos. They are helping me in so many ways along with the stuff I get weekly from my teacher. So a very big Thanks for sharing this incredible wisdom.
I"ve seen some pretty crazy looking bow holds as well. It only REALLY matters if you are playing classical violin literature where the kind of articulation requires super control of the bow. Not to disparage fiddle-style at all, but there is more leeway with the bow hold.
Love your violin teaching videos and Violinlab.com. My pinky finger keeps on flying off on the downstroke of my bow. I have a hard time keeping my bowhand in the right place all of the time. Arm gets tired. I am committed to this so much.
I can not thank you enough for the content you have provided. You are beautiful, wise and full of high class perfect curiculum. I can't wait to join your website and use it all over the world as I travel. You are a goddess to teaching and video editing simplifying complex/intricate technics. My hat is off to you and I am forever grateful ❤
Great teaching! As beginner it was very difficult for me to handle the fingers and bow as it should be. But work on it. Gradually it is getting better.
muchas gracias por información, quisiera sugerirte por favor que siguieras traduciendo al español tus vídeos y ojala los antiguos también, es que en este idioma son muy pocos los vídeos que se encuentran con tu nivel y tu excelente manera de explicar :)
Fascinating analysis and explanation of why the fingers and hand do what they do... Will share with the occupational therapist who is helping me with a right hand ligament injury. (Tip of "mildly disjointed" index finger wants to touch tip of ring finger when I close my hand; middle finger wants to be on top or under ring finger. The most pinching strength is between thumb and ring middle finger supported by ring finger. Have many strengthening exercises and prognosis of a year recovery, complicated by some arthritis in index knuckle before the crushing injury.)
EXCELENTE VIDEO... TUS VIDEOS SON MUY BUENOS.. DEBERIAS DE INTENTAR TRADUCIRLOS AL ESPAÑOL PARA PODER COMPRENDERLOS TODOS.. de verdad te felicito por tu iniciativa
thank you very much I studied violin two years but quit because the teacher told me that the right hand should be firm and should not move his fingers, had to hold strong fingers on the bow, but I felt it was better to have flexibility in the fingers and wrist. but always corrected me and ended tense .... more than 5 months ago I've seen your videos and also the Proferssorv videos and learned more than two years in school .....
PROFESSOR COULD YOU PUT SUBTITLES IN SPANISH IN YOUR ANOTHER VIDEOS PLEASE???? I COULD LEARN MUCH BETTER IF YOU PUT SUBTITLES IN THE ANOTHER VIDEOS. YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT PROFESSOR. GOD BLESS YOU
I don't have any experience with this style of bow grip. Is this the Russian style? If it's working for you then that's great. My problem with the thumb across from 3rd finger is that the hand isn't as balanced, and there's less leverage with the index finger for sustaining forte dynamics at the tip.
I've been looking everywhere in TH-cam for a video where I can see the application of finger movement in the string change and finally found it! Thanks so much! Do you happen to have another video specific for that? Great job :)
muito bom seus videos e ainda mais agora com legenda em português ..... você mora onde? sou do Brasil toco na Igreja mais em nível inicial seus videos estão me ajudando muito
+ronaldo francisco Que Igreja você toca? Congregação Cristã no Brasil? A Sra. Beth mora em Austin, Texas (EUA). O site dela tem muito mais informações. Vale muito a pena assinar por um ano. A mensalidade sai mais em conta que um professor particular ...
teacher I am from Brazil and I have accompanied your videos, they are excellent ... more I study viola de arco Would you have any channel to indicate me about viola class? thank you so much!
Great video!! Thank you so much! How do you create clean and pure sounds when you change bows of if you are in a really high position? I have troubles with this especially while playing scales.
Thanks for the lesson. I was wondering what your opinion is on variations to the bow grip. I just started taking private lessons, and my teacher said that I should be making the circle with my thumb and first finger. All of the information about finger motion still applies the hold is just a bit different. I am actually finding it easier to do techniques like spiccoto with this hold. Have you ever suggested and different bow hold to somebody?
