9 Exercises to Transform your Violin Technique

[@constantinelevin6950]

I don't know if this is just in my head but right off the bat I'm feeling a difference in my playing with these exercises. It's like I'm slowly getting more confident playing the harder pieces. This video is awesome thanks!

[@DanielKurganov]

Wonderful!

[@craobh30]

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[@cecilia7259]

The minute. I know, me too!

[@gamerhatch9072]

I am a violinist of 7 years. Being a sophomore in high school, im realizing that the violin is my biggest passion by far, and I dont think I could ever see myself in another career. With 2 left of highschool, im working to be the best violinist I can be by high schools end, and I want to try and be the best violinist I can be. Im currently on vacation, so can't practice my violin, which makes me sad, but im excited to come back home, and try these exercises. I truly believe that these will be a huge help for me to correct any bad habits I have made in past years, and help me improve my technique massively.

[@DanielKurganov]

Looking forward to hearing about your progress!

[@mechanicalbrideez]

having this exact same realization! beginning of last year i realized how passionate i really was about music and i decided to hone in on it because i knew i needed to in order to pursue a career in music. im currently about to be a junior and that mindset has gotten me much farther than I was before but i know i still have a long ways to go. i wish you luck on your musical journey!

[@gamerhatch9072]

@@mechanicalbrideez So happy to hear that! the musical journey is a beautiful one, and hearing the joy others feel in it brings about so much happiness within me! going into senior year now, and I've gotten so much better. it truly such a beautiful journey, and I wish you the best of luck!

[@cee-stringschristiana9204]

This improved my violin playing 😢. Thanks so much. Being a self thought hasn't been easy😊

[@larrythegreatest]

I played for 20 years since high school amateurly. I play quite well but not good enough and I never had the time to find a proper teacher who can teach me in a systematic, scientific way. I wished I was like other kids who went through the whole Susuki which sets a good foundation. You’re now my teacher. Thank you

[@user-wl1vh2wk8d]

딸이 바이올린을 전공하고 있고 제 나이는 53세이고 바이올린을 딸에게 배우고 있습니다. 훌륭하신 가르침 잘 보고 갑니다~👍😊💕

[@dillonharris929]

I love that you offer Tonebase videos to further support yourself, but I sincerely hope you keep uploading here to KZbin because I cannot afford Tonebase. The whole reason I subscribed to you is because you offer for free (and with amazing quality) what I could not afford growing up as an underprivileged musician, and what I cannot afford today even as an adult. Please keep adding valuable content here and keep up the awesome work. As a self-taught violinist, your videos have helped me exponentially! Almost like having a private tutor.

[@DanielKurganov]

Thanks for your comment Dillon. Absolutely, I will continue making videos on my channel!

[@Sloimer]

Bro you need to get your shit together

[@ronaldhurwitz1823]

Excellent exercises! When I first went to study the viola around 1968 with the great violinist Oscar Shumsky at his home, these are exactly, the same exercises you are showing here. They are a wonderful reminder, and I will go through them again tomorrow. Thank you. Ronald Hurwitz

[@lynx_phoenix3968]

god damn those are the clearest harmonics I’ve heard in a while

[@QWeirdness]

Nicely done, Daniel. In my youth, my occasional recording session-playing stand partner was Marin Alsop, now better-known as a conductor. (Baltimore Symphony, Vienna Radio Symphony, others.) I was, and am, more of a jazz-rock-country player than classicist. We were neighbors, so I offered to trade lessons. I asked her once how I could play better in tune in higher positions. Hand position? Muscle memory? Sight? Ear? She answered, "Use everything." Some of the best advice I ever got.

[@ariellefentress866]

Hi, I'm a violist but your videos still help my technique so much!! I was wondering if you could possibly do a video on smooth bow changes/connecting notes to create a clean phrase. Thanks!!

[@samu2928]

Same here

[@violaisreallycool]

Me too, Mr. Kurganov has had a huge positive effect on my playing!!

[@Jennifer-ym9mm]

I'd be interested to hear your feedback on what I learned from my Russian, former Leningrad Phil teacher, or, to make a slight circle of the bow hairs as you change bow directions. Not sure if that's very clear... will think, and edit if I can clarify better... You're wonderful btw. I wonder how you'd sound if you lightened chin pressure, not that I hear any issue at all!

[@chipcurry]

I am a working Fiddler, I get a lot of benefit out of your videos and refer back to them often. These are truly great exercises and part of my practice.

