Synchronize violin right and left hands with the Goldilocks method

[@josephtramacchi6834]

Also noticed improvement in intonation when in sync. almost a panacea for a multitude of issues. A timely intervention in the practice session. Goldilocks rocks.

[@randomshadow4620]

If I will summarize what I have learned this day: If you do something wrong unintentionally, learn to do it intentionally first and you will also learn how to avoid it.

[@violynnkuo]

“Goldilocks, quite the budding criminal” 😂. Love this tutorial, Nathan. Will trudge my way through this exercise and attempt to become more ‘Goldilocks’. 👌😅 Your left-hand/right-hand coordination is GOALS! 🤩

[@VIOLINISTAAMADOR]

I have a lot of difficulty playing fast snippets, I know I have to study slowly and increase the speed little by little, but I can only go up to a speed later it won't. Congratulations on the super class. God bless you always.👏👏👏👏👍👍👍🔔🔔✌✌😊😁😁😁👊👊🎻🎻🎻👀👀

[@felixdidier7086]

awesome - needed something like this for Death of Tybalt excerpt haha

[@mathewkinnear3581]

Love the material! This will definitely be a great topic when going out and teaching! Left hand and right hand coordination is always difficult to reach to students, so the more strategies the better... I find that it takes multiple different ways of trying the same things to get EVERY student to understand and be able to replicate it. Teaching it to others always helps me to understand it better myself too!

[@mathewkinnear3581]

I have been trying this on the Piazzolla and it is working wonders! Especially that mixed meter section at the end, it sounds clean for the first time at full tempo!

[@robertoriggio117]

This technique actually produces cool effects that you can do on purpose, not just for fixing a problem.

[@El_C0nquistad0r]

The late left hand part sounds like Prokofiev 1!

[@ur.kr.2814]

My god your playing is amazingly crisp.

[@haleyschricker2124]

It's really helpful to have a demonstration as well as written-out instructions, thank you!

[@Cesar-kx6vj]

Amazing video, that's a good way to get the Bartok's batton dance. Absolute control, how inspiring you are!

[@bravotuttimusic525]

Great video Nathan! I have this problem when I'm nervous! Definitely going to practice this strategy. Thanks!

[@hannahwhiteviolinist]

Wowwww why’s this so perfect

[@retrops4261]

Metronome don't lie! :)

[@iamjane9628]

Thank you, Nathan. Your videos have been very helpful to me.

[@mattbk1yn]

welcome back Mr. Cole

[@SteveTjoa]

I find that the Goldilocks principle -- try both extremes, then bring the extremes closer together -- works on many elements of technique, e.g. finger spacing on octaves, vibrato amplitude, shifting, contact point, left elbow position on fifths. Not only does it improve the sensitivity of our muscles and sense of touch, but it also improves our hearing, i.e. ear training, reducing the minimum perceptible differences in sound. By the way, I like your 60 fps videos. Do you sync audio and video in post, or is your lav mic connected to your camera?

[@natesviolin]

Hi Steve, I have the mic running through a preamp/compressor (to even out playing and speaking a bit) and then into my camera at line level. The less I have to do later, the better! And I totally agree about the many applications of this principle.

[@SteveTjoa]

@@natesviolin Thank you for the reply, Nathan. I admire the high-quality content and production value of your videos. Out of sync violin videos are tough to watch. Big fan of the podcast, too.

[@retrops4261]

It even works with right arm issues relating to string crosses:)

[@user-xx5wo6vf5b]

I love your violin over tones!

[@mitchellbarker9368]

Great advice and great sounding violin!

[@NorthWestAirgun]

Sounds like you're trying to become a Cape Breton fiddler, yes, some people play that way on purpose. Thanks for putting up this method, I'll add it to the toolbox. In a similar vein, I'll sometimes practice a passage in different time, i.e., 4/4 to 3/4 or 6/8 just to change things up, and it somehow helps nail the original timing down.

[@UTuber279]

Thank you very much for sharing this info Nate.

[@ivyssauro123]

Amazing, that's perhaps my biggest issue, the fast late version sounds exactly like me 😂 will definitely work on this

[@natesviolin]

I bet a little of this is all it will take!

[@alexeyaslamas732]

Great! Very useful! Thank you very much!

[@zhangbenyuan7249]

I love your videos so much, thank you for inspiring us.

[@Violinna]

Will be sure to try this method - thank you! Also, this will help with the crazy Tannhauser overture if it ever comes up again😅

[@natesviolin]

Absolutely Inna! That passage used to kill me...

[@abirke18]

Thank you Nate! This will be a lot of fun to try out on faster string changes, particularly those involving sautille. I find that's where things tend to get a little wild for me. This video is quite timely as I intended on exploring a number of methods to gain better control over that! Do you have any other suggestions or videos that you would recommend along with this one for working on that sort of control?

[@papatyak2027]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@PrimoDoTake]

Bravo, great tips thanks!!!

[@jorgeluisprado9860]

marvelous!

[@fateindustry]

Basics are actually very hard.

[@Wilescape]

Hi. I definitely find that my left hand can be too slow for my bow… like how you described in your staccato coordination video. In what kind of situation is it more common that the left hand is too fast for the bow arm? Thanks for your highly informative videos & great playing 😊

[@nskimharris]

Great video! I really want to fix the missing rock in the cottage foundation haha.

[@ivyssauro123]

What is the name of your video on note grouping and evening out the left hand?

[@bobafetteste]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmq9paOFjKqnatU here!

[@natesviolin]

Beat me to it, thanks!

[@bobafetteste]

@@natesviolin 😅 Thank you for all your content Nathan. It's an absolute gold mine!

[@ivyssauro123]

@@bobafetteste thanks loads!

[@joshuam2154]

What instrument and Strings are u using? Thx

[@retrops4261]

I think he uses pirastro "passione" and his instrument as he said in the vid is THE Jack Benny Strad, ie the Stradivarius instrument that the famous 20th century comedian played ( intensionally) significantly worse than his real abilities allowed. Though he was not a concert violinist by any stretch, he actually could play moderately well, and had a great love of classical music. With Nathan's hands under it, the instrument sounds pretty fabulous:)

[@alberthuide]

Or maybe if you don't practice this, you might at least get the ending of Tannhäuser Ouverture right