How To Change Strings like a Pro! + GIVEAWAY | Learn with Me

[@zokathleen]

What made me happy today was getting to play a virtual violin concert for my grandparents over Skype! I haven’t seen them since February, and their smiles made my day 🥰❤️✨

[@giuliagammarano5281]

What made be happy today is the beauty of the little things. After 3 months of quarantine in Milan, now I am in the countryside with my family and today it was a simple day that I spent with my little cousins (which I hadn’t seen since Christmas) and I studied a bit and played the violin. This was a simple day which reminded how important it is to appreciate the little things we have in life.

[@eduardo.enrique]

what made me happy today was... played my violin 🎻🎻🎻 my city ( Huaraz - Perú) is on quarentine after 117 days so we can't leave our houses until August...😱😱 it's unbelievable 😰 but I'm using this time to practice like never before, and it really makes me happy 🤗 I have never tried expensive strings, so would be wonderful play with this kind of strings 😱😱😱 sorry for my bad English, I don't know if I wrote good 🤣 anyway, I liked your video, thanks for the recommendations 🤗 blessings!!! 🤗🤗

[@dreamannulet]

What made me happy today is finally I found a violin teacher I can afford and at a schedule that works for me! I haven't played the violin for 14 years and just recently decided to pick it up again. I could say Ive been successful in the almost one month I've been relearning by myself but nothing beats having feedback from a teacher.

[@louiscornell8637]

I've been changing strings every few months for more years than I care to think about but still found this tutorial really helpful. Here's a couple of further comments that I hope will be useful. (1) New strings take a few days to stretch out, which makes it difficult to tune four new strings all at once. Change strings in pairs. Start with the E and D, give them a couple of days to stabilize, then do the A and G. This gives you a stabilized, adjacent string to help you tune each new string. (2) Especially in warm, humid weather, the pegs can get very stiff and hard to adjust. One way to help this is to wind the strings so that the wound strings don't crowd up against the wall of the peg box and create extra friction. After you've passed the string through the hole in the peg, pull the peg out a little ways and take a couple of turns to the inside of the peg box. Then cross the string over the hole and take up the remaining turns toward the outside of the peg box. See if this doesn't leave a little space between the wound string and the peg box wall. (3) Strings age slowly but pretty steadily, so it's easy to forget how new strings sound. I play an hour or two nearly every day; I've settled on a scheduled change around every six months, When the time comes round, I'm still always surprised at how the new strings brighten up the sound of the instrument. (4) Modern strings are pretty hardy, but I still like to keep a set of used strings in the case for when I or someone in the group breaks a string: it happens. Thanks, Sumina: your videos are a help and an inspiration!

[@kierwin]

Today, I went to a clinic after having bad leg pain due to diabetic neuropathy. I have so much dreams of travelling and studying music and I fear that time is running out for me. What made me happy is that my health care providers realistically addressed my concerns and helped me with exercises that alleviate the pain. I am driven to live one day at a time and to enjoy each moment each time. As a bonus, even got to practice today!

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

I have had my violin for 8 years now. It would be nice to win a new pair of strings. Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers! ❤️ 🙏

[@angels5449]

congrats from me too!!!

[@jonscarborough8988]

Greetings Ms Studer. I am a 70-year-old beginner, about one year on-off, Fiddlerman $700 violin and intermediate pianist, self-taught 12 years ago. Of all the YT videos I have watched, your videos target students like myself. No-nonsense, practical information regarding skills, scales, and maintenance. I like the way you share the pros and cons including your own experiences. Thank you for taking the time to assemble so many valuable resources!

[@amohamedhassan2011]

What made me happy is seeing my friend from school after a very long time since he’s in a different school and city ♥️♥️

[@jpf04]

What made me happy today was hearing Conga Del Fuego Nuevo on the radio, which I played in band with my older brother, who played the beautiful trumpet solo!

[@tanoshi9969]

My daughter taught me to play the violin. Every time I pick it up to practice I can't help but smile. That is what made me happy today ( and every day). Thank you for your helpful video's.

[@zuwayne7612]

What made me happy today was the productivity I have managed to maintain throughout the day for my upcoming school exams and also the thought that I am actually making some progress on my violin playing after all these years. ❤️🎻😇

[@001Leska]

I am happy to have a teacher I not only like studying from, but also enjoy even seeing and talking to. Not everyone is as lucky as I am)

[@sammyboy1353]

What made me happy was picking up the violin after playing the piano for so long. I never knew playing a new instrument could be so fun.