No it is not the Russian style.The first finger is across from the thum. Although after working with it for a few weeks, I have moved my first finger up a little bit toward the tip. So now my thumb is not across from any finger. By the way, sorry I did not write back for a few weeks, I have been very busy. I do however have one more question. When doing vibrato, some times my fingers attach to the strings and I can get a nice wide arm vibrato. But some times my fingers and thumb wont stick to
Hi Beth, wondering if you have any advice that could help me. I am a violinist of about three years. I have cerebral Palsy though, which mainly affects my right side. This makes bowing properly quite difficult as I don't have the flexibility in my fingers for subtle changes in the bow. Is there a way I could possibly work around that? Also what specifically is the role of the wrist when bowing? I can push my arm out, but it takes a little while for my wrist to follow suit. Is that something I just have to spend most of my violin career (hopefully) strengthening? Love your videos btw. P.s, I do have a teacher, just wanted another opinion!
the neck. Even though my first finger joint is bending my fingers end up sliding on the streings. I can still do a very small wrist vibrato but do you know of a good way to get your fingers to stick to the srings?
I know of no other instrument that involves so many subtle mechanics of plating. Oboe is a tough one but once you know how to move air correctly (may take the whole life though) the rest is finger wiggling but violin...
I appreciate your pace is slow enough to grasp. But it would if you had the student practice what you just demonstrated before going on to the next clip.
This lesson is great, as usual, but the captions are terrible. A person who is hard of hearing would have a hard time. The French captions on a previous lesson were much better.
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Best teacher of violin on youtube.
Years of playing and yet this is the one moment that has changed my perspective on bowing. The subtle changes and motions are what makes all the difference for me now. Thank you so much
the best violin teacher on TH-cam
55 years of playing and now I understand! thankyou so much for taking the time to produce this!!
Very deep, technical & specific...
This is what beginners need.
Thanks!
Probably the best teacher in TH-cam. Thanks a lot.☺☺
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Hi, Beth!! Thank you for this video with subtitles. It's very important for your fans and pupils in Brazil.
We love You!!
The most revolutional bow-techniqe lesson on youtube yet!
Turn all of my thinking upside-down!
I thank you!
you are the best teacher with a soothing voice and beautiful face like angels
from Iran
The best teacher of violin in youtube, no doubt.
One of your best classes. Your video technique just gets better and better. I hope those who can afford it will pay something for your efforts.
Yes, ma'am, this "has been a very enlightening and interesting" vid. I've always known there was more to bowing than what I was taught as a child (never had private lessons on violin). I currently play for a church orchestra, and these instructs are gonna be so very helpful. Speaking of private lessons, I am taking drum lessons, and the talk of all that finger flexibility and use, reminds me of what my instructor is teaching me with the drum sticks. Thanks. Kevin.
I did not know that there could be someone that was able to deliver such a hight level of professionalism until then.
I got to say:"Chapeau bas !" 👏🏻
And of course Thank you.
Great camera shots on all the slo mo shots, Beth! Thanks. You are the one that finally got through to me about the bow stroke. When you said it was a 'reach', that did it!
Thank you, Charlene! I'm always looking for specific words that will "flip the light switch" so to speak.
The best violin teacher in the world !!
I have been an amateur cellist for the past 30 years or so, and have returned to the violin, having played in my youth. I cannot thank you enough for your immensely informative videos. They are helping me in so many ways along with the stuff I get weekly from my teacher. So a very big Thanks for sharing this incredible wisdom.
This is such an enlightening video. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Finally I have a much better understanding of the bow!
You are the best violin teacher I’ve ever seen.
I"ve seen some pretty crazy looking bow holds as well. It only REALLY matters if you are playing classical violin literature where the kind of articulation requires super control of the bow. Not to disparage fiddle-style at all, but there is more leeway with the bow hold.
May God bless you for sharing and for your willingness to share your knowledge to others... Very useful.. thank you..
The best violin teacher I've ever seen,
Hugs from Brazil.
