Practicing Zigeunerweisen on violin with Alexander Technique

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Jennifer Roig-Francoli

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@erickesanchez 10 ай бұрын

You play beautifully :) Zigeunerweisen is a wonderful piece

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Yes, I've always loved it. Thanks for watching!

@mkf-violin 6 ай бұрын

You played beautifully. It seems like an easy piece for you, also your violin is very responsive. What strings did you use in this video?

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I like to use an aluminum wound Eudoxa 'E' string, and Evah Pirazzi strings for all the rest. I also like Obligato strings, but the EPs work better on my violin. I hate Dominants, by the way, even though I used them for years! Thanks for commenting!

@mkf-violin 6 ай бұрын

@@JenniferRoigFrancoli thank you for telling me, probably I will try this strings for my violin

@teddytaehyungwonko8005 4 жыл бұрын

It's nice that you never give when playing even when you mess up sometimes. I'm your BIGGEST fan!! :D

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :) When the goal is simply to find out what happens and learn, we are always successful!

@beninua 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It meant a lot to hear a person playing that exact piece without an orchestra, as it has such personal meaning to me. I personally am a cellist and a pianist (only for my own amusement and playing in small amateur ensembles), but my father was an exceptional violinist and very emotional both as a person and a musician. This was one of his all-time favourite violin pieces, and I still have his violin hanging on my wall in my study, and every time I look at it I remember my father standing by the window in my wonderful childhood home while playing his violin by ear while I could tell he closed his eyes for many minutes at a time. I sometimes tiptoed in while he was playing and it was so fascinating to watch him as if he was in a meditative trance while playing these beautiful notes. He didn't even sense that I had entered the room until he stopped playing and opened his eyes and saw me sitting there enjoying his music, and I just said, "please play it again, dad!". He had several violins, but his favourite was one he got from an old violin builder he'd known for years who had restored this violin completely. It was a rare single piece backside and deck, and it had the most amazing deep sound, and people who heard him play sometimes thought it was a viola when he played. This was wonderful to me because my father - who also played in an amateur symphonic orchestra - of course played on his own when he was at home, so listening to you play was like getting a chance of hearing my father again playing all by himself by the window where his thoughts and emotions could leave the home alongside the notes from his violin and float out into the universe. So listening to this played solo (without a great symphonic orchestra) was exactly what I wanted to hear. My father died way too young, but he taught me to enjoy music from the minute I was born. When I was a kid at 5 I sometimes sat all day long at his stereo with headphones on and listened to his records with classical music. My father had duplicated many of his records to tape as it was easier for me to handle when I was a tiny boy at 5-6 years of age. I listened to every single record in his vast collection of classical music by, Igor Stravinsky, Pjotr Ilitj Tjajkovskij, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Antonin Dvorak, Nicoló Paganini, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner, Modest Mussorgsky, Dmitrij Sjostakovitj, Carl Nielsen, Edward Grieg, J. S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Béla Bartók, Pablo Sarasate, Camille Saint-Saëns, Hector Berlioz, Gustav Mahler, Maurice Ravel, Gustav Holst, and so many more .... Thank you for this wonderful little trip back to my childhood and my father who passed way too early. This meant so much to me.

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Beninu! Thank you so much for sharing your story here! I'm so grateful. It's so meaningful to know that we can all connect on a deep level through music. Music that brings us back to times and places and wakes of memories of people we love.... I'm very sorry your father died so young. I'm so happy to know that my playing here gave you joy. I hope you'll join my facebook group and stay connected! Be well, and enjoy your music! :)

@Fidelio1814 Жыл бұрын

Je pense que le violon est l'instrument le plus difficile à maîtriser ! Cette œuvre de Sarasate est musicalement enchanteresse, mais techniquement diabolique ! Leonid Kogan nous laisse une interprétation inégalée à ce jour ! Merci pour cette belle video !

@JenniferRoigFrancoli Жыл бұрын

Merci!!

@kungfuviolist7284 3 жыл бұрын

I'm playing this on viola and it's extremely challenging. This video was helpful to watch!

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 3 жыл бұрын

WOW - it's hard enough on violin! Good for you - learning it on viola - bravo!

@kungfuviolist7284 3 жыл бұрын

@@JenniferRoigFrancoli oh, thank you so much!

