How to Play a High 3rd Finger after a 4th Finger on the Violin (semitone)

In a descending scale, you might find it difficult to go from a fourth finger to a high third. Here are tips to play this in tune even if you have thick fingers.
02:12 B Major violin scale
03:56 Tips for thick fingers
05:06 E Major violin scale
05:52 A Major violin scale
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[@binahdelille724]

Thanks again Zlata. Your answer is clear

[@i6g7f]

Wonderfully explained

[@iggyzorro2406]

very beautifully and succintliy explained. thank you. my problem might not be so much thick fingers as a thick head - remembering all the techniques necessary to get a nice round (in tune) tone.

[@violinlounge]

You can do it!

[@milankubis4523]

Thank You!

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You're welcome!

[@binahdelille724]

Hello Zlata Thank you for your explanations, it helps me a lot. I really see how the position of the right arm and the fact of keeping the first finger in place as a reference while descending the scale, it allows to have the accuracy for the fourth finger and suddenly for the third. I am also one of your students for the Paganini's secret course and the first left hand exercises already help me a lot. In fact everything is connected Thank you for your excellent work

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You're welcome!

[@yvonnesegers3214]

Thank you Zlata!

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You're welcome!

[@GothicNiqabiah]

Very helpful. Tq for this..i have been struggling with this haha.. So Tq so much..

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Welcome 😊

[@dixieoswald1234]

thanks

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[@DunravenWest1]

A very interesting point for me: it is clear from this video that you place your left-hand thumb very low on the violin neck. It seems to be more under the neck than to the side of it. An explanation would be very helpful - thank you :-)

[@violinlounge]

I might make a video on that! There are two different violin schools with different ideas about balance in violin hold.

[@DunravenWest1]

@@violinlounge Please do - that would be a HUGE help!!! Many thanks!

[@markjohnbarreda7762]

Hi 😁 oum how to vibrato without a shoulder rest??And how to not shake the violin doing that?😁

[@violinlounge]

Supporting the violin partially with the thumb and moving around the finger tip instead of shaking the violin. The shoulder rest just exists for a couple of decades or so. Violin players have shifted and vibrated for centuries without shoulder rest and even without chinrest. However, their balance and playing technique was a bit different.

[@janesmith8316]

Good to know! Thanks! I see you lost your shoulder rest and have a high chin rest. May I ask, What chin rest are you using?

[@violinlounge]

It was a VLM Augustin 3D chinrest. This is an old video and I was experimenting with it. I'm back to my usual set up again.

[@deadmanswife3625]

@@violinlounge that answers that question. I recognize that shirt and that beautiful color paint in your old studio. But the first thing I noticed in the thumbnail was that incredible stretch and Arch on your pinky and ring finger oh my goodness