Thank you so much for creating this incredibly informative video. It is the best ‘bow hold’ instruction and demonstration ever!
Love your violin teaching videos and Violinlab.com. My pinky finger keeps on flying off on the downstroke of my bow. I have a hard time keeping my bowhand in the right place all of the time. Arm gets tired. I am committed to this so much.
I can not thank you enough for the content you have provided. You are beautiful, wise and full of high class perfect curiculum. I can't wait to join your website and use it all over the world as I travel. You are a goddess to teaching and video editing simplifying complex/intricate technics. My hat is off to you and I am forever grateful ❤
Great teaching! As beginner it was very difficult for me to handle the fingers and bow as it should be. But work on it. Gradually it is getting better.
Very cool your videos and even more so now with subtitles in Portuguese.
I suggest your videos to my students.
You're the best violin teacher
This helped me enormously. I was struggling with bow hold since years but now I seem to come over it. Thanks for all the effort for helping us.
muchas gracias por información, quisiera sugerirte por favor que siguieras traduciendo al español tus vídeos y ojala los antiguos también, es que en este idioma son muy pocos los vídeos que se encuentran con tu nivel y tu excelente manera de explicar :)
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Thank you so much
Greetings from Perú
Fascinating analysis and explanation of why the fingers and hand do what they do... Will share with the occupational therapist who is helping me with a right hand ligament injury.
(Tip of "mildly disjointed" index finger wants to touch tip of ring finger when I close my hand; middle finger wants to be on top or under ring finger. The most pinching strength is between thumb and ring middle finger supported by ring finger. Have many strengthening exercises and prognosis of a year recovery, complicated by some arthritis in index knuckle before the crushing injury.)
Hi Beth,
You're the best. Thank you very much for your videos !!!
EXCELENTE VIDEO... TUS VIDEOS SON MUY BUENOS.. DEBERIAS DE INTENTAR TRADUCIRLOS AL ESPAÑOL PARA PODER COMPRENDERLOS TODOS.. de verdad te felicito por tu iniciativa
thank you very much I studied violin two years but quit because the teacher told me that the right hand should be firm and should not move his fingers, had to hold strong fingers on the bow, but I felt it was better to have flexibility in the fingers and wrist. but always corrected me and ended tense .... more than 5 months ago I've seen your videos and also the Proferssorv videos and learned more than two years in school .....
Amazing video! Thanks for Portuguese subtitles.
Thanks!! This greatly improved several things i was struggling with
Congratulations, you and a ezimea violinist and violin teacher I knew was very technical now realize more that goes beyond thank your Brazilian fan.
This is awesome. Also, thanks for adding the subtitles in spanish.
This was very very helpful!! Thank you Beth
thanks a lot i really like your videos
Learnt a lot from your bowing video. Can you do a video on where to place first second third finger on G string violin
Obrigado pela traducao e aula😀
Amazing video! Thank you very much!!!
Amazing video.
I loved this channel, thanks!!
superb video.
thanks a lot, this is very enlightening
I love your professionalism but cannot afford to learn from u teacher
Wonderful teacher!
Incridible videos!!!! It has helped me a lot!!!!
Thank you so much. your teaching is cleared
PROFESSOR COULD YOU PUT SUBTITLES IN SPANISH IN YOUR ANOTHER VIDEOS PLEASE???? I COULD LEARN MUCH BETTER IF YOU PUT SUBTITLES IN THE ANOTHER VIDEOS. YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT PROFESSOR. GOD BLESS YOU
video name should be “ magical bow hold” the 3d finger chnaging for me every things, ur the best
really helpful thank you so much for sharing this video
I don't have any experience with this style of bow grip. Is this the Russian style? If it's working for you then that's great. My problem with the thumb across from 3rd finger is that the hand isn't as balanced, and there's less leverage with the index finger for sustaining forte dynamics at the tip.
Excellent video Beth :D Thank you and your team :)
thanks!! I hope to go more videos in Spanish
This is so helpful! THANK YOU!!!!
Great Video, Beth ! Thank you.
