How to Master 3rds | Violin and Viola | Double Stops

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I am a 34-year-old dude who is just now learning violin and I cannot thank you enough for helping me attempt to achieve a lifelong dream of mine. I have never subscribed to Patreon before but here we go. You are incredible.

[@Skinny_Karlos]

I know well just how difficult the violin is but you, Daniel, make it look so easy. You've done very well for starting at sixteen years old.

[@dsthorp]

Daniel Kurganov, among all else, is excellent at putting the listener at ease.

[@aMaudPowellFan]

The sparkling sound in the Paganini excerpt is admirable, and it is fascinating and inspiring to observe your finger ballet. Above all else, the expression and style are captivating.

[@chuchu8561]

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[@DanielKurganov]

me too; I'd have fun with all of that time :)

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[@comquatcash]

Absolutely amazing

[@tropicjam7343]

very diversified exercices and nice,with rich harmonics violin sounding;

[@cnewtonc]

Thank You. Excellent Lesson. I live to play Thirds and Double Stops - that is my passion.

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Such variety incredible unbelievable.

[@saharhb777]

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[@YuYu-ve6gu]

Thank you, Mr. Daniel Kurganov.

[@jeffersonamarogomes6118]

Ótimo performance.

[@Violinna]

Ohh Servais is new to me!! Can't wait to try it! Korguev, thanks to you, is one of my new favorite warmups. Really helps listen in the moment.. (physical and mental connection)

[@melikazorabian]

Your videos are very good... It helpes me a lot. Thank you...

[@deepakv319]

Thankyou sir... very informative... from.. India..

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

A very fine teacher.

[@SF-ru3lp]

Beautiful intro music, Daniel! Gorgeous tone and clarity! G Ire

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Lovely bow arm and left hand.

[@lxtrem1284]

I LOVE YOUR MASTERCLASSES Mr. Kurganov

[@retrops4261]

Thanks Daniel! Excellent demo as usual. We must be on the same wavelength. I began doing Dounis daily dozen a few weeks ago and I just got into the Vamos book recently. (Day before Yesterday) im finding my left hand transforming in wonderful ways. I have had the most difficult time with my 4th finger for almost 30years. I never really learned to play without tension, finally now (largely i think due to diligence with Dounis and Korgueff/vamos, not only are my DS reliability improving drastically, my fingers are actually gaining the independence ive always wanted.

[@SF-ru3lp]

Thank you for those tips RetroPS4. G Ire (adult student just making good headway after 30 years 😀)

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Beautiful tones.

[@oriyashperling7199]

Спасибо большое, Даниэль! Вы просто супер!

[@DanielKurganov]

Spasibo Vam!

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Great generosity.!

[@jean-christophec4633]

Merci infiniment pour l'efficience de vos leçons.

[@MattLeGroulx]

Really fantastic stuff, Daniel. Thanks so much for making these videos, they help tremendously.

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Your the best great.daniel.

[@ViolinistGioraSchmidt]

Superb!

[@sedatakkas8427]

Thank you so much master!

[@hippiechickie18]

I was wondering why my tuner app says my E is slightly sharp but when I tune it to what it says is perfect it doesn't sound right. Thanks for the explanation!

[@alivefromthe90s66]

Thanks for free exercises

[@DanielKurganov]

Glad you like them!

[@JohanJohnJohnson]

This is exactly what I needed!

[@billyschannel]

Very helpful lessons Sir. Thank you and GOD bless!❤

[@DanielKurganov]

You are very welcome

[@JoelQuarrington]

If I had known you could do stuff like this I would have been quite intimidated! Ignorance is bliss!

[@violinbuff3782]

Very fine teaching and playing! Eric Shumsky

[@DanielKurganov]

Thank you kindly!

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Certainly one of them.

