3 Things that Will INSTANTLY Make you a Better Violinist

[@peterbaxter8151]

Playing on the pads also makes intonation correction much easier. Thanks Jonathan/ Murphy. A great lesson.

[@MudBudDud]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! 67 years old and still learning. Just wish my teachers (may they rest in peace) knew and shared this. I am sure my trips to the chiropractor are now going to be fewer and farther between. Quite a shock to play and be comfortable at the same time. Keep teaching! Your awesome 😎

[@va4life398]

3:42 Thank you for this tip. I started playing over 30 years ago. I stopped playing consistently after I graduated high school, but I recently picked it up again. I've been playing on the tips...or bone, and my fingertips are so painful. I still have issues mastering vibrato. I'm going to try this method to see if there is improvement.

[@Metalpazallteway]

One of the many things that go unnoticed understanding the mechanics because sometimes we forget, great video.

[@shirleypianosounds]

I used to play as a youngster and even forgot how to hold my bow , well said

[@rosariorajkumar]

Dear sir, I am using your violin tuner for my violin for more than 3 decades. Thank you sir. Bless us🙏🏼

[@nyaqua]

I've seen a couple Jonathan's videos and was surprised his channel is that small, because they are really really good! I even went to the channel to make sure I'm subscribed and didn't just click videos in my feed few times.

[@jtannernz]

The answer is because I have only put out good videos recently having sat on my ideas for years, and I have been pretty inconsistent and not uploading regularly! Working on it 😉

[@준김-o5h]

The first one really works

[@devyysk]

one of my favorite channels! thank you always, mr. murphy.

[@TheSparshofMusic-wn7de]

Thank you for sharing this video! I have a question for you. Who are your top 10 favourite violinists currently alive?

[@dbnviolin]

Hello Mr Murphy, I’ve been following your channel for two years now and my violin playing has improved a lot. Could you please a make a video regarding chords, especially dealing with the many types of intervals within chords. Im currently working on Bach G minor Fugue and not exactly getting the tips and info that my teachers giving me. Hope this message finds you🙏

[@eddiemerribaker]

As a fellow music instructor, I appreciate what you do. Always excellent content. You’re a great teacher! (And violinist!)

[@metapsicoanalisis]

I love your videos, you´re so generous by teaching us these things, I am not actually a professional player, but I had learned ton from you!

[@panthersherry1157]

Thank you and Merry Christmas!!!!!

[@superb63amg94]

Excellent video! Love this!

[@judimeister4611]

Just a question. I have played professionally for many years & had a lifelong struggle with chin rest:/ shoulder rest combinations. Do you ever do any videos about that. When I feel secure I feel like I can play anything. 3 thoughts: I) I seem to hold the instrument intuitively differently for some styles of music. music. 2) At one point, I had some one do a plaster cast of my chin & carve a chin rest from that. I was young then & it worked fairly well then, but I got older & it doesn’t seem right now. 3 ) ageing factors & neck muscle issues.

[@sforzando]

seconding this! I have a suuuper long neck and it's really tricky to find the right configuration.

[@xokaizson]

Please make a video on how to get rid of the finger tip bow hold🙏I find that I start off with a normal bow hold but then it goes finger tip bow hold

[@TNungesser]

It might help to unscrew your frog so it comes off the bow. Next slide on a rubber band onto the bow. Screw the frog back on. Now, with the rubber band at the frog, slip your middle finger and finger next to the pinkie into the rubber band. This should keep your fingers from lifting up. My teacher does this for the kiddies who's fingers migrate upwards.

[@blonde.bestien]

Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄✨

[@mflecha1]

Thank you for such a nice explanation. 🙏🙏

[@mellissadalby1402]

I will try this. I am working to recalibrate my left hand from guitar to violin, so maybe this will help. As a flegling Violin player, I am thinking about so many details that yes, my bowing angle sometimes gets off, but I am still working on that.

[@hollyperrin7353]

Stay true! I just picked up the violin after 40 years like one week ago. I can’t believe how I am able to play something ! It doesn’t have to be great. It’s just a thrill to be able to play a song. One thing that I love about the violin is that you can draw a note out as long as you want.

[@suran396]

My son has been playing violin for 10 years (6 - 16) and 5 string electric violin for 4 years. He is just starting to add guitar! Opposite from you!

[@LizbethStringer]

Scales is where it is at! Have a Very Merry Christmas!

[@hollyperrin7353]

You! Stop fiddling around and get to the mashed potatoes ! Merry Christmas !

[@curtpiazza1688]

THANX! ❤

[@augustinechinnappanmuthria7042]

Super super super lovely tips

[@TheSparshofMusic-wn7de]

Thank you for sharing this video! It was very helpful!👍👍👍

[@TheK1111katja]

Some of your technique is reminiscent of Leopold Auer's style (Heifetz's instructor). I am fortunate enough to take lessons directly from the Auer line of pedagogy (Lasserson, who was also a student.of Auer along with Heifetz). No shoulder rest, different hand positioning, as you demonstrate here. Is your pedagogy line from the St. Petersburg/ Auer line by any chance? Just curious! Seeing many similarities.