Very informative. Thanks
Merci beaucoup 🙏
I've been looking everywhere in TH-cam for a video where I can see the application of finger movement in the string change and finally found it! Thanks so much! Do you happen to have another video specific for that? Great job :)
Muito boa esta aula gostei.
muito bom seus videos e ainda mais agora com legenda em português ..... você mora onde? sou do Brasil toco na Igreja mais em nível inicial seus videos estão me ajudando muito
+ronaldo francisco Que Igreja você toca? Congregação Cristã no Brasil? A Sra. Beth mora em Austin, Texas (EUA). O site dela tem muito mais informações. Vale muito a pena assinar por um ano. A mensalidade sai mais em conta que um professor particular ...
teacher I am from Brazil and I have accompanied your videos, they are excellent ... more I study viola de arco Would you have any channel to indicate me about viola class? thank you so much!
Superb. Thank you.
really helpful, thank you.
Madam I impressed your teaching but I want English subtitles
very good.
That's the main reason we need TH-cam to make people able to add a 100000 likes in one video.
That's just like giving everyone infinite money, it breaks the economy, that just makes likes worth less
Szkoda, że wcześniej nie znałam tego kanału, fantastico, now I can help my daughter;)
Great video!! Thank you so much!
How do you create clean and pure sounds when you change bows of if you are in a really high position? I have troubles with this especially while playing scales.
Do you have any tips for prepping for an honors orchestra audition?
Thanks so much 💓😍
Thanks for the lesson. I was wondering what your opinion is on variations to the bow grip. I just started taking private lessons, and my teacher said that I should be making the circle with my thumb and first finger. All of the information about finger motion still applies the hold is just a bit different. I am actually finding it easier to do techniques like spiccoto with this hold. Have you ever suggested and different bow hold to somebody?
No it is not the Russian style.The first finger is across from the thum. Although after working with it for a few weeks, I have moved my first finger up a little bit toward the tip. So now my thumb is not across from any finger. By the way, sorry I did not write back for a few weeks, I have been very busy. I do however have one more question. When doing vibrato, some times my fingers attach to the strings and I can get a nice wide arm vibrato. But some times my fingers and thumb wont stick to
Hi Beth, wondering if you have any advice that could help me.
I am a violinist of about three years. I have cerebral Palsy though, which mainly affects my right side. This makes bowing properly quite difficult as I don't have the flexibility in my fingers for subtle changes in the bow. Is there a way I could possibly work around that? Also what specifically is the role of the wrist when bowing? I can push my arm out, but it takes a little while for my wrist to follow suit. Is that something I just have to spend most of my violin career (hopefully) strengthening? Love your videos btw.
P.s, I do have a teacher, just wanted another opinion!
This class was perfect for me. Thanks for sharing. One more thing, is this a Codabow you are using?
Thanks so much 💓🎼🎻
the neck. Even though my first finger joint is bending my fingers end up sliding on the streings. I can still do a very small wrist vibrato but do you know of a good way to get your fingers to stick to the srings?
please help me to find Professional and not expensive violin>>>im very tired from serching
I know of no other instrument that involves so many subtle mechanics of plating. Oboe is a tough one but once you know how to move air correctly (may take the whole life though) the rest is finger wiggling but violin...
My pinky remains stiff..how can I make my pinky flexible.
I am a left handed, shall I lift the bow with my left hands?
Wish have tagalog subtitle 😔😔 greeting from Philippines 🇵🇭 😊
Q bueno el video
Thank you 🇧🇷💎♥️🎵🎶🎻👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Who makes your violin?
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I appreciate your pace is slow enough to grasp. But it would if you had the student practice what you just demonstrated before going on to the next clip.
This lesson is great, as usual, but the captions are terrible. A person who is hard of hearing would have a hard time. The French captions on a previous lesson were much better.
Wow
6:28
Life changing Thx!! =)
Wow my teacher has me putting my pinkie on the nut I don't think she knows how to play a violin as well as she puts off
10:29
16:43 very asians....