Left Hand Articulation (fundamentals, finger lifting and dropping exercise, Kruetzer no. 9)
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- Back to basics! Crucial fundamentals for the foundation of violin playing. Watch carefully and take notes :)
Good left hand articulation is the gateway to fast, clean playing as well as a myriad of other benefits. Don't worry if these skills need time and practice to absorb; I'm still working on them and I will continue to as long as I play the violin. I hope this video was helpful and that you enjoyed it!
Timestamps:
00:31 Introduction
01:26 Part 1: Left Hand Position (thumb placement, 7 string levels, etc.)
05:42 Part 2: Finger lifting and dropping exercise (group and individual)
11:12 Part 3: Kruetzer Etude no. 9 (how to practice, why practice)
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Sophie, your teaching is excellent. Your bedroom is beautiful too. Lol. I am a 61 year old grandma starting to relearn Violin, after 50 years not touching one. Thank you.
Hahaha thank you so much!! That is absolutely incredible. Hope you are finding lots of joy in playing again! Best wishes. :)
thank you so much for the tips. 🙂 your explanations are very clear and helpful
Thank you for your kind words! I am so happy you found them helpful. Happy practicing! :)
thankfully 🎉🎉
Excellent. So informative . Thank you so much.
So glad you found it helpful!! :)
Very helpful, thank you!
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed :)
I have just realized when I saw your video the placement of the thumb is really important toward the tension of left hand.. thank you for making this video, i found my answer
I am so glad to hear that you found this helpful!! I wish you the best in your next practice sessions! :)
Thanks Sophie! 😊
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it is really awesome and very much helpful!
Glad you liked it! :)
So educative. Thanks alot ❤
Glad you found it helpful! :)
This is very helpful!! I learned alot thank you so much!
i am so glad!! thank you for watching! :)
Thank you so so much! Thus will be a great help for my practice.
My daughter learns to play the violin but is not much into it.
And I once purchased an old bulgarian one (not great) and never had money to have a teacher, so now I learn with my daughter but am way ahead and trying to improve. I want to play bach 🥰
Hi! That is so inspiring of you to learn with your daughter. I'm also so happy to hear that these videos are helpful for you. I am cheering for you! :)
amazing video! would love to see more of these in the future
Thank you! will do :)
Thank you sooooooo much Sophie
Love your explanations
You taught me a lot of things and yes it does takes time
I have been wacthing this for a long time but I have been improving
Thank you soo much again
love youuu😘3
Hope u upload more videos like these
I’m so so happy to hear this!! That’s amazing 😊 keep up the amazing work, and thank you so much!!
This is so helpful. Your explanations are so clear! Thank you!!
So glad you found it helpful!! Thank you for watching! :)
This was very helpful, thank you
I am so glad to hear! happy you enjoyed and found it helpful :)
Thank you so much! You’re a great teacher.
Thank you so much!! 🥺 I am so happy you find these helpful. :)
Thank you. These are great exercises
So glad you find them so!! :)
Such a great video, really helped a lot! Keep up the great lessons
I'm so glad to hear!! thank you:)
very good
thank you! :)
you are so amazing .. a very useful video .. thank you so much 😊😊🌹🌹🌹
so glad you enjoyed!! :)
you explain these things so clearly, thank you
I'm so happy you find them helpful! :)
Amazing sound!
Thank you! :)
Really insightful video! Many will benefit from this video with its excellent and thorough explanations of the exercises.
thank you so much!! i am so happy you enjoyed :)
Great Instructional video for beginners who are having trouble with intonation and moving between strings!!! Thanks for sharing! Good focus on structure, and movement which is fundamental!
I'm so glad you liked the video! Thank you for your kind words :). Happy practicing!
Thank you for such depth and perspective in terms of mastery of each iota of the left hand for this particular concept. I have a bad habit of anticipating what's next like legato and bow divisions but I need to establish mastery of left hand basics before jumping to 3 octave scales. That video you did about creating a u shape for bowing was a foundation for being able to advance to the left hand development and eventually coordinate them. Thank you.
I am so glad it was helpful!! thank you so much for your support as well :) best wishes!
So talented! 🥰
thank you so much! :)
You are a great teacher! Thanks for the detailed explanations
I am so happy you found it helpful! :)
I have a very short pinky, and both 3rd finger and pinky curve in towards second finger, I know right, genetically not designed for violin. I found it really hard to point all nails towards myself when dropping all 4 fingers. As an adult learner, I will have to cope with whatever hand shape I have, hence developed a habit to point finger nails towards the fingerboard instead. This way improved my intonation, but greatly affected my vibrato. Do you have any suggestions please? Thank you
@@intja Oh wow, I’m glad that improved your intonation! How is it affecting your vibrato?
@@SophieCViolin my finger nails are pointing perpendicular to the strings, not towards myself. So when doing vibrato I can’t properly do the flattening and bending motion with the first joint. Instead I am rolling my whole wrist and finger tip without flexing the first joint. Looks like cello vibrato
@@intja Ah, I see. Do you have a private teacher or are you self learning? I know I probably can't help too much through a YT comment, but I want to say: just because you can't do something yet, or something as well as you would like yet, be patient and keep working! It will come :) most people you see who have ideal vibrato or bow hold or whatever have done it for most of their lives. You're doing great!