[@hollyperrin7353]

Come on. This guy is an American. He comes from the long line of raw squirrel meat and whiskey fiddlin’ technique.

[@ShopharTemple]

Thank you sir

[@deadmanswife3625]

Merry Christmas and to your sister 🎄🎁🎻🎻

[@wsliang8805]

Hi Tobiah, could you also show how to play on the pad of the fingers for double stop? For example, pressing on the D string for E/F#/G note without touching on the A string and so on.

[@007Thananat]

Thank you a lot master 🙏

[@BunfingusCollege-u8p]

Thanks, good stuff.

[@davivify]

Some interesting ideas I'd like to try. Not a fan of trying to compensate for bow angle error by making the opposite error. Better to do the necessary mirror work so that your bow doesn't wander too far off axis to begin with, methinks. Also use your ears, as bow angle error can produce some odd, bleaty or screechy sounds. Thanks for the video.

[@cellospot]

I'm a cellist. I play the violin like a mini cello in my lap. Works well.

[@edwsantos633]

this is so cursed, I'm also a cellist, and simply, no, nooooo

[@shirleypianosounds]

I used to pretend to play the cello by doing this with my violin 😂

[@vladimir_violin]

pretty helpful, thanks

[@mairwhelan4580]

thanks tobiah. v helpful

[@s9ze]

NIce information Thanks

[@igrowwearyofthisworld7369]

I like the advice with using the finger pads more. It is especially huge for vibrato as you pointed out. Where I am not sure I agree is the advice to intentionally start with a crooked bow to counteract your tendency. It seems like a bandaid fix to me. There's probably a technique reason for this tendency to happen and maybe that can be addressed instead?

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

A significant source of technical problems is because of bad tendencies. Often a student does not have the proper understanding of the just how off they are, so trying to aim for the mark (which they can't see clearly) makes little change. HOWEVER, if a student tries to do the opposite mistake (if you are consistently sharp, instead, try to play a bit flat) it gives them the proper conception of exactly where everything is. Most of the time, when I have a student "over correct," they end up doing the correct thing because their conception of where the correct thing was was completely off. However, once they hear or feel themselves doing the correct thing, most often by "over correction," it's much easier for them to continue doing it. So a lot of mistakes are fixed by counteracting tendencies. After a while, you can just try to do the correct thing without over correcting because you have a good concept of where everything is on the violin, but most students have to work up to this point.

[@igrowwearyofthisworld7369]

​@@MurphyMusicAcademy I seem to have misunderstood at first. You describe it as a temporary measure to correct the flawed technique. From watching the video I thought you recommended it as a more permanent bandaid fix. Now it makes more sense, thanks!

[@suran396]

I will also say, as a horseback riding instructor, that yes, by asking for the opposite problem you do get them at or near correct. The student's muscle memory makes them "blind" to proper technique and the only way there is to ask them to exaggerate (in their mind) the opposite. Occasionally they actually start drifting that way (not often,) but it is usually then an easy fix because they have developed enough technique flexibility and you just need to fine tune position after that.

[@michaeltaylor7407]

Jonathan Tanner is a New Zealander. Yes, he is very good!😊

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

First I misspeak his name and then call him an Aussie! He told me he was from NZ when we chatted a few months back so I don’t know how I forgot that. And I’m usually pretty good with differentiating the accent. 🤦‍♂️

[@Ahmed-Tea]

Tobiah you said about scales again But! I do love scales and arpeggios but i suck at everything else WHY ?

[@Elena-bw5vv]

Hello Tobiah, i didn't even know you had such acting talent 🤣 Greetings 👋🇩🇪 and merry christmas to you

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

@@Elena-bw5vv who said I was acting?😁 Merry Christmas to you as well! 🎄

[@Elena-bw5vv]

@MurphyMusicAcademy anyway, a really funny video ❤

[@Ahmed-Tea]

Dear Tobiah Ive been playing using thumb leverage for 6 months but now my thumb is very tense and it spreads to all left hand why

[@Crowfeather-v5o]

ROCKY AND BOWangle 😂❤

[@bryophyta9500]

Bro, how do you play so well! You should be in an orchestra or even playing as a soloist; what are you doing on KZbin!?

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

I used to travel around and play in a few chamber orchestras before the pandemic. Once that got wiped out the KZbin channel took off and I was able to parley that into an online teaching business. After the pandemic restrictions lifted I decided to keep one of the orchestra jobs as it was closest to my family. I used to travel down there at least once a month before I got married, and now I go down about 4-5 times a year. So I do, or did, play in an orchestra. But I quite like online teaching and KZbin has been the biggest part of developing that business

[@amirbabaei1996]

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[@AlokBharti-Caracas]

Very good information. Thanks

[@deadmanswife3625]

6:00

[@zxxacexxz538]

If u’ve played any kind of string instrument before and can read treble violin is easy

[@oxoelfoxo]

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