[@mizuza12]

Hi Daniel. I'm new to your channel. I used to play fiddle. Scottish and Irish trad music. I became disabled with a neurolical condition and didn't play for 10 years. About 2 months ago I started playing again but decided I wanted to focus on classical music and technique that I had never done before. I love it but I now realise why people say they are "working" on a piece or technique. When you say you came late to the violin may I ask how old you were? I'm focusung on scales and shifting. Plus working on what I call a sea sick fire engine ( wrist vibrato with a metronome) I want to build that strong technique. I've found your videos incredibly useful. Thank you. From Scotland

[@DanielKurganov]

Welcome! It’s incredibly rewarding to work deeply with the instrument and achieve continual refinement. It’s a different project compared to traditional music, which has its own spirit and culture (which I absolutely love!) to answer your question, I was 16 when I started.

[@picksalot1]

As a guitarist, I'm really enjoying your Violin Masterclass Series, and the many techniques and approaches that can apply to the guitar. Do you know of anyone on KZbin that is doing the same kind of high level technique videos on the Cello? This will help bridge the gap in string lengths, as the guitar sits between the two? Thanks

[@DanielKurganov]

Thank you, and I don't!

[@sasssssa6565]

Nobody talks about the third note you can hear when you play thirds and sixth 😊(the note of the perfect chord or the octave of one of the two notes.

[@DanielKurganov]

Yes, Tartini tones (undertones)! I was thinking of getting into that but it’s a whole different topic.

[@yesyesyes310]

Thank you for sharing!

[@jlbd19]

I also recommend the chin rest lip

[@jyz]

14 cents vs 14 Hz 14 cents means 14/100 of a half step Since octave is 2x and has 12 half-steps, 14 cents means 2**(0.14 / 12), which is 1.00811950292 If your major third was 440 Hz usually, you'd like to play it 1.00811950292 times lower, i.e, at ~436.5 Hz

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Covering much territory very detailed.too the

[@leonardobastos1945]

Thanks a lot!! 🙏🏻

[@valerioiaccio6647]

Thanks a lot, your videos are really a great improvement of knowledge for me. I have just a question about Servais, is it taked from cello studies? Thanks again

[@augustinechinnappanmuthria7042]

Super

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Nice guy .you are.

[@katinalaoutaris9887]

Can you please give me the names of the books in whch i may find hese exercises?Thank you x

[@sleevygeorge2565]

Can u do this similar video for 4th 5th and 6th and octave?

[@astrogildooliveiraramos7631]

Muito bom esse exercício Como faz para adiquirir ou ter acesso a esses exercícios? Muito obrigado Daniel? Excelente!

[@susanidepatton9338]

Can you possibly identify which books for sevcik etc and/or which exercise you are doing in this video?

[@binarymilton]

I'd like to know the answer to this too!

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

A. Real. Intellect.

[@jlbd19]

Have you ever thought of trying the dolfinos rest system

[@Chunkylova53]

What was that piece played in the beginning at the 0:25 mark?

[@DanielKurganov]

Paganini's La Campanella!

[@therascals8237]

Hi Daniel, love your content! I have experience on violin, but would like to learn to play viola. Could you recommend an etude series so I can learn the clef and fingerboard better (eg 1st-4th position for example). I would like to be more comfortable playing string quartets / chamber music. thanks!

[@violinhunter2]

Bravo, as always! This video is wonderful, as are all your other tutorials. I find it quite humorous that you mention at the beginning that this video is useful for beginners as well as seasoned professionals.... I'll take that with a grain of salt. 🙂 I only teach beginners and I think they could grasp the techniques you discuss here but as far as executing any of the exercises,.... Perhaps after two years of study? By the way, I read the full description but didn't see a reference to the Paganini concerto you play at the introduction. Best regards!!!

[@DanielKurganov]

Yes point taken re: beginners. However, I find that curious adult beginners can benefit greatly from general principles that I always try to return to. But certainly beginners aren't about to play thirds and Paganini, although I do believe in beginner's luck :)

[@violinhunter2]

@@DanielKurganov 🙂

[@deveshgupta8655]

Hello Daniel! You said you started the violin very late. I want to know how late. Because i started playing when i was 22. Now im 25 and learning thirds and i just cannot play them in tune. Im having a little self doubt of whether ill ever learn the violin.

