Violin Lesson #7; String Crossing Pt. 1

[@roger7918]

Sir, I have watched each and every one of your violin instruction videos, and as an adult beginner, find them immensely helpful. As many others have stated, you are an excellent teacher. I thank you sincerely for your time and generosity!

[@norakaris]

Hi, I'm teach music at school, I'm from Peru, and this video is very useful. I'm tech, flute, guitar and piano basic lesson for children. This year at School have two children, they play violin, and this lesson are very easy to practice. Thanks so much!!!

[@nemurineko031]

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[@HarryHotspur100]

I've only watched two lessons so far but I'm already convinced that you're a superb teacher. Explanation and demonstration together with encouragement is a winning recipe for good teaching and learning. Correction. Excellent teaching. Thank you.

[@lilquenyful]

Todd, thank you sooooooo soooo much for your lessons. I actually feel like I am sitting there with you. I have gotten past lesson 7 and have learned so much that I am able to play twinkle twinkle little star with you. You are a wonderful teacher. thank you for taking the time to share your talents with the rest of us!!!!!

[@MezJ113]

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[@csbhaskar]

very important lesson I have learnt in this video.... Knowledge is not skill, knowledge repeated 10000 times creates skill, I will remember that... Thanks, you are really good.

[@amandasklim]

Thank you. I'm a newbe for playing violin. I'm trying to learn the very basic how to handle violin before engaging a teacher. Worried at first to pick up wrong technique and accumulate bad habits. But with your teaching I am glad that I am sure I am doing the right things.

[@squiddlydiddly206]

I have 2 sons who are very good violinists - the eldest is a professional violinist - so I've sat through a lot of lessons. I love your teaching style. I had a spare violin in the house and decided a while ago to teach myself. Your lessons will be a great help. It's a shame you don't live round the corner! You're fantastic!

[@elatu]

Im just starting, im is very good to go to class and to have this videos to help me practice at home. Thanks a lot, from Argentina.

[@RincsArt]

I've been wanting to learn how to play the violin for a long time now, and finally a friend of mine gives me hers. ^^ Thank you so much for the online lessons.

[@karpdiem2]

I've seen alot of teaching videos online, most are pretty terrible. I have several students, but am by far, not a Berkley or Julliard grad! Your methodology is clear, concise and accurate. You have put at least a couple of thousand dollars worth of lessons on You Tube, and brother, I sure do appreicate it! You're videos are well done.

[@oldpineapple]

This video has helped me immensely. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what I was doing wrong, now I can clearly see that my arm movement was far too restricted. Thanks.

[@akosijayar75]

Thanks for this tutorial. It helps me a lot. You are a great teacher.

[@olmmbill]

Thanks for a very clear explanation. I play traditional Irish music on tenor banjo and mandolin, and want to add fiddle to my tool kit. String crossing has been a major problem. This has helped a lot. Thank you.

[@jesterscup]

thanks, just got my violin today, and finding your lessons very easy to understand. I have to admit I was pretty daunted beforehand, but I'm feeling confident that I'll get the hang of it now

[@drshirleykoeh]

thanks a lot. this video really helps and I found it the most useful among those videos for beginners that I've seen...

[@ladyguin26]

thank you so much for restoring my confidence in learning the violin which i thought i would never be able to play.

[@CarlocoxLV]

OMG!! I learned string crosing in 5 seconds!!!!! thank you very much .

[@hernanpangia]

Thank you very much! I'm learning so much with you. You are the greatest teacher! I hope my violin will stop sounding like a crying cat soon.. jeje! Regards from Argentina.

[@Pgitlitz]

Hi Professor, I just wanted to thank you For the great service you are doing. I've been playing for many years and have just this last week started teaching. It has been some time since my first lessons and although I remember some details and exercises your videos are helping me parse the body of knowledge into bites my students will be able to grasp and adding some missing bits I may have past over. Thank You again Paul

[@mynameisnicd]

great job good sir. thank you professor. thank you for the good words.

[@hpept]

You are an excellent teacher.

[@GlenDization]

Hey profV thx so much for this video ! I've always rowed my wrist when changing strings and not my whole arm like what you've taught. And now I have improved just because of that ! Thanks so much !!! I'm just another grateful student =)

[@stellasworkinc]

wow, i just borrowed my friends violin and don't know a single note on the violin (except for the gdae) but after watching this video, i can play twinkle2x little star! you are one amazing teacher!

[@amjPeace]

Way to break it down! You're wonderful and I thank you very much!

[@nit323]

WoW!!!You really are a great teacher!Thank you sooo very much for these videos!Im getting my violin tomorrow from the repair shop(it was a very old one..i had to get it restrung and things like that)and I cant wait to start taking lessons!!!:)☺

[@perrito87]

Oh, professor!!!! You help me a loooooooooooooooot!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!! I thank you from the bottom of my peruvian heart!!!! Your videos ARE useful!!!!!! thank you so much!!!

[@Guito93]

Great teacher right there!

[@fenderilize]

Thank you for the helpful instructional vids!

[@SamuraiRui]

Excellent video lessons, they have been helping me alot :) thank you!