[@kellyzhou1057]

What made me happy not just today but recently is rediscovering my passion for the violin! As a healthcare employee, working during this pandemic has been really draining and I haven’t felt the motivation for any of my hobbies including the violin. But I recently found my old classical playlist, and decided to pick up the violin again!

[@reidsoncandido8512]

What made me happy is share my music with others, bringing then peace and happiness in these times

[@sigridrocksenrevelj4479]

I have this summer job where I do yard work and pick up garbage from around the town, together with four other people my age. This is our last week at work and today I felt I was really able to talk to them and have fun while we were cleaning up some plantings. I feel like I’ve learned a lot from these people, and that maybe they have learned something from me too. I’m happy about the conversations about big and small things that I’ve had with them. I’m happy to see people of my generation care about the world and the people of this planet. These co-workers have in different ways made me feel hopeful and I’m happy for that too. Maybe I’ll never meet these four people again but I’m happy I took my time to listen to them and talk to them. It’s actually a little sad there’s only three days left of us working together :’)

[@sigridrocksenrevelj4479]

I realised you have to be 18 to participate. I’m only 16 but If someone read this I hope that maybe I could bring a little positivity or hope into your day 💕

[@98angelblue]

Today one of my online beginner violin students played through Jingle Bells for the first time and it was beautiful seeing how proud he was of himself and how gratifying it was for him to be able to do so well on his own.

[@juliansedor7101]

What made me happy today was being productive and moving/organising and cleaning my room. It's important to take care of your space. If your space isn't nice, you won't feel nice when you're in that space.

[@musicalgabby59]

What made me happy today is finding the first violin I’ve gotten 5 years ago and being able to finally have motivation to practice on my violin.

[@Waki24]

What made me happy today is seeing one of my favorite violinist reach 100k subs on KZbin. Congrats, Sumina!🎉

[@huhna3807]

What made me happy today was the realization that despite not having proper and in-person violin lessons, i'm still improving by myself and making progress. :3

[@TheMusicalAlien]

What makes me happy is working with students of various ages and levels and working to make their lesson tailored to them. I really love when I find what works best for them cause they take more time out of their busy day to practice. :’)

[@emilijapetrovska3272]

Last year shortly after I started at uni, I started to experience shoulder pain and this last year has been a roller coaster with ups and downs. During (the kind of) lockdown in my country, I moved back home which meant that I stopped getting the treatment that I was getting, so the pain and discomfort kind of came back. I have used my quarantine time to learn more about my body and how I use it in order to increase my practicing-time. So what made me happy today was that I was able to practice and play more than I have been able to play in several weeks. (Loved this video by the way:)

[@GBSguitar]

Today I felt happy and grateful for waking up, doing the things that I feel passionate about (studying and practicing) and spending time with my family :)

[@cameronzorlu3201]

What makes me happy is that all of these videos motivate me to practice!!

[@TheAsianTree]

I’m a violinist playing for around 5 years and don’t have an extra set of strings at home so I would really like the strings. I’m just so happy that during quarantine I’ve finally finish learning and performing Mozart’s fourth violin concerto in D Major. It’s been my dream piece to play ever since 3 years after starting violin from twoset.

[@mch12311969]

While I already knew how to change strings, the tweezers trick is a good idea that I had not thought of. As far as what has made me happy was getting a DM from my violin teacher, who I have not seen in almost seven months, the other day.

[@nataliasadowska5224]

What made me happy today was that after long, tiring day at work I went back to my home where I could relax with my violin and my cheerful puppy♥️🎻

[@evebolton2236]

What made me happy today was my dad subscribed to a sheet music website. I have had violin lessons for years but can't afford piano lessons so I'm self taught and currently working on I'd say grade three level pieces. Because he subscribed to this website, I can get pretty much any piano sheet music I want to have a go at and keep on learning.

[@rolandaniela4004]

It made me so happy today that my daughter (11) practiced her violin early in the morning (without me asking her to do it). She used to practice all the time, but had lately a little crisis. ❤️

[@explorewithCK]

I'm happy today, because I'm glad my mum made me pick up the violin when I was 14 years old. Initially I hated the violin and questioned why I should learn a 2nd instrument when I already play the piano! Fast forward to today, I can easily bring my violin with me wherever I go and play it whenever I feel bored or just need some music to lift me up! Whereas a piano, I can't possible bring it with me in a suitcase. I moved to a different location due to COVID-19 where there is no piano. So I'm happy at least I still have my violin with me :)

[@qininglin6279]

I started to pick up a new instrument to play beside my old friend violin, which is a 40 years old guitar, I loved my guitar entirely, he is now one of my best companionship in the isolation period.