[@369jwillow]

Could you talk more about your shoulder rest setup? It seems like you’ve found a rig that works fantastic for you ergonomically… video on it….!? 🎉❤

[@akurganov]

Find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/apybZYiVpJlrjcU

[@drarunjind]

From where can i down load all your tutorial videos please ? I am new learner from India - Dr Arun , Surgeon

[@DanielKurganov]

It's all available on my channel!

[@suedavis3525]

I am having difficulty stretching minor thirds. As a woman with a short pinky I do wonder how much physical attributes contribute to the difficulty of technical exercises like thirds

[@matend8125]

great video sir ,my fourth finger stays curved all the time and yours kind of makes a 90 degree angle when it hits .i cant get clean sound with this curve fourth finger unfortunately .it kind of touches the adjacent string slightly .do you have any tip to how to correct it ?

[@BestAmateurViolinist]

From your first finger to your fourth finger, turn your hand inwards towards the neck. If you're not coming down at a 90° angle, it's because you probably have your hand position too far away from the neck and the string. Turn it inwards and then you can begin by practicing Schradieck, just the first two pages. Anything after that is becoming redundant. You can do the second page, but the moment you start going further, you're getting into other stuff. Stuff. The first two exercises deal with strengthening the fourth finger. While you have that hand in that new position, begin the etude . Your fingers high and hammer them down. This is especially important with the fourth finger. You will have to consciously watch. So go slowly. But lift your finger high when you're doing this exercise and hammer it down. That builds the strength in the fourth finger along with the proper position. Practice this etude for about 4 weeks, giving it at least 15 minutes a day. It's not necessarily how quickly you go, it's more important How solidly you are putting your finger down in a 90° angle every time. Once you have that strength, you need to remember every time you're putting your fourth finger down to keep it in that new position of 90°. That means practice some regular octaves first. When you get to doing things like tenths and fingered octaves, you're going to have to stretch your finger out, but do not relapse into the former position. Position. Just have to expand your hand. That will begin the building for the first exercise.

[@thestringquartetcompany]

The chord of E minor is always difficult to tune. Also, in thirds, should there always be a perfect 4th in the hand, or not?

[@k.violinist6390]

Крутой!! спасибо! 😘

[@lawrence18uk]

One thing I observed is that, from mathematics, if you move from D&F# to F#&A, on A/E strings, the distance between the fingers is identical. (think about dividing a string into 6 equal parts and you can see this.) Strange that it was never pointed out to me when I learned...

[@melikazorabian]

Hi. I want to know that how can I have classes with you?

[@DanielKurganov]

I offer private instruction to some people. You can look at my website for more info and send me a sample of your playing if you'd like lessons. www.kurganov.org

[@saharhb777]

I really want to be a little help here for all the information you are sharing with us for free! The only question is that I play Viola, I know there are similarities but do you think you will put some videos just for viola in future?

[@DanielKurganov]

I think much of my videos discuss topics that are directly transferrable to viola. Of course, the viola has a unique set of challenges that need to be addressed specifically. In particular sound production and posture. I sadly don't have a viola anymore and very much hope to get one in the future! Then I will definitely make some viola videos :)

[@saharhb777]

Thank you! I can't wait to hear you playing Viola! I mean with all techniques you already know, I don't hesitate you would bring the magical sound out of a viola!

[@novaria]

oh! I was wondering why my regular scale sounded out of tune with double stops.

[@alessandrovaccari782]

Hi Maestro. Any suggestion for arms pain and contractions? I usually spend a big amount of time to keep an optimal physical condition, but I never get the "breaking point" into the necessary body freedom to play with full satisfaction. Consider that I'm a beginner student (but a jazz pro sax; big deal putting hands on the horn after a violin practice session!), so my practice is generally short in sessions and NEVER forced with stressing gestures, till movements and finger extensions will be spontaneous to the right intervals, sound and tuning.

[@DanielKurganov]

Hmm, this is a difficult topic to advise on, especially at the beginning stages, because it requires a lot of hands-on attention. What does your teacher say? He or she should be able to focus in on that and help you heighten your awareness.

