You’re welcome! Hope it helps.

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks Tiff! Hope it helps you out. 👍

Thanks Kate!

Yes! She’s my sister in town from Ohio. There’s another sister as well that’s a professional violinist that will be making a larger appearance on the channel here soon. :)

Thanks for the comment! 👍 The first one wasn’t the most viewed video but I actually think they’re really valuable. Nice to hear that they are for you.

Thank you!

Thanks Kate!

Thanks Cristian!

Love it! Thanks for sharing. If you’re looking to continue unlocking that right hand, the bow exercise series is what I use with my students. 👍

For sure will watch them!!😄👍

Thanks Virginia!

Haha yup! I feel like a snob whenever I have internal pushback to some really nice person trying to pay me a compliment. :) It helped me to work through my own thoughts as well.

Thanks Kate!

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Yeah I think you’re right on this. It’s odd how certain skills gets lumped into the talent category. Spend enough focused time on anything and you’re going to get good.

I was wondering when I would get some pushback! :) Thanks for the comment. I definitely don’t want to totally discount natural ability. I’ve definitely come across people where it seems like it comes naturally but I do think that when it comes to really mastering a skill long term, it has more to do with the process, or how they practice, than talent.

‘Talent creates, skill performs’ - Cool way of putting it. 👊

Thanks Virginia!

You had me worried there! I just double checked and the repeats line up with what I have in my version at least. It’s possible that it’s different from the old version of the Suzuki books. 🤷‍♂️

Welcome! Thanks for the comment!

Thanks Raphael! And I don’t think there’s any significant difference in the viola bow hold. The hand and fingers do have to be even more loose to engage the thicker strings but the principles are the same. I should also say that I’ve played the viola infrequently but I think dedicated violists would agree.

Thanks for the comment! I hope the exercises help supplement your teachers ideas. When hopping the 1st finger from string to string, just isolate that one transition and practice it in a methodical way. Make sure your hand is relaxed and not squeezing the neck. Pretty sure it won’t take long to get it in tune. 👍

Ah the confusion makes sense. I’ve just made a new recording and video with a new camera and mic. It’s harder to find because it has fewer views so far.

Wise man.

Thanks Amy! Hope this helps.

You’re welcome!

Thanks Kate!

Good question. In this stage of practicing, I don’t ghost on the way down. You should have a sure feeling of where 1st position when starting this exercise so I feel that it adds unnecessary complication. Typically, however, we will want a ghost note on the way down. Also, if ghosting helps you here, it definitely won’t hurt. 👍

​@@priceviolinacademywhat is a ghost note?

Welcome!

Yeah good question. I can see how that’s confusing. Perhaps supinate is not the perfect word here. It’s only a mild supination if so. More than a drastic supination the idea is that the weight of the arm is being transferred into the ringer finger and pinky. This will result in a flattening of the knuckles like you described. The shift in weight should be gradual and be accompanied by a slow motion colle which will relax the bow hand. Hope that makes sense. Some of the later videos in the tone series go more into depth on this topic so check those out if you haven’t already. 👍

Thank you!

No kidding! It makes a massive difference.

The difference is pretty wild.

Love to hear it! It was one of my faves growing up.

That’s so nice! I actually did think about my voice inflection right when I started making vids because I felt that I sounded monotone so that’s really nice to hear. As to your question, it’s a good one. If you want to get into the nitty gritty, some element of muscle use is required for everything we do on the instrument, BUT the amount is so minimal that it’s counterproductive generally to talk about it. Usually people just have way too much tension. So the true answer is that there is slight muscle twitch in the bicep, but if you notice it, it’s probably way too much. Definitely not what most would call tension. Hope that helps!

@@priceviolinacademy Yes, that helps immensely! Another thing I need to work on, then - one of the few times I dislike playing viola, due to the size 😕

@@ab-zg8pt Yeah! It does make things a bit more challenging for sure.

Hmm good question. It’s definitely a possibility in the future but a good course on music theory isn’t high on my list of priorities at the moment. I’d assume that there are already some good free ones on KZbin. If not though, I might make some.

I appreciate it Sedat!

Haha yeah making one for each scale is definitely a possibility. I was thinking this one could be used to get a sense of the progression which would then be applicable to all the other scales. I have some other videos in the works that I think will be more immediately helpful but this is the 2nd request I’ve gotten to make one for every scale. If a few more come in, I’ll definitely bump it up the priority list. 👍

Thank you!

Love to hear it! Game changer for sure.

Haha honestly though! Audiences can sense stage fright too to some extent if your musicality doesn’t supersede it.

And yet so many don’t fully use them. 🥲

@@priceviolinacademy 😔

Tricky to answer this in a comment. The easiest way is probably to just grab Barbara Barber’s scale book for advanced violinists. It’s a pretty standard arpeggio progression and the book will help you out long term so you’ve got all the stuff together conveniently. 👍

@@priceviolinacademy 🙏 thanks