Thank you, Sophie! I discovered you tonight for the 1st time .
hi!! welcome welcome :) so glad to have you here!
Great skills 🥰👍💕✨
thank you! :)
Great lesson 😊
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed :)
Wow Soo amazing 😍😍, I love your video.
aw thank you so much!
Omg.. totally mind blown
Hope it helps!! :)
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Thank you
Glad you liked it! :)
At last, a clear explanation of left hand/arm positioning! Thanks Sophie!
so glad it was helpful!! happy practicing :)
I have trouble forming an octave with my 1 & 4 (ie, 1 on G, 4 on D). Any tips to achieve that stretch?
@@trishlawton503 I'd recommend just isolating your pinky to do the finger dropping exercises in the video! This will help strengthen your pinky and help you get used to using it-- octaves will come. Don't force anything, so if it hurts to play octaves then stop and shake it out. I also have a video on octaves that might help clarify some things as well. Hope this helps! :)
@@SophieCViolin Thanks! I will look for that video. This is a journey...
Nice
Thank you! :)
That Kreisler #3 is Crucial !!!!
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Enjoyed this lovely violin playing video and lots of wonderful uploads here 💚💛💕
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Have a beautiful day 🌺 All the best 🌈🌈
Thank you so much! You too! :)
Thank you very much! your explanations about the correct ergonomics of the left thumb, and left elbow were very important, because I struggled with the movements of the fingers to the point that I was feeling a strain in my left shoulder, and thumb. I am glad I found your videos, and of course, I subscribed to your educative videos.
Also, FYI, I am a 60 y/o violin beginner for the first time. My father was a violinist and none of this 11 children learned it. It is never too late.
What about the wrist position, perhaps in a future video you may explained that too. Thank you, Thank you!
Hello! I am so so glad to hear that you find these helpful. I think it's incredible that you are starting violin, no matter at what age. This is so inspiring. I wish you all the best, and please reach out anytime for questions or updates! :)
You are one the best teachers that teaches violin here in youtube. My question is,,is it natural for a thumb at the back of violin arm to exoeriecing always pain
Thank you so much for your kind comment! No, unfortunately pain is not supposed to happen when we play violin :(. Ideally, we are always relaxed when playing the instrument. It’s very difficult to do, but if it’s painful already, then it’s best to stop. Figure out what the problem is sooner, instead of continuing and causing deeper issues.
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thank you! :)
Delighted to get this Sophie. I do finger lifting. This is a good variation and your Kreuzer nbr 9 instruction is fab. Thank you! G Ire. Adult student.
I'm so glad to hear! happy practicing 😊
@@SophieCViolin 🤗 Practicing for my Grade 8 in 3 weeks! Best regards. G Ire
@@SF-ru3lp you've got this!
@@SophieCViolin thanks a mil for the encouragement Sophie! The exam pieces went very well, thankfully. I'm on to more good exercises after the Christmas concerts! Have a blessed Christmas. Will be watching again in the New Year. G Ire
@@SF-ru3lp have a blessed Christmas as well!! :)
Wow beautiful
Thank you!
if i were able to do this video I would consider my life quite successful. very beautiful.
awww i'm so glad you enjoyed the video! thank you for your kind comment :).
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Oooo beatiful
Thank you! :)
@@SophieCViolin 🌹☺
I do exercises like these every day but on the electric guitar 😆 a lot of parallels between guitar and violin
That’s super cool! Wow I didn’t think about that, but makes sense since as they’re both string instruments :)
Thanks for the video. Inspiring stuff. I would like to ask when you are in rest which notes or position the fingers?
Hi! Glad you found it helpful. :) When I am in rest, my hand is shaped like the natural hand frame, a little like all 4 fingers are slightly hovering above the positions of each finger in first position. I hope that made sense!
@@SophieCViolin thanks Sophie all clear
Hello Sophie thank you for this video. i appreciate because I'm studying Kreutzer # 9. My question is : do I have to put the fingers in the same time for this etude. I have a lot of problem to place with good intonation the third finger after the fourth finger when I'm descending a scale. For exemple, play D sharp after E or playA after B flat. Can you help me please ?
Hi! No, you don’t put the fingers down at the same time for the etude. The timing is very precise for each finger and note. There is an anchor note (one that doesn’t move. Ex: 2nd finger) and then the other fingers (ex. 3&4) are alternating. As one drops the other one is lifting.
As for the descending scale, just practice alternating between third and fourth finger if those are your trouble spots. Practice ascending and descending to help your finger muscles remember what that feels like. I hope this helps; happy practicing!
Thankyou for your ground explanation ❤ from India 🙏🏿
Will the first fingure touch the neck of the violin???
I am so glad you found it helpful! I would say it should not be squeezing, and ideally there is a little gap between the first violin and the neck. However, a little bit of the finger is also touching the neck as it's almost unavoidable. As long as you aren't squeezing, it should be okay. Hope this helps!