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 3 жыл бұрын

@@kungfuviolist7284 I think it's really exciting! Are you in my facebook group? I'd love to hear more about your process and what you find particularly challenging. It's called The Musician's Advantage, if you'd like to join. :)

@kungfuviolist7284 3 жыл бұрын

@@JenniferRoigFrancoli I just found your channel today, and no I'm not. I don't have facebook. I would love to join if I could though

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 3 жыл бұрын

@@kungfuviolist7284 Ah, too bad! I hope you consider subscribing and checking out the other videos on my channel. :)

@sistermariethereseswiezynski 2 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful to see Alexander applied to a piece like this. I learned much even from the time you took BEFORE you started, which I tend to rush through... On the piece itself I can see how you are using great efficiency of motion. Thank you!😊

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you found this helpful! Yes, I like to call the time before making sound the Golden Period, because it is such a rich opportunity to bring one's whole self to the act of music-making!

@miroslavoracko2764 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice sound violin. Thank you for your video good luck.

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! If you'd like to hear more, you can follow me on Spotify or any digital platform. Thanks! :)

@Bratsche2000 6 жыл бұрын

Your violin sounds amazing! May I ask who that maker of your instrument is?

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's a Sergio Peresson from 1986. I was its first owner - we're very close. ;)

@Bratsche2000 6 жыл бұрын

I just looked him up and saw that he passed away in 1991...you're very lucky! It sounds wonderful.

@dominoplay3712 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Would you say that during this demonstration you are approaching playing from a 2nd perspective, maybe something like you do when you are meditating and observing the mind? I’m asking tho, because I’ve played many ways and still not sure where the source of creation comes in when playing. Also, I’m noticing that the best I play is when (of course at ease) actually being together with every note, maybe one can say being in present moment and just ‘’vibing’’. Ofcourse, this principle is at the last stage of practice, not to be confused. Would love to hear your thought, and thanks for inspiring to find something more, cheers! 🤗

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I'd say you're definitely on the right track if you're conscious of being a "Witness" to your thoughts and movements while practicing/performing, just as you might do in meditation. The process I teach with The Art of Freedom® Method and hands-free Primal Alexander™ teaches you how to do this in a very systematic, step-by-step way that is precise and specific. I first teach a student how to differentiate between relative tension and relative ease/flow in the mind-body system; then, I help the student pay attention to that easing-flow with short 'Awareness Etudes' (you can learn the first one here on my channel - it's called TheCyCle). First, without movement, then with movement. First without the instrument, later with the instrument. It's a fascinating process to learn how to do something natural that we haven't cultivated, but which is THE KEY to effortless movement and true artistry. If you're interested in learning more, please email me at Jennifer@ArtoFreedom.me This is my life's work and my favorite thing to do is share this with musicians who are sincere about making great music and living with the whole self! Thanks so much for commenting! :)

@hassaanahmed23 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful sound im rn studying this piece

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Hassan! It's a joy to learn, isn't it! Have fun!

@hassaanahmed23 4 жыл бұрын

@@JenniferRoigFrancoli I'm an intermediate self taught violinist this piece is one of my favs. I take this as a challenge and am learning it bar by bar so far its tough.

@hassaanahmed23 4 жыл бұрын

Hi just saw your cycle of relaxation. I'm starting it today and going to do it on daily basis. I'll let you know what change it brings.

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 4 жыл бұрын

@@hassaanahmed23 - GREAT!! Did you sign up for my free 5-day Challenge to help you establish the habit of doing TheCyCle™ every day? You can sign up here if you haven't: bit.ly/bestwarmupchallenge

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 4 жыл бұрын

@@hassaanahmed23 That's the way to learn it - one baby step at a time. Make it easy by practicing the smallest possible chunks with ease. If you practice playing with ease, you'll be able to perform that way, too. Let me know if you want to learn more about exactly how to do this.

@misspellany1503 7 жыл бұрын

You make a wonderful sound, even when practicing! (from Magdalena)

@JenniferRoigFrancoli 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Magdalena! :)

@sm9846 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful piece , please keep up the speed part of this piece !and if possible please make a video for the piece of ( songs my mother taught me ) arrangement by kreisler! Greetings from Iran