[@Missblondy11]

Thankyou for this! Without this video, I would have NO IDEA on what to do and my violin would be sitting in my closet!

[@zanmator]

thanks man, you're the instructor that i'vealways needed. the way you're teaching is really good and interesting. I've seen other instructors ....booooring. i get sleepy after 2 minutes, but you....you really want to do this. anyways many thanks.

[@slchua1709]

very wonderful. thank you for sharing. i am just starting to learn how to play the violin and indeed, i hit the A string everytime I shift to E and vice versa.

[@artedellemuse]

YOUR VIDS INSPIRE ME SO MUCH TO PLAY THE VIOLIN. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT. :)

[@bertoradzio]

ure the best ProfessorV!!!!! ROCK ON!!!!

[@ebrahimebram]

I love you......love from the bottom of my iranian heart :D.....honestly....I just bought it now I can play a simple song.....you are awsome

[@o0oWASTEDo0o]

Thank you so much! I just rented a violin yesterday and am so eager to play. I start lessons on Wednesday and now I can go to lessons knowing i'm not completely clueless about the violin. Thank you! ~Cike

[@TheGuider]

Thanks a lot for explaining so very professionally, yet extremely simple! Really helpful, as I am having that problem of hitting two strings at once while crossing.

[@MicheCZchannel]

Thank you so much, you teach me my first song in violin :D In only 2 days

[@rubaabdul7931]

Stright to the point 👍 thank you for sharing your knowledge 💕

[@mynameisnicd]

omg you rock good sir! thank you so much for making great videos like these! now i can dust off my violin now and finally learn to play! :)

[@minminy97]

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[@jononeil500]

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[@professorV]

Thank you, Jon. Best wishes.

[@goldrain0623]

i love u mang, i actaully learned something

[@kalibrador]

Great videos, great english also because my native language is not english and so I can understand each of your words. I'll keep watching to learn more, thx.

[@bizzzarra]

Thank you for spending time with these lessons prof! I'm a bass player considering starting playing violin:) Hi from italy! chiara

[@heoyouya]

your videos made me want to learn violin!! Very Nice videos indeed.. :)

[@jononeil500]

Excellent instruction. Thank you!

[@Kfreeks]

I'll definitely try that String bumping, it makes sense.

[@NaohMkS]

Thanks a lot, you are making easier all this stuff, now i think before i advance further in the tutorial ill practice a "hundred" times the string change XD

[@ryandanroth]

Well, let the squeak unleash. Dorm room + twinkle twinkle little star. Muahaha! Thanks for all the help!

[@owenel1111]

great lesson :)

[@SirRohan]

Thank you for posting up these video's, Professor. I have learned much needed information on how to play the violin, and this video taught me how to play my first song.

[@JuanSotomayor78]

Thanks professorV

[@SnelSan]

Wonderful explanation, thank you so much!

[@professorV]

Thanks, Sandra!

[@gnaisse]

awesome!

[@paulignacius]

Thanks!!!!!

[@mushroombrie]

Thank you for posting these videos, Professor. I appreciate the time you took to make them. They are an excellent accompaniment to my formal lessons. I find myself watching your lessons just before practicing on my violin. It helps to reinforce all that I have learned so far. Thank you again! Toni, a grateful student

[@pattycarpenter93]

Thanks! I'm pretty sure I have been leaving my elbow behind.

[@heeseonkim8046]

Thank you so much! it helps me a lot. You are my professor!

[@HoxygenSound]

thank you

[@lysterjays]

i think i wanna learn to play this instrument!! :)

[@lisaJay20]

thank you anyway! Pushing the pegs in did work, all i need now is a tuner lol.

[@ghostma4]

you are the best

[@frenchpianism]

thank you . i am improving much. rebecca. home-maker suzuki 2. Singapore

[@kity0114]

@TheOurvoice well imnot the professor but the same thing happened to me wen i bought my 1st violin and the reason is isbecasue u need to but rosin on ur violin but so that the crystal can get on the violin u 1 have to like give it texture the way i do this is by rubbing it a little bitwith a nail filer but a pen or pin would also d o

[@10milesfromnowhere]

I'm starting to see why getting lessons (from a teacher standing next to me correcting all my mistakes) might be a good idea. Bbut at least I'm getting a decent sound ;) Thanks for these videos!

[@vina92k]

i do that all the time =p thank u for this!!

[@EduardoBarelli]

"Knowledge is not skill, knowledge + 10000 repetitions creates skill" I loved this phrase!

[@katiekim5840]

Wow. thank you so much. Your teaching helps me a lot.

[@GlobeToddler]

Well, what type of bow do you have? (wood or carbon fibre?) The easiest way to determine if your bow is still usable: just check with your teacher or go to a luthier - it takes them a sec to tell you! Otherwise, if the hair got funny and even after putting rosin you're not able to create an even sound from frog to tip, that can be an indicator. Or if the stick gets funny... Or if it's impossible to change the tension of it... There's like a million reasons!