[@chrisgleeson2443]

Hi Daniel, I'm an adult beginner started just 10 weeks ago so probably way out of my league even watching your videos, but just want to let you know how much exercise 1 is helping me just getting flexibility in my left hand and releasing tension in my thumb, many thanks for your effort and time you put into your lessons you have a brilliant but very humble way of teaching. much thanks from Australia

[@soooofiiiiiaaaaacarnelli]

Mi profesor virtual favorito y el que resume a TODOS en UNO. Gracias querido Daniel 🇺🇾

[@kyriacosklavariotis5932]

I'm deeply impressed and thankful!

[@indigomoon9]

i have auditions for my city's symphony youth orchestra in a few weeks and i felt like i was stuck in my progress with my excerpts but i found this video and it helped me tremendously and my excerpts have been taken to the next level they needed THANKYOU!!

[@DanielKurganov]

I’m so glad!

[@frankwang7284]

What a great teacher you are. Thanks.

[@DanielKurganov]

Thank you! 😃

[@erictheviolinist]

Very informative content right here. The plucking of the pinky the opposite way is something I haven’t thought about!

[@DanielKurganov]

Roman Kim style ;)

[@DoraHornung]

Hi, I found your tips really helpful, I've been practicing only for a few weeks with some of the exercises, and my violin playing and confidence has already changed a lot. These are really useful and I can see how much effort You put in this video. Thank You so much. You may feel that it takes so much time and energy but we appreciate it and we really need your guide to improve a better violinist. I think this way never ends. 😀

[@DanielKurganov]

That really means a lot, thank you Dora. I have a list of 100+ video ideas I’m trying to get through, and this gives me the inspiration to do it.

[@mozarzaryabe6592]

HI FROM MOROCCO! VERY HELPFULL!!! GREATEST THANKS!!!! شكرا جزيلا

[@concertmasterntl]

I love Samuel Appelbaum. I use all 5 books with my students, and they are so much better and more efficient than the newer stuff.

[@star8leafzy]

Thanks Daniel i am totally beginner this will help me a lot brilliant exercises

[@mohamedbenameur2155]

Thank you soooooo much for your valuable videos, The world is better with people like you.

[@sucrier007]

Wow! The best tutorial ever. So many questions I had unanswered waiting to be and it just happened ! Fresh air coming in! Thanks 😊

[@sarabande6670]

I am very thankful for this. You are an amazing violinist and educator, but also most generous for sharing your knowledge with us. Thank you!

[@jakepietroniro3736]

Violist here- great video I’ve been looking for some new warm-up material. No. 4 in particular was new to me, what a great exercise! This collection reminds me of the Dounis daily dozen too- thanks for all of the detail!

[@nantschev]

Digested “The way they play” as a student and still love it ! Great video, bravo!

[@DanielKurganov]

Glad you enjoyed it! One interesting aspect of that series is Applebaum’s predictions of which young talents will have a stellar career.

[@Anastasiaviolinistparis]

You are incredible, thank you for your content ❤

[@davidbrandt6925]

This is fabulous. I play viola and this will help immensely!

[@StarmoongalASMR]

I thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! Im going to start incorporating these in my daily practice! I need to get better at working on exercises to improve my intonation and posture, dexterity, etc. I usually just play a scale or too And get impatient and start working on my pieces. But I realize that doing these exercises will help me play my pieces and improve my overall playing! I must make the time and remember to be patient and trust the process just like wax on and wax off!☺️

[@DanielKurganov]

Yes, it’s true. Never forget that technique and mechanics can’t survive for long without being implemented into music. That’s where the mechanics practice really gets internalized - when you practice it in a piece that you love.

[@personalnotesmusic]

Excellent and captivating teaching!

[@AndreaMarchhartChannelmedium]

As an adult nearly beginner I tried the one finger scale with pinky pizz. Great wonderexercise! In a few minutes another better stable feeling in left hand setting occured! Thank You so much for sharing Your wisdom and experience! Such successes keep me feel enthusiastic! ( Studied guitar and harp , which need much power. Violin doesn't need so much power. This is a very good feeling! And the long melody lines wich are possible. And much more....) I play a lot of gipsy style which needs flexibility and speed. Nevertheless playing in tune... 😉🙏

[@neonwind]

Thank you!

[@brianmerk8953]

I started listening to this guy a month ago. The stuff he is talking about has really been helping me learn the violin. If he was a pro-wrestler of violin teaching, then he would be the Macho-Man of violin teaching. Oh Ya - Randy Macho Man Savage.

