Ask Augustin 17 - Smooooth bow changes!

[@rl7651]

The mention of the elbow dropping as part of the bow change before the hand catches up is such an important point and your reason for doing it makes complete sense. Thank you for this thoughtful and very clearly presented video.

[@picksalot1]

Very interesting how you utilize your breathing to help get a smoother change in direction of the bow. Attention to details like that contribute to what makes a great violinist/musician. Thanks

[@ujos566]

Picksalot Pickles is very good

[@ujos566]

Yes breathing helps

[@wendyshell8679]

Picksalot the breath-taking also forms a type of word picture, too, which many people find helpful in working the challenge out.

[@abigailcrossman3373]

You have to breathe to make the violin sing! Often this more psychological approach helps all the physical technical aspects fall into place to serve the purpose. It’s hard though because our minds often try to get in the way and sabotage our best intentions.

[@thomaseaton4077]

Thank you for sharing your tips on playing the violin. Very soothing. You not only play beautifully, but you appear to be a gifted and generous teacher.

[@leonardobastos1945]

Details that make all difference!! Thanks a lot, Augustin...

[@baibaandersson9454]

You have so fantastic bow changes. So flexible and super easy with out the attack but still very intense

[@Gonzi-ze1sk]

He has something that touches my heart

[@bencze465]

As an adult beginner I am struggling with this and my teacher keeps telling me and trying to make me understand since months :D the explanation with the slight different direction of elbow and wrist/fingers actually helps imagining it, I will experiment more. Thanks for the insight.

[@brofenix]

@3:54 excellent explanation of a bow change at the frog. I thought that's what you were aiming for, Augustin, and this is the way my private teacher in middle school/high school taught me.

[@ViolinHobby]

Great tips on the nuances of great bow changes. Extremely impressive demonstrations...I've also find your breathing suggestions helpful. Thank you so much! I was so impressed and blown away by your Paganini violin concerto + encore performance; your arrangement of the 1st movement cadenza was the best that I've ever heard; the facial expression of awe of a orchestral member when you played those impeccable harmonics runs says it all! Bravo!!!

[@jimgulick9773]

I enjoy your tip videos as well as your magnificent performances. I am just an amateur of no great ability but these tips are helpful even to me. I heard you in person last year in Raleigh when you performed with the NC Symphony. Absolutely stunning.

[@brunorecalde7048]

All those little things that make a difference and one can't realize by oneself, these videos are really helpful!

[@yacoubgirgis6400]

Thank you

[@fernandomarquez6661]

thank you Agustín, you are great and generous God bless you!

[@philipq6906]

When at last he says I hope this is helpful. Me: wow this is tremendously helpful!

[@Highlander515]

Thank you Augustin for putting out these master class videos, they are wonderful! Your insight and straightforward explanations addressed many questions I have had about playing the violin.

[@j.p.brien-slack6513]

Would love for the next ask Augustin to be about smooth string crossings!

[@MrGuillermoraben]

Incredible

[@pascaljouen8494]

This is very instructive, thanks a lot !

[@davidlucas7348]

Thanks so much for these insights!

[@garysimkins2179]

I am learning this wonderful instrument, after having played cello for many years. It is difficult and very different however these tips and instructions are very helpful, as I am really struggling with the bow , especially near the frog, where it bounces a bit. So, Thank you for all of your help.

[@profhoneycat]

Your videos are extremely helpful. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@u8qu1tis]

I usually think of my wrist and fingers as a shock absorber, like on a mountain bike.

[@ajavrik482]

Diese informationen ist sehr wichtig!Danke...!!!👍

[@saeidyazdani]

Great tips! thank you very much for sharing with us :)

[@billsabiadrums]

Your teaching videos are so helpful. My main instrument is the drums but I’ve been studying the violin for a while now. I can only play in the first and third positions. But I trying to apply your advice. Thanks!

[@squidgamer-m7w]

3:19 so in a way when we are near the frog in an upbow (before the bow change) we first drop the elbow (causing the wrist to become higher -> supination) and then in the little fraction of bow that is left in the frog we do a little upward motion with the fingers flattening the wrist and then in this same position we do the down bow change

[@lunaa_2664]

Thank you so much for taking your time doing these videos, really helpful ❤️

[@kathnee]

Very helpful--thank you so much! I watched you perform Beethoven with the Phoenix Symphony a couple of months ago, and it was such a joy! I highly urged my sister in La Quinta, CA, to attend your subsequent performance in that city, but it was unfortunately cancelled (as to be expected with everything going on). I hope you come to Phoenix again soon!

[@justinstrik7125]

finally something I can do... well eventually...😊

[@matthiassemrau2693]

I love this man

[@LeaPar4]

These videos are so helpful! Thanks!

[@emmanicoletti7250]

Thank you for the lessons ,these are very precious .Are you going to also talk about bow arm weight at the tip?

[@davideviterbo]

grazie, gentile e generoso Maestro!

[@pasiro9526]

Thanks from a cellist :). You are the best

[@fontaineabraham3674]

Thank so much for your work , you really help a lot of violin student

[@carloalberto1108]

Fantastic! Thank

[@salvatorequaranta8187]

Grazie Augustin sempre molto interessante

[@jamesmarshall4752]

Thank you! Your tips are always helpful! Could you talk about trills in an episode please?

[@JustFiddler]

thank you for the tips. greeting from bali island sir

[@jaironabarro3559]

Parabens Augustin..tank you!!!

[@bgates1128]

¡Gracias! Vielen danke! Thanks so much! These are so helpful.

[@capntinwhistle]

Very helpful - thank you!

[@glennbeard7219]

Thanks Augustin. How about tips on string crossings?

[@leonardorojas8353]

Thanks Agustín. Can you talk about left hand pizzicato?

[@violinhunter2]

Kathleen Parlow was said to execute the smoothest bow changes in the history of fiddle playing. Many critics said she seemed to be playing with a nine-foot bow. True story.

[@violintrapper]

Oscar Shumsky said it was impossible. He was wrong.

[@violintrapper]

Violintrapper2, if you want to hear great playing type “Laura Felix Slatkin” on KZbin and listen to the cello & violin duo. Pay close attention to the remarkable violinist.

[@carlosrafaelmartinezarroyo6278]

What do you think about the controversy regarding how to Baroque/Classical Music? Why do people think there is one only way to interpret them (referring to “both” extremes or people who do something in the middle of it)? How do you think it is affecting the competition field? Greetings

[@curaticac5391]

As a profane listener, this has always been one of my dilemmas: how do they make a bow change sound like a single note? In this performer's case, most of the time, I could hear the bow change -- now, the gentleman said that it would not be noticeable in the concert hall, which may be true, but it is a subjective impression. However, a few times the violinist did the bow change without any noticeable fracture (as much as I can tell), so it is possible to do it! But how that happened, remains a mystery, apparently :-)... .

[@thierrycourteille3934]

Dear professor Do you believe that a unstraight bow stick has a incidence on bouncing ? Best regards from France

[@juliecastro444]

Love you♥

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

Last time I was so early violinists used portato in Bach

[@LudwigvanBeethoven2]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vsafe_]

2:00

[@kristinad.2000]

It’s hard to make a smooth bow change on G string

[@ujos566]

Sound like one bow

[@badmazeppa9599]

*MAGA!* One slash of the bow at a time! Trump + Hadelich + Classical Music = Happy Covid vacation!!!