[@joaogabriel6424]

What really made me happy today was that I found out that there are organizations that donates strings, so thank you so much for this Sumina :)

[@Violintures]

My country doesn't motivate the teaching of classical instruments, it's extremely difficult and expensive to maintain a violin and find a teacher. So what made me happy today is finally being able to overcome fear, panic and anxiety and record again for my channel! I've been trying to learn to play for 4 years, and I feel frustrated and sad at times. I think most of the time. But I love to play and I wanted to meet more people who play and share what I find out. So I find motivation to continue, even when I'm desperate.

[@cnboy14]

What made me happy today was I finally finishing my wall painting in my room and now I can start practicing again. Also the fact that there are organisations which take old stings I had no idea and I have been throwing my old ones away.

[@monikas7538]

What made me happy was walking through my town and even when it was all shut down and silence for weeks, I heard someone in a building playing the violin. It felt magical and somewhat awakening from a far too long sleep ✨🎻🌼

[@notta8493]

I looked back at some videos from two years ago of me playing the first song I learned by ear. I started crying because I realized that even though it was tough, I improved a lot since when I first picked up the violin and when I filmed the video. Even though I am by no means a "great" player in everyone's eyes, I was able to look past the hateful words of strangers who heard me play, and I improved. Now I can play more of my favorite music by ear and I just use the criticism to work on my weaknesses! My violin lifts my mood everyday!

[@Nadya97147]

Hi! This pandemic is surely one of the biggest thing in our life now.. as an international student, i can’t even go back home to see my fam or even going out with a friend.. i’m feeling quite lonely as i live alone in a foreign country.. during these past few months, my violin and piano are my savior! I’m really thankful that i have my piano and violin that can at least brighten up my day whenever i’m feeling down like today ☺️ Super love your videos!! ❤️

[@SuminaStuder1]

What made you happy today? 😚

[@moritz_cello]

What made me happy today is that I won yesterday in the „Play with Ray Home Edition“ Competition and received 500$ from Ray and could talk to him for 15 min😍

[@TheAsianTree]

Sumina Studer Violinist can u make a video about tips to get into a conservatory. I would really want it as a tips and tricks guide for next year.

[@danielcastorena2388]

Honestly, the highlight of my day was when you mentioned that you are able to donate my old strings for others to use! I never thought that there would be organizations for this! It genuinely put a smile in my face!

[@liamderosa2157]

That you made this video! I currently have Peter Infelds on my violin!

[@Roma-kp4qg]

@@moritz_cello Congrats on winning the Play with Ray, I'm looking forward to the video 👀

[@hannahlisew]

What made me happy today was starting to learn a new concerto and learning how to take better care of my strings through this video!

[@karinagarcia8287]

What made me happy today was getting accepted to start getting lessons with a wonderful violin teacher at music school! 😊

[@egledenaro474]

What made me happy today was playing Bach satisfactorily. After so many hours of practice, you can see the results.. and i can only be happy and proud of myself. Always believe in yourself and in what you do!!!

[@raymondhuang611]

What made me happy today was thinking back to all the good memories i had in orchestra in high school!

[@wat8618]

What made me happy today was being able to manage between practicing my violin, sports training, and studies as much as I have, especially during the pandemic!

[@jessemorgan8702]

What made me happy today was finding an old violin when we were cleaning out my sister’s room. Although I was certainly gutted to find one of the strings had snapped 😬

[@yunuseshekhalonso8389]

What made me happy today was instead of learning my regular pieces I went back to simple violin pieces to remind myself of the times when violin used to be easy

[@EvaniaCornelia]

What made me happy today is I got more time to practice violin, improving my skills, and got to learn many things from youtube including from your video. Thank you for the useful tips!

[@hi-ur4qd]

What made me happy today is that I reconnected with my childhood music teacher after about five years. She's doing better than ever!

[@gloriav9612]

What made me happy today is finally learning how to change my stings properly.! As a self taught violinist I’m very blessed to have this huge KZbin platform to learn many tips and tricks. I couldn’t afford private violin lessons when I began playing the violin so having KZbin facilitated my learning experience in the violin. I’m so thankful that musicians like you give tips and tricks to everyone out there who needs help! 😊

[@M.Smith1]

Thank you, Sumina Studer, for sharing your knowledge of changing violin strings! Your time is greatly appreciated!

