How to Practice Efficiently Using Rhythms

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[@kimstepney564]

You have the ability to explain concepts very clearly! I am looking forward to exploring all your videos! Thanks.

[@milliegilliam9878]

Hello, My dad was a very wonderful Bluegrass fiddle player. I have became interested in learning...I have played the flute in school and played it for five years, loved it......I'm now 51, our house burned when I was 16 and I lost my flute and never bought another. However, I've invested in a very cheap fiddle/violin too learn and want you too know that I love your teaching style and think I can learn a lot from you ! Thank you for taking the time!

[@darianburkhart752]

This helped significantly. Especially with the Tchaikovsky violin concerto with all those passages.

[@RedDesertViolin]

Glad to hear it, Darian!

[@ezrajoel870]

i realize I am pretty randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to watch new series online?

[@Danofnj]

Excellent as usual

[@nehaagrawal1984]

im so very thankful to u ..i practise a lot but get nowhere with it. with ur presise ,instructions i am able to chanalise my energy correctly...hopefully will be able to play better now

[@l.a.s8274]

I'm applying this in my guitar practicing... And this is working very well. Thanks for the lesson.

[@RedDesertViolin]

Awesome! YES, it works with any instrument. So glad it's working for you!

[@user-ru8rt7ug5b]

I am looking forward to exploring all your videos! Thanks.

[@loralynstaples5483]

I'm looking forward to hearing more from you! See ya

[@RedDesertViolin]

Kim--Thanks for the nice comment, and thanks for watching! My camera is FINALLY fixed, so I will be putting some new video up very soon!

[@AntarblueGarneau]

These exercises also exist in Indian classical music. I have played them on sitar in 1970s

[@banjiddle]

I want to learn this like you. Thank you so much! I hear the little bird.

[@fadel1254]

I play Arabic oud.. really your video help me. I start to play vilon. thank you

[@yurotreztiza4618]

Thank you teacher.. youre the best!!!

[@normamcdonald1442]

The best girl.

[@banjiddle]

Lora has the best intonation, and rhythmic timing of anyone!

[@normamcdonald1442]

You are awesome girl.

[@augustinechinnappanmuthria7042]

Super master AUGUSTINE violinist from Malaysia

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thank you, Augustine.

[@rachelstegeman262]

I like your practical explanations! Nice job!!

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thanks Rachel!

[@Enahse]

That was awesome, Lora ! I'll be working on those rhythmic drills on the morrow.....Merci beaucoup !

[@loralynstaples5483]

My daily survival depends on this practice technique!!!

[@twizzls5582]

This is such an amazing technique. I've been dong this a lot and i have an audition soon and this definitely does help I feel like that with the brahms symphony lol

[@RedDesertViolin]

I use this technique ALL THE TIME when preparing for orchestra! Break a string on your audition!

[@kaylayetman1500]

I have to say Laura, thank you so much for these video's!!! I started my first violin lesson last night after a few weeks of watching your video's and practicing on my own and my new teacher was very surprised at how much I knew already and has even given me the challenge of starting off with the Twinkle Twinkle Theme on top of strengthening the exercises I already learned from watching your video's as well as some of her own. I walked away feeling confident from a lesson (and I took a lot when I was younger and even quit due to comments from those teachers as my progress was slow). I am very excited to continue to learn and watch more of your video's. :) Thank you again!

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thank you Kayla. Don't ever lose confidence in yourself....we all have challenges in our playing, and some things will be harder than others, but its those very challenges that make it worthwhile in the end. Keep watching, practice, and most important HAVE FUN!!! Good Luck.

[@kaylayetman1500]

Thank you very much, it is good to know that. I keep telling myself. "It sounds horrible today but tomorrow it will sound much better!" I am definitely having fun as well and taking the challenges one step at a time in practice sessions :D Thank you and please continue to make fantastic content as you have been!

[@joshroyeca]

Thank you for sharing! From Manila 🇵🇭

[@RedDesertViolin]

Hi Joshua all the way in Manila!! Try those rhythms....they are so powerful! Take care!

