How To Play In Tune

[@artemi-music]

I really love the idea of a proper finger placement, and not adjusting for wrong notes. Beginner violinist here, I think this idea deserves a separate video. 👍

[@gadwayviolin]

@@artemi-music I think I’ll make a “how to practice” video series where each video I go over concepts like that and flesh them out.

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

Excellent information!

[@kellymanas6133]

Thank you for the very thorough instruction! Very helpful!

[@gadwayviolin]

You’re very welcome! I’m so happy it’s helpful for you.

[@bahman1186]

Excellent advice! Thank you!

[@gadwayviolin]

You’re welcome I’m happy to hear that! 🙏

[@thepianoplayer416]

Before playing the instrument, it's a good idea to check that all 4 strings are in tune. Otherwise strings that are out of tune would make you place your fingers in the wrong spots to compensate for the other notes and get them wrong when the strings are in tune. There are 4 notes you can use as reference: G, D, A & E given that they're in tune. You can check a G that is played with a finger against the open G sort of thing. In the beginning many people would use a tuner to make sure the notes are in tune. Of course we wouldn't use a tuner all the time. You run your scales against the tuner. You're consicously getting the correct sound pitches into your head and at the same time building muscle memory.. Piano learners talk about developing "muscle memory" all the time. After practicing a song for a while off sheet music or by ear, your fingers can repeat the same sequence of notes on autopilot without you consciously thinking about it. Don't know if strings players find muscle memory important?

[@gadwayviolin]

Muscle memory is our bread and butter! I always tell my students out of the 5senses the most important are sound and touch. When we practice we primarily try to marry what we hear to what we feel. The stronger we can make that link the more command over our instrument we will have!

[@daviddesa9163]

I've started playing a few weeks ago and I appreciate the way you explain things, I know little to none about music and I have a hard time understanding what people are saying. I'll happily wait for your "how to practice" videos! HF

[@gadwayviolin]

@@daviddesa9163 I’ll make some soon! Finishing up my Vivaldi videos and some technique videos first in the next few weeks

[@artemi-music]

I like the concept of hand frame, never thought of that! Thanks for covering this interesting topic.

[@DieterLo1]

Good lesson!

[@gadwayviolin]

Thank you 🙏

[@DieterLo1]

@@gadwayviolinWelcome! I love all advises helping me as beginner with no teacher. But play couple of other instruments which is helpful. Using sometimes a tuner too and rhythm machine. Today used first time my left pinky. First it was hard like lame, but later it worked little bit. It encouraged to develop the pinky gradually. Mandoline I begann too. In an age of 69😂! Greetings from Germany! Happy new year 2025.

[@gadwayviolin]

Amazing! Keep it up 😎 happy new year 🎊

[@paulscheuer9455]

Thank you!!!! I am a lifelong guitarist and 3 yr adult beginner cellist and took lessons from a professional cellist for 2 yrs. I learned more about correcting intonnation from you than my teacher in 2 yrs. Sure, we practiced with drones and I created and transposed 2 octive scales in Musescore. What was missing was the discussion and education of how to properly correct and re-train your brain & ear after a mistake or when simply trying to get more accurate. Wiggling into the pitch gets you nowhere in terms of improvement. The only downside is that now I think my guitar tunner is less accurate than my ears! As an adult trying to simply create beautiful legato lines, bad inntonation is very discouraging and trying to fix it it is very frustrating.

[@gadwayviolin]

That’s amazing to hear! Thanks for sharing 😌 it means a lot. I’m thrilled to hear anytime my advice has been helpful! Even more excited that you’re able to translate the concepts to cello too 🥳

[@paulscheuer9455]

​@@gadwayviolin as long as the instrument has strings & no frets, The concepts apply.

[@tkrox8379]

I’ve always wondered why the sound intensity is uneven when intervals aren’t properly tuned. Thank you for the explanation, that makes sense! Excellent video! Btw, what software do you use to make graphs like the one at 7:40? I’d love to play with it.

[@gadwayviolin]

@@tkrox8379 I actually used ChatGpt! It’s pretty good for making diagrams like that. I wouldn’t use it for any academic paper but it works well for quick demonstrations 😌

[@mohammedhalil7328]

thanks!

[@RichardLlWilliams-di1bo]

Tuners give equal temperament but while wind instruments and keyboards use this strings tune in perfect 5ths. Never understand how the two go together.

[@gadwayviolin]

String players still adhere in performance to equal temperament when necessary but the truth is that in ensemble playing the center of pitch is variable. String, wind, and brass players all adjust constantly often towards the lowest sounding pitch but not always.

[@leopardtiger1022]

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[@gadwayviolin]

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