[@Alex-ue6hz]

Congrats! 💖 What made me happy today is very simple: just staying in, napping with my cat and not thinking too much x

[@maytecastro2501]

What made me happy today was that i had a zoom reunion with some of my friends from music camp that I haven’t seen in over a year!

[@laurakukkonen8681]

Having an incredibly enjoyable concert with our quartet made me so happy today!!

[@ianmitchell-gill7393]

This was REALLY helpful. Thank you! I have some suggestions, if you are interested. Visit your luthier and ask about their services, how they become a luthier, their favorite job, their worst job, etc. Tell us about your family! I'd love to hear your mother sing, and your father play piano. Your sister is a wonderful cellist! Give us your advice for people starting the violin. Tell us about your childhood with the violin, and perhaps any plateaus or challenges you faced. You are SUCH a great host! As a happily married father of two, I am just starting my violin journey. Watching a great host like you gets me excited for violin. Best wishes from Canada!

[@Chenyu_Huang]

I picked up a new bow after months of trials, discovering a bow that suits me makes me really happy

[@willowyong4127]

Reading these positive comments really made me happy today. Looking outside my window and seeing the blue sky and the fluffy clouds also made me happy. Practicing my violin makes me happy

[@jenniferk9100]

What made me happy today was making a ton a progress on a piece that I thought I hit a wall on and wouldn’t be able to move on in it. Also what made me happy was playing violin outside on my deck for my neighbors😁🎻❤️

[@meowmeow5177]

What made me happy today is that I have practiced and improved a little bit. As a violinplayer who started very late, I know that I would never be a professional violinist. But still I am having fun and I know someday I could be able to be like a pro.

[@margaridaqueiros6442]

I am very happy that my family is all healthy and that I can celebrate life with my loved ones. I love studying with them around 😊

[@Beokris]

What made me happy was being able to watch this video and still learn new things

[@techandviolin]

What made me happy today was practicing my violin and making lots of improvements in the piece I am working on! ❤️🎻

[@0_0GHOST0_0]

What made me happy today was finding out that there's string donating programs, I'm very happy that I could help in some way for others to learn music.

[@lydiatan1862]

What made me happy today is I did quite good in my exam today and I had a great lunchtime with my friends too. Another thing that made me happy is to get to know all these great tips on how to change strings like a pro. Thank You so much Sumina!

[@qqbbAY]

What made me happy is I found that I improve a lot and get to know how to practice smart.

[@andresfresneda7193]

What made me happy today was being able to share some time with my family. Lots of love from Spain :)

[@ninabroeva]

What made me happy today was that I finally could play a difficult passage I've been working on for a couple of hours! Best feeling ever! :)

[@fgorlando]

Today I was super happy because I finally got to meet with my string quartet to rehearse for 3 hours. Literally today and it was the first time since the pandemic hit. And big congratulations on 100k! I noticed that when I clicked!

[@vincenguyen7]

What made me happy today is I finished Chopin Etude Op.10 No.4 on piano :)

[@Nightmar1500]

What made me happy today was this video, I’ve been changing my strings for years and this is the first time I’ve gone with only 1 fine tuner and didn’t know about peg wax, so that’ll be my next purchase when I get new strings! I’ll also send this to my friend who hasn’t changed their strings yet because they are scared of it, so I plan to help them out, but this could give them some insight about what to get and how to prepare for it! Thank you, Sumina!

[@francescacascino1052]

What made me happy today was that I was able to fix my e string since it fell off the other day but after watching this video, now I can actually play the violin and go to my lesson 😊

[@renee8420]

What made me happy today, was that I managed to learn a second violin concerto for the summer months!

[@eminavisnjic]

A nice sunny day made me happy, it inspired me to make the most of it, be more productive (practice 🎻) spend time with my family and simply do things I love 💫

[@eldonbauding7308]

Today getting a difficult violin passage more comfortable made me so happy and call this day "a day"

[@evgenyplush]

What made me happy about this Covid time is that I have the chance to comeback to practice violin. When my mother died I lost the spirit to play the violin that she gave me as a gifts. However, during this time I realize that she can hear me wherever she is in heaven and play again the violin is way to remember her and made a tribute to her with my effort and passion and share that talent with my beloved ones. Love your channel! Thank you for posting those videos! Hi from Mexico!🇲🇽

[@adrianfernandez894]

What made me happy today was seeing more POC in the classical world! So much of my life, I’ve almost never seen many POC and I’m glad we’re starting to notice and recognize these talented people!