[@123jozef]

I like the way you think... I have found that my 40 years of guitar playing and the in depth study of music theory has truly created a great "crossover" effect to the violin. Of course, the guitar is nowhere near as "sensitive" as the violin (in pretty much every aspect) but as far as practice techniques, scales, modes, the circle of 5ths, etc.... I have found these same exercises to be equally helpful.... and not to forget to apply these same types of "thought-processing" to the bow. I had no idea that the bow was just as important as picking a guitar with a pick (plectrum) , fingerstyle, hybrid picking (combo of pick and fingers) and alternate picking and hybrid string-skip picking along with how many notes per string, even if you can find the notes elsewhere. The musical theory and application of musical theory really is without end... and at times I have to stop myself from getting too technical and just try enjoying the music all by itself. I would imagine that you know exactly what I am speaking on.... I wish you were my teacher, but I don't do "online" teaching too well. I like the one-on-one style of lessons, with the rapport that is developed.

[@josephamadeus2121]

Thanks

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you!!!

[@RedDesertViolin]

Absolutely. This skill takes WORK to develop it. But once you get it, it is a silver bullet!

[@desireesingleton2615]

Just found this awesome practice tip...Love it Teach.

[@loralynstaples5483]

Oh yes.....we do MUCH more with this practice technique in Book 3 and Book 4! (you will have a head start!)

[@Lincreatorhandle6]

I was asking you for simple practising music like nursery rhymes (well known) in double stops and the first 3 positions in sheet music. I like the way you teach but I use hearing aids in both my ears your help with these easy sheets will help me practicing. Thank you very much

[@RedDesertViolin]

Lina, the best book for these double stops, HANDS DOWN is the book called "Double Stop Beginnings for Violin" by Cassia Harvey. YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK. You can find it on Amazon. She has lots of awesome books. I hope to buy them all some day.

[@eyadha1]

Many thanks. Very helpful

[@RedDesertViolin]

Eyad, I hope you understand the exercise....it is SO powerful! Wanna do me a favore, pretty please? Visit this link, and vote for Red Desert Violin. I"m a finalist in a contest and I need EVERY vote I can get! Please vote daily until February 8! THANK YOU! www.aweber.com/bigimpact.htm

[@RedDesertViolin]

Wow, what a history! You should have "the gene" if you dad played! Good luck to you! (I'm glad you find my vids helpful)

[@lottikun5926]

Exercise 1 : short long, long short Four notes rhythm: #1 stop on first note, then play fast four #2 stop on second note then play fast four #3 stop on 3

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thanks, Lotti kun!

[@neonlittledog]

Thanks for sharing I usually just try to play slower songs just for my own enjoyment,be playing for one year,I was wondering to my self is I'll ever be able to play fast.

[@RedDesertViolin]

We all started out slow, and had to practice with the slow songs, but don't let that stop you from choosing a fast song you like and start working through it. Practice it piece by piece....you'll amaze yourself. Good luck and keep up the good work.

[@RedDesertViolin]

YES, you must put the rhythms into the same tempo you want to perform them at. As I explained, you can use the "super-crunch" to push your speed limits even faster, and also, I like to do the rhythms a little bit faster than what you plan to perform it at. That way, you have a little "room to spare". --Lora

[@gaetanobevilacqua1515]

Love this Lady.xx

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thanks for watching!

[@augustinechinnappanmuthria7042]

Super ❤️

[@RedDesertViolin]

Thanks again!

[@SHADOWMAN296]

do you have any videos on the 5 string violin?

[@floydgoddard5001]

When practicing the 4 rhythm procedure, in the second four my bow is down as I get to a stop at "A"(5th string open) and when I reach "D" (3rd fret area) my bow is up. What am I doing wrong? (the count is at 2,3,4)

[@PatchworkUSA]

You think outside the box!

[@heifetz87]

Dear Lora, I have been learning alot from watching your videos and i just want to say that the way you teach is very straightforward and i like it. BTW i need some advice in terms of practicing the Bruch 3rd movement of the 1st concerto ? What etudes can i prepare in order to tackle the Bruch 3rd movement Thank you Jonny

[@larejabar4671]

yea u have probably done that 8years later

[@kolegko]

Thank you very much for your bowing exercises.I'm struggling to find any exercises for wrist bowing as you need speed.Would you be able to help with this issue?

[@RedDesertFiddle]

Can you be more specific? You mean you need help knowing what to do with your bow when you are playing fast? Or did you mean something else?

[@MrFree-vj8qj]

Great lesson, I play guitar but I in order to find these secret lessons I go for all instruments, especialy violin

[@RedDesertViolin]

Oops. I also meant to tell you to search out "Speed and Dexterity for the Left Hand"...I did a big long lesson and provided people with sheet music to some SIMPLE exercises. Those exercises will transform your technique!