[@DanielKurganov]

I do think my youtube channel is one big kayfabe. Just have to figure out whether it's a work, a shoot or a worked-shoot.

[@darja1454]

really professional, I wish me violin teacher would have told me such outstandingly outstanding things ...

[@michaelbonesmusic]

Great video and some even better tips for best practice! I think I will make a game out of the 2-finger scale and pick randomly which two fingers to use each time haha, see how I do

[@chloedunn7835]

These exercises are so helpful. Thank you Mr Kurganov for your excellent teaching. Your video is staying on my tabs for the foreseeable!

[@saharudiary]

I picked up my violin and did the exercises with you. It was useful thank you!

[@suzannelambert4421]

What a comprehensive video you have put together. I can't wait to try some of these exercises. 🎵

[@M-Dash]

I'm a beginner, and 'love it! 'Will be watching this again, with the violin in hand! Thank you for creating this useful content! 👍

[@seantran6961]

Thank you very much for this video. Recently been feeling like my playing can be better and my teacher knows it

[@DanielKurganov]

Great to hear!

[@zsuzsannatorma5031]

This video is so very useful!! You are a fantastic violinist and a fantastic teacher! Thank you for sharing your knowledge for free!!😊

[@DanielKurganov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@meolmess_official4119]

Огромное вам спасибо! Вы научили меня играть пиццикато левой рукой, ранее для меня это было чем-то божественным!

[@olavoeliseurodrigues4893]

Amazing video.

[@Heliflopters]

Omg my mind is blown! I didn't know that you COULD make the same note sound the same on different strings. I just assumed they had to have a different sound and that was that.

[@tropicjam7343]

i totally agree with what you said about bowing accuracy in the case of artificial harmonics;most of time,especially on the e string,sound doesn t come out because of bowing and not merely fingering;anyway,you re a great,clear,and very skilled teacher;

[@eugeneysaye2685]

Hi fellow learners, in exercise II, I learned it by playing reversed starting from the higher E note, the one further away. It is easier that way. Then after a few practice, I do it the way Mr. Kruganov teaches here. Hope Mr. Kruganov approves. (Btw, sorry for my name. A good friend who knew not I play the violin and that this name was my favourite virtuoso, randomly gave me this name he picked up online because we give each other names).

[@marwanhlal5929]

What a brilliant video ! Thank you very much.

[@MilinndSagar]

Brilliant . Thank You!

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

BRAVO !

[@rickspyder6159]

Fantastic lesson time to practice

[@violinhunter2]

Wow!!! Very, very useful for my students!!! Thank you!!!! (I also didn't know Michael Tree and Sam Applebaum were related. I know someone who knows Arnold Steinhardt very well. Small world isn't it?)

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

He’s an amazing violinist!

[@judasisscariot]

This videos helped me so much! I play for 8 years and i had no idea of all the technique mistakes in my playing. Now i have motivation to work🖤🖤

[@ethanqiu1672]

sounds like these exercises will expose everything wrong with everyones playing 🙃

[@ethanqiu1672]

also this is one of the first videos where we can hear some mistakes from him in these exercises but he isn’t afraid to show to us and instead shows us how he fixes them, what a great teacher here.

[@DanielKurganov]

@@ethanqiu1672 yeah imagine the ones I edited out!

[@justusforviolin2719]

​@@ethanqiu1672 yes, watching great players make small mistakes when they are practicing and performing live, is very important for students because it helps prevent the (wrong notion) that at some point, a student will be playing perfectly and thus has become a professional, and they don't have to practice 😜. That's not how anything about violin works AT ALL.

[@georgewilliamkaqyinga4115]

True indeed

[@arnarting]

You have a point there but that’s still so funny 😂😂😂

[@dixieoswald1234]

Thank you

[@JonnyHyperbole2090]

This is a brilliantly put together video. Top notch stuff.

[@star8leafzy]

thanks this will help me a lot to improve my finger movements and more.

[@tviolin_com]

Thank you! Great exercises!

[@gallagher4226]

I need the second part! So awesome excercises. Thanks.

[@DanielKurganov]

More to come!

[@evertsillem1116]

Thank you very much for sharing!

[@lolamas3042]

Mil gracias, Daniel, por otra clase magistral! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Seguiré experimentando y luchando para no apretar con los dedos de la mano izquierda! 💜🎶💜🎻

[@umabagga6546]

How amazing your videos are!!! Hope you’re doing well!! My 5 year old twins play now!!