[@joanaribeiro7285]

This video makes me very happy because no one ever taught me this much about strings. Now I am a much more complete violin student! Thank you Sumina!

[@ceciliaandreotti1654]

What made me happy today is finishing (at last!) my summer exams at University, now I'm free and I'm going to practice the violin a lot😍

[@KevinNijmeijer]

What made me happy is that after almost a year of working on my burn-out I've finally been able to have get an interview with a new employer!

[@shaunwang2262]

What made me happy today was to spend some time at my local archery range, shooting some arrows and catching up with my friends there!

[@sasatoy]

Happy that I came across your youtube channel three years ago!

[@owenjohnvillanueva1054]

Being able to buy my first violin last month and practice everyday since brings me joy and makes me happy. Thanks for your video that inspire me to learn to play the violin as an adult

[@lupeegoavil]

What made me happy was that my cats finally appreciate my violin playing!! 😂 after months they prrr when I play and like to sleep near the sound :) liebe Grüße aus Perú wohnhaft in DE!

[@ralphbenedictdelarosa8393]

What made me happy today is that I'm really improving my violin playing because I have more time to practice now because of the quarantine

[@KleoVienna]

What made me happy this day was the rehearsal with the piano after a long time.. ♡

[@johnchenmusic3706]

What made me happy today is I just performed the Bach Double Concerto, a piece I've worked for 6 months, live with my son and wife with my family, teacher and friends watching ;). BTW, loved this video, it's incredibly information especially the part about the wool and peg wax...I can't believe I have never used either of them.

[@michaelzaretsky1065]

Thank you Summina - I shared your video with my son to give him some new ideas on how to better care for his instrument and strings. He’s the violinist - I’m his sponsor and biggest fan.

[@mellowknee]

This weekend, I had a Zoom piano lesson with someone I met on Reddit. I'm happy to have met so many kind people on the internet! Piano is my main instrument, but I played violin in school orchestras for many years. I never took a private lesson for violin, so I never learned how to change strings. Thanks for the video!!! I have not changed my strings in 7 years of playing... My violin can finally enjoy some fresh strings 🙃

[@zypheropal6377]

What made me happy today was when my friends called me for the first time since quarantine started (which was 5 months ago). To make it worse, I have been "trapped" in my apartment alone in the city for 5 months since it was hard to travel back to our province, that's why when my friends called me I felt happy being remembered

[@andrewedwardbp]

Today I finally was able to enjoy playing Bach. It means a lot to me, because it means i'm finally at a point were i'm no longer struggling with technique that much so i'm able to create actual music. That made me really happy today!

[@AntonioHernandez-my6mg]

What made me happy today was that against all the situation, work or problems, to the end of the day I can trust that a single note can make me all the day. You do not need great or expensive things to be happy. You only need something as the music your soul and somebody else too. If I get the giveaway as a commitment I will record something in memory of all the people that needs hope. Faith we need and music is one of the paths to get this.

[@avonslove]

What made me happy today is the beautiful day outside and waking up with good health

[@anamariallano6459]

I´m very happy for the opportunity to share with my family, caring of others. This situation made more sensitive, a better person.

[@kraystwin0278]

What made me happy today is that I am safe together with my family. I am happy because even I dont have a violin teacher (I cant afford lol) I was able to self study and learn how to play the violin(beginner mode haha). After years of discovering and trying different instruments (even singing lol), I was able to met "my love of my life", the violin HAHA. It sounds OA but I really felt like I am floating over the clouds whenever I am practicing this instrument because I find it super relaxing and it gives me peace specially during this pandemic.❤

[@jorimsim]

What made me happy today was finally finishing learning Paganini 5 after having watched your video so many times. You are a huge inspiration to me!

[@ballade]

What made me happy is that I could catch up with one of my friends that I hadn’t seen in a while and remember all the good times we have had together. Congrats for 100k!

[@taeinyoon4322]

What made me happy today is realizing that if I get so so insanely good at violin 🎻 like the best ever in all of music history I can get the opportunity to meet all my favorite artists especially you!!!! And receiving strings from my favorite player would help me come closer to that dream😚

[@alyssaruiz6407]

Something that made me happy today was that I started practicing the bruch violin concerto third movement and I finally got the tenths in tune!!

[@veronicaantognini92]

Hi!! I'm from Rosario, Argentina. Today made me happy spending my entire morning with my violin, studying and enjoying music.

[@salomewidmer9426]

What made me happy today was that i took a long long walk through zurich and now i am back home and i am very excited to cook some dinner and to practice again ☺️🎻