"With Nicky" - Back to Basics

Mastering the basics of learning any musical instrument is so important and something that shouldn’t be rushed. Developing comfort, flexibility and relaxation (you might find I use this word a lot, sorry!) is something I believe to be of the utmost importance to being able to play naturally and with expression.
I would encourage you to be patient with these basic concepts because grasping them is SOO not easy. It needs constant reminding and readdressing and there is a lot to understand and remember. For some weird reason, staying natural, relaxed, fluid, balanced and flexible is crazy difficult when you are trying to play an awkward instrument like the violin. But we have to try to do it!
Playing is so much more fun if we can master it! I would advise you all to do these exercises just a little bit at a time, but often. Make sure you are concentrated when you do them, and if you’re getting bored or tired, stop and pick it up again later.
The videos have been generously supported by ESTA UK, MiSST - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme, and Oasby Music Group and I am very grateful for their support.
Huge thanks to our media partners Classic FM, The Strad, The Violin Channel and WQXR who will be sharing the videos with their audiences each week when released.
Finally, these videos wouldn’t have been possible without an amazing team: Scott Jaeger, our film maker, Laura Gardiner, our Education Manager, Rebecca Driver, PR Manager and Hannah King, Online Media Manager. I want to say a huge thank you to all four of them for being with me on this journey.
If you have any questions, or you want to know more about the things I've talked about in this video, leave me a message in the comments.
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00:03 The Violin
03:18 Warm up Exercises - for the link to Elena Urioste’s advanced warm ups video - click here: • Warm-up with Elena Uri...
05:41 The Violin Hold
12:21 The Bow Hold
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Below are the links to the clips used in this film if you want to find out and watch more:
Bruch Violin concerto no 1 - Menuhin, Fricsay - • Bruch Violin concerto ...
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No 1 - Benedetti - Søndergård - • SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Co...
Paganini 24 Hula Hoop (with Hilary Hahn) - • Paganini 24 Hula Hoop ...
Elena Urioste performs Amy Beach - Radio 3 New Generation Artist - • Elena Urioste performs...
Jascha Heifetz plays Hora Staccato - • Jascha Heifetz plays H...
David Oistrakh, Debussy - Clair de lune - • David Oistrakh, Debuss...
JANINE JANSEN - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor / Mariss Jansons - • JANINE JANSEN - Mendel...
Tom & Jerry Soundtrack Suite (Scott Bradley) - • Tom & Jerry | Soundtra...
Violinist Alina Ibragimova Plays Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 3 ‘Ballade’ - • Violinist Alina Ibragi...
Alina Ibragimova J.S. Bach：Gigue Violin Partita No.3 in E major BWV 1006 - • Alina Ibragimova J.S....
Leonidas Kavakos - Bach Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 - • Leonidas Kavakos - Bac...
Midori- Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer" by Ernst - • Midori- Variations on ...
Brahms - Concert for violin and orchestra. Perlman, Barenboim, Berlin - • Video
Julia Fischer performs Mendelssohn at the Saint-Denis Festival - • Julia Fischer performs...