Im very glad that she points out how the difference in sound quality between older and newer instruments can be quite subtle, although I don't think two, stringed instruments would ever actually sound the same.
That is amazing! I love the tone of the older instrument, to my ear modern violins have a much sharper tone, the baroque violin's tone is warmer and "woodier".
Instruments are meant to be played. Like a fine wine, string instruments get better with age, even over hundreds of years, as long as someone keeps playing them.
This a great video by a wonderful musician but I do believe that she is wrong to assume the wood on the 350 year old violin is necessarily "drier" than her new violin. The wood in a violin (or any wooden instrument) is constantly changing its moisture content in response to the relative humidity in the air around it. The wood in both violins will be similar in moisture content if they are kept in the same room for a few days! Count on it. However, what I think she meant to convey, and which is certainly true, the wood in the violin made by Andrea Guarneri some 350 years ago (he died in 1698) is certainly more aged and conditioned by centuries of playing --- the new violin can not match that!! (
Elizabeth, is it also true that the bow has much to do with the sound almost as much as the violin? I noticed you are using an older style bow. (PS. I have zero musical talent and I thank you for this video and all your hard work.)
Yes, actually with a baroque bow, you can't get a strong sound in the begining. That is because it's curved outwards insteadof inwards (like modern bows) and when you try to apply pressure the hair loosens instead of tightening
I take her baroque class currently, and that is exactly what i thought. Turns out that is actually just a plastic sticker / sheet in order to protect the instrument from sweat and oils secreted from the skin. She is a true musical genius, and has clear respect for that instrument.
Somehow, I think the skill of the player has much to do with the quality of the sound. I bet if I traded my German Meinel for a Strad I would still sound awful.
You go to all the trouble playing a baroque piece on an extremely expensive baroque violin...then you see that unmentionable modern technique of vibrato...old habits die hard eh?
rh7189 the idea that vibrato was not used by baroque violinists is generally now thought to be incorrect. It's definitely mentioned in the old technique books; for example check out Geminiani's Art of Playing the Violin (PDFs online), in his discussion of the "close shake" which sounds very like modern vibrato, except that it's considered an ornament rather than something to be done constantly.
+FiddlerSteve Sheer nonsense. Even both Mozarts thought vibrato was rubbish in the Rococo era never mind the preceding Baroque period where vibrato was virtually unknown. Keep it pure and authentic.
In his Treatise on the Fundamentals of Violin Playing, chapter X1, Leopold Mozart discusses how to produce "tremolo" or "tremoleto," and his description is of vibrato. He doesn't say it was "rubbish" but does caution that it "must only be used at places where nature herself would produce it."
Incredible violinist ....thank you
Wow absolutely amazing instrument 1660 🙏. Thank You so much for sharing ❤️❤️🙏
I like Elizabeth's Biber violin sonata very much. Unforgettable performance. Thanks.
Thank you for playing these old ones. You do that well.
Fascinating explanation - I heard her play the first time with The Voices of Music and loved her equisite playing - Thank you
Im very glad that she points out how the difference in sound quality between older and newer instruments can be quite subtle, although I don't think two, stringed instruments would ever actually sound the same.
I love the last bit, thanks for the video!
That is amazing! I love the tone of the older instrument, to my ear modern violins have a much sharper tone, the baroque violin's tone is warmer and "woodier".
Elizabeth, se possível enviar um violino para mim , o meu 😵
Yes that's it! Thank you!!
0:48 That's a Guarneri Violin.
How do you preserve an instrument? They preserve such beautiful instruments but how?
Instruments are meant to be played. Like a fine wine, string instruments get better with age, even over hundreds of years, as long as someone keeps playing them.
I think that the way that the baroque violin is held is more comfortable
Bach's Partita No 2 in re mineur, Giga.
desiderio quercetani ist a genius
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This a great video by a wonderful musician but I do believe that she is wrong to assume the wood on the 350 year old violin is necessarily "drier" than her new violin. The wood in a violin (or any wooden instrument) is constantly changing its moisture content in response to the relative humidity in the air around it. The wood in both violins will be similar in moisture content if they are kept in the same room for a few days! Count on it.
However, what I think she meant to convey, and which is certainly true, the wood in the violin made by Andrea Guarneri some 350 years ago (he died in 1698) is certainly more aged and conditioned by centuries of playing --- the new violin can not match that!! (
Hi everyone, I was wondering what that first piece she played was?. It sounded like Handel. I'm not too sure.. Thanks!
Yes it's from Handel's Water Music Suite No. 2
Thanks so much!
the first piece she played was the siciliana of telemans's 9th fantasia for solo violin twv: 40:22
Oops, sorry I misread your question. You said "she played"; I thought you meant the intro music to the video.
Hi, what piece did you play in the beginning please ?
Yea i wanna know
@@gensoumusic2145 me too!!!
Telemann, violin fantasia n°9
Sorry, I didn't specify that it was the piece she played (and not the outro). Sorry! :)
Elizabeth, is it also true that the bow has much to do with the sound almost as much as the violin? I noticed you are using an older style bow. (PS. I have zero musical talent and I thank you for this video and all your hard work.)
just search "baroque bow" and you find lots of info
Yes, actually with a baroque bow, you can't get a strong sound in the begining. That is because it's curved outwards insteadof inwards (like modern bows) and when you try to apply pressure the hair loosens instead of tightening
What piece is played at the end of the video?
I would very much like to know! Thank you!
Me too!
It's the Giga from violin Partita II by JS Bach
can you put violin strings on a 3/4 viola?????
pewcrybuscus1123 No! Of course not.
There aint no 3/4 violas
Why not play both?
where did you get those pegs??
I see the spot where the chin rest would be has a slight discoloration , in the shape of a chin rest
HMhMmmMmM
Cold as Hell They put a chin rest and then removed it
I take her baroque class currently, and that is exactly what i thought. Turns out that is actually just a plastic sticker / sheet in order to protect the instrument from sweat and oils secreted from the skin. She is a true musical genius, and has clear respect for that instrument.
That varnish isn't worn. It just has more character is all.
Somehow, I think the skill of the player has much to do with the quality of the sound. I bet if I traded my German Meinel for a Strad I would still sound awful.
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You go to all the trouble playing a baroque piece on an extremely expensive baroque violin...then you see that unmentionable modern technique of vibrato...old habits die hard eh?
rh7189 ew
rh7189 the idea that vibrato was not used by baroque violinists is generally now thought to be incorrect. It's definitely mentioned in the old technique books; for example check out Geminiani's Art of Playing the Violin (PDFs online), in his discussion of the "close shake" which sounds very like modern vibrato, except that it's considered an ornament rather than something to be done constantly.
+rh7189 Whaa-Whaa... Dick...
+FiddlerSteve Sheer nonsense. Even both Mozarts thought vibrato was rubbish in the Rococo era never mind the preceding Baroque period where vibrato was virtually unknown. Keep it pure and authentic.
In his Treatise on the Fundamentals of Violin Playing, chapter X1, Leopold Mozart discusses how to produce "tremolo" or "tremoleto," and his description is of vibrato. He doesn't say it was "rubbish" but does caution that it "must only be used at places where nature herself would produce it."