Very helpful, thank you!
But you forgot one very important thing-
Practice 40 hours every day!
Take care,
- Ana
aww haha yes! thank you for watching, Ana :)
In the lifting exercise do you check for intonation or is it just about the feeling of lifting those three fingers on the same height? I can only do this in tune if I play third finger in the high position, are there exercises on dropping three or four fingers in tune when third finger is close to the second one? Like on an A string it's B C# D E, and I can only drop like B C# D# E.
Thank you for you content! 🙂
It's just about lifting the three fingers to the same height! Don't worry too much about the intonation-- we are working on feeling the dropping motion for that exercise. Hope this helps! :)
@@SophieCViolin Yep, gonna try this exercise for sure)
This a fantastic video. Thank you! Also, do you happen to have a video about learning Fletcher book? I want to learn chromatic thirds and and 6ths in succession. But can't find a solid way to get it right.
Hi! I am so glad you enjoy :). I don't have a video on learning Fletcher, but are you asking about Carl Flesch scales? I don't quite have a video on that, but I do have several videos on double stops/scales in general. Here are all my violin technique videos: th-cam.com/play/PLBk-X9YVgIbRdWmB-NA1lHk4UwwkykVyz.html&feature=shared I hope this helps!
@@SophieCViolin Yes Sophie. I had meant Flesch. Thank you very very much I'm definitely checking it out. Your videos are awesome! 💖💖🎵
@@Metalpazallteway my pleasure! Let me know if I can help in any other way :)
@@SophieCViolin Thank you so much Sophie... So guess what I saw your video just now and you mentioned following the lower line for the initial planting. I was having issues in going into the higher position where the thumb is supposed to go and how is the wrist supposed to feel whilst in the higher positions say playing perhaps the same exercise. I would imagine the left arm must be lifted higher in another position as well. How would the higher positions affect the left and right hands going from higher range to a lower range?
@@Metalpazallteway Great question! Right hand: bow gets closer to the bridge the higher the position. Left arm: The elbow swings around the body of the violin to help you reach the higher positions. I really need to make a shifting video! The thumb also comes around the neck of the violin, and the wrist stays relaxed (not concave or pushed out) in higher positions. I hope this helps a little! I know it's a bit hard to explain with words these concepts.
How long does it take to learn the training of the left hand? Part 2... from total beginner, no musical background, trying to learn on my own?
Hi! It takes quite a while to master (of course), but not very long to see progress! Violin playing is all about the process and the improvement. It's not easy and tests your patience for sure, but you've got this! :)
Hello,humbly asking,what violin brand you are using right now?? Thanks ,
Hello! My violin maker is Tetsuo Matsuda :)
Hi i hav some question,i see a lot of people when they are in 1st position and their 1st finger usually flick back toward the scroll or in the line with the hand,is it a personal thing or something that is necessary because it cause a lot tension for me when I'm doing it, and for 1st finger,may i ask if we will move it from the base knuckle or with a little support of the second joint,thank you
hmm I'm not too sure what you're asking, but I want to say that if it's causing you tension then maybe it's best not to do it. sorry, I don't know the full situation so I would highly recommend asking your teacher/a friend who can see what is going on to make a better judgement!
Please I need this material. Thank you.
Glad you found it helpful!! :)
Yeah, you’re a good violinist to look up to.
@@megastringsdeviolinist7267 thank you so much💛
Do you know where I can find the music sheet for Kreutzer no. 9?
It’s on IMSLP if you look up Kruetzer etudes!
@@SophieCViolin thank you so much!
I have issue with what you did at 13.13. When i did the open string it's sound pretty decent but when i do trilling or like what you did, it's sound scratchy
Is your left hand fully comfortable yet? Make sure you don’t add the bow in until the left hand is fully functional independently, so that when you add the bow, you can focus more on keeping a good tone with your right hand. Hope this helps!
@@SophieCViolin i'll try your advice, thank you so much
At what age do you start violin
Hi! I started at age 9 :).
Hey what university are you studying violin in and what is your syllabus?
Hi! Do you mean my current repertoire list?
@@SophieCViolin no I mean your university curriculum
@@ousali1340 oh hmmm I’m not too sure. I think it varies depending on the professor
@@SophieCViolin hey I am sorry Becuase u didn't reply i went to school,thank you I understood
@@SophieCViolin I have one more question:
Can you tell me how to self study violin(without university or school) and what sources should I use(courses,lessons,books)?
The only problem i have with playing the violin is i can't turn my left hand enough to comfortably play the strings. I can't turn my wrist. I am 64 and have mild arthritis. I just decided i needed to play another instrument.
I see, I'm sorry to hear about the pain! I hope you can still find joy in music no matter what instrument :) wishing you the best!
I like your beautiful bed :)
Aw thank you! :)
Jeesuz, more awful Vocal Fry - grim, can't listen to her any more!
Looks easy n simple. Actually said easier than done. Needs a good teacher to guide you through n point out the mistakes.
Yes, definitely easier said than done! Thank you for your kind words. I hope that this video helped you and that you're able to grow in your music skills! :)