3 Things that Will INSTANTLY Make you a Better Violinist

[@peterbaxter8151]

Playing on the pads also makes intonation correction much easier. Thanks Jonathan/ Murphy. A great lesson.

[@devyysk]

one of my favorite channels! thank you always, mr. murphy.

[@curtpiazza1688]

THANX! ❤

[@panthersherry1157]

Thank you and Merry Christmas!!!!!

[@LizbethStringer]

Scales is where it is at! Have a Very Merry Christmas!

[@hollyperrin7353]

You! Stop fiddling around and get to the mashed potatoes ! Merry Christmas !

[@TheSparshofMusic-wn7de]

Thank you for sharing this video! It was very helpful!👍👍👍

[@007Thananat]

Thank you a lot master 🙏

[@superb63amg94]

Excellent video! Love this!

[@nyaqua]

I've seen a couple Jonathan's videos and was surprised his channel is that small, because they are really really good! I even went to the channel to make sure I'm subscribed and didn't just click videos in my feed few times.

[@jtannernz]

The answer is because I have only put out good videos recently having sat on my ideas for years, and I have been pretty inconsistent and not uploading regularly! Working on it 😉

[@blonde.bestien]

Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄✨

[@mellissadalby1402]

I will try this. I am working to recalibrate my left hand from guitar to violin, so maybe this will help. As a flegling Violin player, I am thinking about so many details that yes, my bowing angle sometimes gets off, but I am still working on that.

[@hollyperrin7353]

Stay true! I just picked up the violin after 40 years like one week ago. I can’t believe how I am able to play something ! It doesn’t have to be great. It’s just a thrill to be able to play a song. One thing that I love about the violin is that you can draw a note out as long as you want.

[@xokaizson]

Please make a video on how to get rid of the finger tip bow hold🙏I find that I start off with a normal bow hold but then it goes finger tip bow hold

[@TheK1111katja]

Some of your technique is reminiscent of Leopold Auer's style (Heifetz's instructor). I am fortunate enough to take lessons directly from the Auer line of pedagogy (Lasserson, who was also a student.of Auer along with Heifetz). No shoulder rest, different hand positioning, as you demonstrate here. Is your pedagogy line from the St. Petersburg/ Auer line by any chance? Just curious! Seeing many similarities.

[@hollyperrin7353]

Come on. This guy is an American. He comes from the long line of raw squirrel meat and whiskey fiddlin’ technique.

[@ShopharTemple]

Thank you sir

[@mairwhelan4580]

thanks tobiah. v helpful

[@Crowfeather-v5o]

ROCKY AND BOWangle 😂❤

[@igrowwearyofthisworld7369]

I like the advice with using the finger pads more. It is especially huge for vibrato as you pointed out. Where I am not sure I agree is the advice to intentionally start with a crooked bow to counteract your tendency. It seems like a bandaid fix to me. There's probably a technique reason for this tendency to happen and maybe that can be addressed instead?

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

A significant source of technical problems is because of bad tendencies. Often a student does not have the proper understanding of the just how off they are, so trying to aim for the mark (which they can't see clearly) makes little change. HOWEVER, if a student tries to do the opposite mistake (if you are consistently sharp, instead, try to play a bit flat) it gives them the proper conception of exactly where everything is. Most of the time, when I have a student "over correct," they end up doing the correct thing because their conception of where the correct thing was was completely off. However, once they hear or feel themselves doing the correct thing, most often by "over correction," it's much easier for them to continue doing it. So a lot of mistakes are fixed by counteracting tendencies. After a while, you can just try to do the correct thing without over correcting because you have a good concept of where everything is on the violin, but most students have to work up to this point.

[@igrowwearyofthisworld7369]

​@@MurphyMusicAcademy I seem to have misunderstood at first. You describe it as a temporary measure to correct the flawed technique. From watching the video I thought you recommended it as a more permanent bandaid fix. Now it makes more sense, thanks!

[@s9ze]

NIce information Thanks

[@Ahmed-Tea]

Tobiah you said about scales again But! I do love scales and arpeggios but i suck at everything else WHY ?

[@michaeltaylor7407]

Jonathan Tanner is a New Zealander. Yes, he is very good!😊

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

First I misspeak his name and then call him an Aussie! He told me he was from NZ when we chatted a few months back so I don’t know how I forgot that. And I’m usually pretty good with differentiating the accent. 🤦‍♂️

[@Elena-bw5vv]

Hello Tobiah, i didn't even know you had such acting talent 🤣 Greetings 👋🇩🇪 and merry christmas to you

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

@@Elena-bw5vv who said I was acting?😁 Merry Christmas to you as well! 🎄

[@Elena-bw5vv]

@MurphyMusicAcademy anyway, a really funny video ❤

[@Ahmed-Tea]

Dear Tobiah Ive been playing using thumb leverage for 6 months but now my thumb is very tense and it spreads to all left hand why

[@bryophyta9500]

Bro, how do you play so well! You should be in an orchestra or even playing as a soloist; what are you doing on KZbin!?

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

I used to travel around and play in a few chamber orchestras before the pandemic. Once that got wiped out the KZbin channel took off and I was able to parley that into an online teaching business. After the pandemic restrictions lifted I decided to keep one of the orchestra jobs as it was closest to my family. I used to travel down there at least once a month before I got married, and now I go down about 4-5 times a year. So I do, or did, play in an orchestra. But I quite like online teaching and KZbin has been the biggest part of developing that business

[@AlokBharti-Caracas]

Very good information. Thanks

[@oxoelfoxo]

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