@@Ciaccona255 That’s an excellent question. In a way, this particular Russian technique is for both speed, memory and more. It’s designed to hone your muscle memory of the passage, so that you can play it at speed without having to consciously worry about it in real time. So essentially it improves both speed, muscle memory, musical memory (which means how you remember the actual notes to play) AND accuracy. But only if you execute the technique itself correctly. To do that you’d need to slow it down and be extremely strict with yourself so that you avoid practising a mistake. Sometimes I think of it as power bars in an X-Wing. When you fly an X-Wing, as you know, you’ve got Engines, Shields and Weapons. And you have to balance those power bars according to the situation. Many times, we don’t have enough power to ideally satisfy all demands of the situation. Practising Russian technique actually *increases* the amount of power you have at your disposal, and you can delegate it accordingly to Speed, Accuracy, Intonation, any of the multitude of power bars that need filling as a violinist. Keep an eye out for the next Russian technique video which is number 2 in the trilogy and is concerned with Russian heavy bow technique.
@@Appolonius10 wow thanks very intimidating answer. I need to read it again cause if I start with the exercise like u said I need to do it correctly. Like I said a bit intimidating but I guess I can start very very slowly
( if you can publish a detailed lesson on the left hand in third and many another higher positions like fourth, fifth etc with the camera angle inside that we can see the thumb from the back, that will so wonderful 😎😁)
Russian technique, by practicing these different rhythms it will keep you from Russian….the notes… thank you thank you, I’m here all week, try the veal.
Thanks for asking Zach. I’ve always (in my mind) labelled this as Russian Technique, because my own violin teacher was Russian and he taught me this technique. He called it ‘Russian Technique’ - he explained that it never failed. And he was right (if you execute it correctly). Of course in reality many schools of violin playing use this technique and it is not nation specific, however different schools of violin playing have different names for it.
My teacher makes me do this but i didn’t know that this was called the russian technique we just call it practicing in rhythms
I hope you find it useful. Thanks for watching it.
Can you tell me the purpose of this exercise? Is it for memory or speed. ?
@@Ciaccona255 That’s an excellent question. In a way, this particular Russian technique is for both speed, memory and more.
It’s designed to hone your muscle memory of the passage, so that you can play it at speed without having to consciously worry about it in real time.
So essentially it improves both speed, muscle memory, musical memory (which means how you remember the actual notes to play) AND accuracy. But only if you execute the technique itself correctly.
To do that you’d need to slow it down and be extremely strict with yourself so that you avoid practising a mistake.
Sometimes I think of it as power bars in an X-Wing. When you fly an X-Wing, as you know, you’ve got Engines, Shields and Weapons.
And you have to balance those power bars according to the situation. Many times, we don’t have enough power to ideally satisfy all demands of the situation.
Practising Russian technique actually *increases* the amount of power you have at your disposal, and you can delegate it accordingly to Speed, Accuracy, Intonation, any of the multitude of power bars that need filling as a violinist.
Keep an eye out for the next Russian technique video which is number 2 in the trilogy and is concerned with Russian heavy bow technique.
@@Appolonius10 wow thanks very intimidating answer. I need to read it again cause if I start with the exercise like u said I need to do it correctly. Like I said a bit intimidating but I guess I can start very very slowly
@@Ciaccona255 idk my teacher made me do it for intonation
I'm violist. In my hole life I've used that rithm technique, now I discovered that this is the Russian technique kkk. Man, I liked your Channel😁
I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for taking the time to share. All best
My first time on this channel, love the content! Ill be trying russian technique for some passages of my mozart
Thank you for watching. I hope you find it useful. BTW, which Mozart are you working on?
Great videos man!
Thank you
Yeahhh, great video my friend 😊😊
Ps : Please, publish more tutorials, you are a excellent teacher
( if you can publish a detailed lesson on the left hand in third and many another higher positions like fourth, fifth etc with the camera angle inside that we can see the thumb from the back, that will so wonderful 😎😁)
This is a good idea. Thank you.
Hello I am a violist. Is it possible to use this technique for practicing Bach suites?
Yes! It’s great for Bach actually especially if you want to memorise. Good luck!
Russian technique, by practicing these different rhythms it will keep you from Russian….the notes… thank you thank you, I’m here all week, try the veal.
He is my violin teacher
Same
What makes this Russian?
Thanks for asking Zach.
I’ve always (in my mind) labelled this as Russian Technique, because my own violin teacher was Russian and he taught me this technique.
He called it ‘Russian Technique’ - he explained that it never failed. And he was right (if you execute it correctly).
Of course in reality many schools of violin playing use this technique and it is not nation specific, however different schools of violin playing have different names for it.