[@AntarblueGarneau]

When you divert your eyes to your right are you reading these patters or just listening?

[@RedDesertViolin]

I am just listening, focusing on the whole process. (in other videos, I am reading, but I tend to look toward the left of center if I am reading music)

[@ryanpvw]

I'm trying to learn hokum bowing for the fiddle toon the orange blossom special. My lack of ability to identify beat and rhythm is getting in the way of achieving hokum bowing. Being the fact fiddling relies heavily on rhythm and beat in the bow, beat and rhythm is something I highly need to acquire. Would you have any suggestions as to how I may achieve identifying beat and rhythm Red Desert Violin? Would you also happen to have any videos on finger flexibility in the right hand for detache? Last, would you have any suggestions for how to make bowing center easier for people with abnormally long arms like me? Thanks In advance.

[@RedDesertViolin]

Hey Oasis Videos, first off, it's good that you recognize that the geometry is different for short versus tall people. I am short, so that is my specialty.....but I have observed lots of my tall friends, and the biggest difference I see is that they move their right should much more liberally than short people, and they cannot use the "square" as a guideline to learn "Greasy Elbow". Sorry, I'm using terms that are taught in my online violin lessons. (you might want to check those out: www.reddesertviolin.com/onlinelessons The lessons go into LOTS of detail about what you are asking. Finger flexibility: this is a motion called "colle". It is a bowing, yes, but it also describes that flexible finger motion used in bow changes. I have a video on my channel called, "Colle Exercises with a pencil" or something like that. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZvClatjj8yEjbc Last of all: I do a series of rhythm "workshops" in my newsletter. To subscribe, go to my blog, and you should get an invitation to subscribe to the newsletter. It will help you TONS with your rhythm. My blog is www.RedDesertViolin.com Good luck!!!

[@ryanpvw]

Thanks

[@robbiedaug]

All throughout the video, i notice notes still ringing. Like when you play the Suzuki piece, i hear the some open notes still sounding after you finish playing the notes - example at 19:39. Is allowing the notes to continue to ring what you want to do...or should you be stopping the notes? I hear the same thing even when you bring the violin down from playing position, sometimes - i hear some last notes still resonating. I bring this up because i am learning violin in my spare time by using what i learn on the net, so i have to observe and ask questions when i notice something i am not sure about. I heard you self criticize your own playing in a lesson when you said, "That was sloppy!" Then you replayed the line and nailed it. So i can assume you are open to comments. Having said that, is it possible the notes i'm hearing are due to a ...i don't know how to say it...sort of a "lazy" left hand? Don't take me the wrong way, please. I am really not trying to offend you. Thanks.

[@RedDesertViolin]

Hi Robbiedaug! LOL....you did not offend me, plus you were so considerate, I couldn't be offended anyway. No, your observation was actually a COMPLIMENT. I teach a whole video about "ringy notes".....they are a good thing! It's sort of like the violinst's equivalent of "frets". We don't have frets like a guitar, but we have ringy notes all over the place, even in high positions, and that helps us to navigate. Search my channel for "intonation" or maybe it's under "ringy notes".....and you will learn THE SINGLEMOST VALUEABLE principle for violin playing. (well, ok, it's in the top 10) If you can train yourself to hear and find the ringy notes, it will give you a serious edge. Also, if you get serious and want to make some serious progress, consider my online lessons. (no pressure.....there is plenty of free stuff here....but the online lessons are organized, systemmatic, and thorough. Happy fiddling! Keep up the good work!

[@RedDesertViolin]

Any results yet? I'm sure you will find these exercises to work miracles! Most people do!

[@bigfan6424]

i don't know how to use the metronome(

[@RedDesertViolin]

Well.....sounds like you need to train your metronome. They are wily, rebellious creatures that need lots of patience and love. (you can watch my video on to learn how to train it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpyxfX2Amd58gK8 Good luck. Be nice to the little guy! :-)

[@123jozef]

Sounded like Devil went to Georgia at 6:40

[@RedDesertViolin]

It DOES sound like Devil! But it's not...it's Sicillienne and Rigaudon by Fritz Kreisler. (the Rigaudon part)

[@SHADOWMAN296]

do you have any videos on the 5 string violin?

[@RedDesertFiddle]

+SHADOWMAN296 I don't, because I don't own one! Some day!