[@arfanhanba6161]

Bravo Maestro

[@chrisma3256]

Very useful and my teacher has partly shown me something similar. Thanks for sharing!

[@neilansaelle8693]

Muito feliz por encontrar um material tão vasto e tão bem explicado.

[@DanielKurganov]

Bons estudos!

[@ViolinWithKids]

I really needed this help- practising with kids going nuts around me so needing to make all my time count is a must!

[@angelh.649]

muy bien video, such good quality

[@HenJack-vl5cb]

Priceless information!Thank you!

[@maximinotovar5798]

Awesome! Thanks for posting.

[@flowergirl6400]

You are amazing! I can't wait to get to work. Thank you.

[@katherinecordova7927]

Can't thank you enough for sharing this amazing and valuable content! It helps us a lot to improve in our playing. Thank you very much, greetings from Honduras. 🇭🇳

[@johnalexander301]

Excellent instruction! Thank you 🙏

[@sergioirala5086]

Maestro, excelente explicación detallada, altamente beneficiosa para mejorar. Muchas gracias!!!

[@user-jl7bg6mo9r]

Thanks for you great teacher

[@margaretnichols7001]

Great! Many thanks.

[@conniechan3280]

Thanks...❤

[@juanlopezagapayjr5683]

Thank you sir

[@reinelnavarro8440]

Gracias Maestro!!! Excelente clase!!!

[@marianavilela1376]

Hey! Thank you so much for this video and every video you’ve posted. You helped me so much with my intonation and technique. I follow your pdfs in every practice I make! I’m so immensely grateful for your generosity, clarity and knowledge. While watching this video I wondered: how often should we do this exercises? Is it an everyday occurrence or it also makes a difference if we do it once in a while? Once again, Thank you so much! Wish you all the best, Mariana (Portugal)

[@DanielKurganov]

Thanks, Mariana! I think the goal might be to get through all of the exercises within a week or so, doing 30 minutes a day. Then re-assess: what were the most difficult ones? What have these exposed about gaps in my technique? It'll be different for everyone, of course, but the goal is to hold on to the ones you feel are good for you and practice them every day or every other day. You should always take time to reflect on whether a strategy is working (not just with these exercises). I like to have periods of intense practice, and then a 'debrief' period where I assess what to keep/throw out/adjust going forward. Hope that helps :) best wishes from Boston

[@soooofiiiiiaaaaacarnelli]

@@DanielKurganov GRACIAS 🧘‍♀️

[@AndreaMarchhartChannelmedium]

@@DanielKurganov like this strategic input very much, thank You for that, too!

[@dhritikonwar6668]

This exercises really helped me to improve

[@rafaelalbertini498]

Thanks for this video, Daniel!!! It help me a lot 😻😻

[@DanielKurganov]

I'm so glad!

[@EudoraPrice]

Thank you!!😍🥰

[@mladenchavdarov6940]

This is amazing, thank you for sharing!

[@aniyagonzalez_]

love this!! i chuckled a little at the shoulder rest🫣

[@DanielKurganov]

Hey what’s wrong with my shoulder rest 🤠??

[@aniyagonzalez_]

@@DanielKurganov the rubber band is bringing back memories haha!

[@sonparsingsangkeaw1531]

Thank you so much

[@nicholashill9302]

Thanks, always! I never knew exercises could sound so good.

[@coplerasdeamaicha]

You do an amazing job. Thank you very very much, Daniel!

[@Artoliva]

What a great video thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@davehobbs4912]

Marvellous stuff!

[@liudmilad4006]

Thanks for the exercises! Please consider showing Wieniawski's staccato exercises, especially down bow.

[@DanielKurganov]

Great suggestion!

[@dzejblablabla]

Very very good exercises! And beautiful sound

[@TaleswithDora]

Hello Sir, I will do this exercises everyday 😇

[@alexeyaslamas732]

You are doing great work! Thank you! Very very useful!

[@DanielKurganov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MrGuillermoraben]

Gracias Kurganov

[@Violiniani]

Such a creative, helpful and nice video, Thank you!

[@DanielKurganov]

thanks - your channel is great, by the way!

[@user-rt4fp2kp3w]

incredible ❤️😻

[@ThisisAstridBlack]

This is amazing! Thank you so much! 🙏🤘🏼❤

[@kelinzhang7601]

Very very good excise

[@josevivas4731]

Super profesional, gracias y que el Universo te de salud y paz , gran ayuda para millones de estudiantes

[@ernestoale7256]

Wonderful!