[@christaaae]

Professor: You are great! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@jleegosnell]

if you are playing mF, F, FF, sometimes even FFF lol you want to press into the string to make a loud sound. but if you are playing mp, p, or pp you would want to go with your technique, so yes you are right. just not right if you are playing loud

[@tootiebenson1514]

Thankyou soooo much, you are wonderful teacher. I have learned so much! I am 67 and have been playing the violin for 3 years. The right side of my neck is sore. I am using your relaxation tecniques and they help, any other suggestions?

[@SinanGhareb]

@pinktaka6492 looking at the violin while holding it as if you are playing, it goes from left to right in this order: G, D, A, E

[@PyramidHead1995]

.....i am sticking with my electric heavy ibanez 7-string guitar with lots of distortion, now that is what i call music.

[@p3rdyp1nkr0ses]

Professor, your videos are amazing! However, silly me didn't think to watch these videos when i was starting out on the violin and teaching myself, so I have to unlearn the bad habits and relearn the good ones, such as the ones shown in this video. Now my arm is starting to cramp from holding it correctly, and I'm hoping it goes away soon :(

[@prong00]

Godbless bro

[@junevi2000]

If the bow bounces on the string whenever you do string crossing, there is only one explanation to that. And that is : you are pressing the bow too much on the string. Try zero pressure when you are string crossing and also when shifting positions.

[@VinniePaah]

I still think about how I make a loop on my shoelaces. I wish I learn how to cross strings without thinking about this though.

[@professorV]

That's ok. We get to that technique in the following string crossing videos. Im starting simple to keep them clean and to keep people from getting frustrated. Best wishes!

[@VinniePaah]

Thanks Todd and the same to you!

[@beetlefull]

gracias 10,000 times

[@projetomaisverde]

Adorei a lição! Obrigada, professor!

[@aanglero]

I already play the Acoustic Guitar but Violin was something I admired as well. Your tutourial has me ready to purchase a violin and put in some more Knowledge plus a few hundred thousand reps. to get to that violin skill level. Do I stand a chance?

[@SweetChilliSources]

Thank you so much for the technique it does really help me ^^

[@lacasadelavoz]

hi! i´m from argentina, just want to thank you, great way to teack!!! good luck!!! i will try!

[@ThePrayerHotline]

Thank you very much for this video. I really want to learn how to play the violin. I was gonna buy one last week but i found out that there are 4, 5, 6, & 7 string violins Now im more confuse than ever which one to buy. With you video, i realize its a whole lot more difficult than I thought it is. Please advise.

[@46anna1995]

I don't know if you're still having issues but if you are, the scratchy string sound could be because you've got very cheap strings. The only thing a cheap violin could do is provide poor tone quality and tuning difficulties. I definitely encourage investing in better strings, even if your instrument is cheap. The strings make a HUGE difference. If you don't know how to change strings, you should ask someone from the music store you buy from to help you out. Good luck!

[@lordoflostorig]

Thanks! I'm new in the violin universe, and your videos are very usefull.

[@marlzipan]

Hi Todd. I am pretty new to teaching.. love your videos.How do you get students to stop clutching on to the neck with left hand and turn the hand towards the neck?C.P.

[@rubensmarianobrasil439]

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[@jessicawhitney2074]

I'm working towards my grade 8 soon and its scary realising how bad my bow hold and things used to be. thank for making these tutorials, they're really helping with my technique.

[@Camichda]

Thank you so much for you videos! I'm learning the violin on my own, so this really helps. God bless you :D

[@abhirup619]

hey this is abhirup... just got my violin three days ago...its italian and its pretty good...so says this guy i know who's been playing for quite some time now...i'm 20 and i know that its a lil late to be starting.but i really really feel that i can do it... your videos are awesome.i can play twinkle twinkle and old mcdonald now.. slow and with mistakes here and there but its just been 3 days right??? thanks again-abhirup,india

[@AtticusStount]

first saw this lesson two years ago. I heard that something was not quite right (but only just!) right in my bowing. I looked in the mirror and mentally refered to this lesson. What I play is simple, but pure and in tune. Moreso due to rewinding to this. I have never had a private lesson. Were I to record a video, could you point out any flaws in my technique?.

[@belaobs]

thankss i learn a lot !! I don't know if my violin is tuned-off, can i fix it like a guitar?

[@iamusicized]

I so badly want to learn violin, many people have told me it's a difficult instrument, is it ? Anyway i would still like to know what kind of a violin should I buy ? and the things one should keep in mind while buying one and finally how to begin ?

[@lisaJay20]

i have new violin. And the peg slips as well, so i'm abit worried about that. Since i pushed the peg in a bit though its seemed to stay but i'm afraid it'll go back to slipping outta tune.

[@allen764]

I have a similar neck length to you and I feel like I need a higher chin rest. What kind are you using? It looks like it's got some height to it.

[@professorV]

Allen, that is a Carl Flesch model, with a hump in the middle. They also make the Flesch with no hump. Finding a perfect setup can be a challenge, so if possible, visit a violin shop to try out different chinrest/shoulder rest combinations. Good luck!

[@allen764]

Thank you very much...it is quite an ongoing process.