[@alessandrovaccari782]

@@DanielKurganov As things stand I am not followed by a teacher, at least because as an adult professional musician and I am independent in the study, with a minimum of musical awareness in order not to go completely astray. I also focus on the technical issues that I am interested in prefer and I would not be able to respect a regular weekly calendar with a didactic teaching (regular, planned lessons would be a waste of time especially for him/her). Fortunately I have many friends and fellow violinists to turn to when I need to and what they have seen said that for two years that I have been studying I am on time and I play correctly. so much risk ... so much honor! :) However, I recently discovered a big problem with a molar that involved the entire neck and shoulders, so I hope having gone to the dentist that the physical problems will gradually be in order. I cannot approach the study with the methodology of an adolescent pupil, but I never deviate from the musical core in accordance with the awareness of physical mechanics. My limitation is not having a small repertoire, but my strength is to feel pleasure in the basics, even just scales and long notes, which a teenage student can't stand at all! Thanks as always. Your availability and your talent reveal great humanity and true art

[@juliejules7780]

My pinkie is too short to play a third because I have tiny hands. What should I do?

[@DanielKurganov]

There are various tactics for people with smaller hands. I like to approach things from the biggest muscles/joints/"levers" to the smallest: how can we use each to get slightly better positioning for the fingers so that the fingers do less work to get to their places? 1. Upper arm - typically, people with small hands will benefit from swinging it further "under" the instrument. So if you hold your arm in playing position, counter-clockwise from your perspective. 2. Forearm - supinating the forearm will aid in bringing the pinky a bit closer to the fingerboard. 3. Hand - "tilting" the hand back so that the index finger contact point on the neck is lowered slightly. 4. Thumb - it depends on your physique and what you're comfortable with, but holding your thumb more under the neck and not on the side of the neck can make the fingers feel effectively longer. These elements combined are a sort of "fanning out" motion in the left hand/arm. It's challenging to explain it without demonstration. If you watch some great players with smaller hands, you'll start to notice them using some or all of these tactics. The basic idea is bias everything towards pinky comfort and then working backwards to place everything else. You can even just place the lone pinky on the fingerboard - forget everything else like the hand / arm position etc. Clean slate: what position would everything have to be in for the pinky to feel more like the other fingers. Then work backwards. Hope that helps :)

[@mari-cm5mm]

Hi Daniel! Your video is really good! So, I have a question with your video. How many volumes are you using with Sevcik? If you don’t mind , Please teach me:)

[@DanielKurganov]

All of Sevcik is worth looking at. Then you can decide what is most useful for you, consider which aspects are you focusing on, which weaknesses are you trying to improve, etc. My favorites are Op.3, Op.8, and double stops selections (check out my video on intonation which is devoted to these)

[@roberthershkowitz5455]

Can you play jazz.? Daniel.

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[@ChrisEbbrsen]

Dear Daniel, love your Ryer or Reed, 3rds,, some of the tenderness harmonics I've heard from you. I have been practicing Tropical Loveland, by abba,I am improvising the accordion lead to that song, my evas are about a month old, and the sound is getting less boisterous and les s defined.I had been watching.your videos on vibrato however your complicated exercises left me more confused and overwhelmed so I stopped watching. I HAD TWO SOLID YEARS OF VIOLIN IN GRAMMER SCHOOL, THEN AS THE PIECES BECAME MORE COMPLEX, I HAD DIFFICULY READING MUSIC. I AM ONE OF THOSE THAT WILL HAVE TO PLAY BY EAR. I HAVE RICHYS BOOK THAT CONTAINS FINGER GYMNASTICS AND OCCASIONALY FOLLOW THE EXERCISES VERY CLOSELY. I AM HOPING TO GET HIS OTHER BOOK ADVICE TO THE VIOLIN STUDENT,BUT HAVE NOT AQUIRED IT YET. THANK YOU FOR THESE EXERCISES IN 3RDS I LEARN EXTREMELY SLOWLY BUT AM HEARTENED BY MY ABILITY TO IMPROVISE. LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE LESSONS FROM YOU. YOURS VERY TRULY CHRIS E. USA.