I've been purchasing from fiddleshop online, they are very friendly and fair, once I purchased a mute and didn't arrive due to the bad delivery system in my country happens quite often, but fiddler shop just send it to me again, so I'm very grateful for that generous act

watching your violin reviews just to hear you play lol

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Irvin. :)

@alfhess97

7 жыл бұрын

same here!

Wow. You really got it Pierre. A real pleasure to here you perform something from top to bottom. Many thanks. And thanks for the good view of the fingerboard. Highly instructive. You are truly the Ambassador of Fiddle.

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Really nice of you to say. :)

I am envious of your skills, I don't know anything about the violin or music in general, but I wish I could play like this one day, it would bring so much happiness to be able to make such wonderful music all on my own like you are in this video.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say Manuela. :)

Gorgeous! All the velvety goodness remains.

@1stfiddlerman

2 жыл бұрын

😁 Thank you so much!!!!!

I just keep watching this over and over and over. That was soulful right there. Monsieur Holstein, Vous apportez la lumière dans votre âme.

Pierre, I watched this because my daughter is considering her next violin, (she loves this and the Soil). I have to say, I LOVE your performance! I have listened to it maybe 30 times over the past 3 weeks as well as a few other people's performance but NONE compare to you. NONE! You are awesome!

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :)

That was ... So beautiful you should do more covers of classical songs!

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

I'll try to find the time to do that. Thanks

I'm just learning to play the violin. And I hope I can play half as well as this one day. I'm teaching myself and watching your videos and and a few others. So it will be a while. But that was beautiful.

you sir, made my week. what a treat for the ears. what a treat for the soul.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Super nice of you to say. Thanks for that!

Always a favorite - because of the Amati and watching you so obviously enjoying playing this selection that has such historical roots but is flexible to have grown and been adapted to the changing centuries musical evolution.

One of my favorite videos. Beautiful playing and sound.

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Good video, Pierre! I love hearing you play. Nice to have a peek at the workshop in China, and have a little info on the fiddle. I am loving the violin you sent me and got to demo it for my parents today. Thanks again.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon. I appreciate the update. :) Happy to hear it.

Great playing and superb sounding fiddle. Just saw a nice French copy (19th C.) of an Amati that sold for $95,000. Love that Amati sound. Thanks for sharing.

Hey Pierre I love this violin, not only does it have a great old violin look but also it sounds incredible!!! Your review was beyond excellence bro. Hopefully one day I can upgrade from my concert master to the Holstein Amati violin :)

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

That would be great Juan. I'll help you get a great one. :) Hope all is well.

beautiful to hear, felt like i was being hypnotised by the beauty of it 😍

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lucy!

iiiiiiExtraordinario!!!!!felicitaciones por tan buena seleccion de musica. Gracias por deleitar nuestras almas.

@1stfiddlerman

3 жыл бұрын

De nada. Muchas gracias por las amables palabras y por mirar.

Wow! Wonderful playing! bravo!

@1stfiddlerman

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Perfection! Wow!!!

Very Nice Sound... Indeed. Impressive.

a really beautiful violin, as is the value of this violin, thanks, greetings from Colombia Fiddlerman. :)

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The link for holsteinviolins in the description is coming up as a "deceptive site". Wish you did more of the group performing videos. Would love to join in on one of those.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

I'll look into that. Thanks for the information. The projects will come.

WOW! I Love it! so spiritually touching.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Muito lindo esse Violino! Principalmente o som dele! Um sonho de consumo!👏👍👏👍👏

@Fiddlershop

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@alexandresilva-gi8yn

6 жыл бұрын

FiddlerShop Qual o valor do Violino?? Quanto custa? Quantos dólares?

Beautiful!!!. 💟

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Precioso!!!❤❤❤

Wow what a pretty violin, it sounded soft but you could really get nice emotional sounds from it, I thought so anyways. The violin seemed to respond really well. You motivate me to practice even after hours!

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

My biggest goal would be to motivate others to play and practice. Thanks for saying that.

Incredible!

@1stfiddlerman

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Jad!

Would you say this violin is better than the Holstein Soil?

I wish I could play like you. ☺

Hi. Is this violin a good choice for soloist? I'm looking for an upgrade with budget below the $3000 mark.

Great violin playing. Nice sounding violin, but not cheap. Greetings from Finland!

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Kiitos!!!

beautiful......wow

@1stfiddlerman

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

your smile ^^

@Milamberinx

7 жыл бұрын

I was looking for a comment on that. What a great smile

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

Really. LOL Thanks

@changing22

3 жыл бұрын

@@1stfiddlerman Yes, you are handsome

@1stfiddlerman

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, you guys are too kind. Smiling right now. 😁

Absolutely fantastic! Do you have CD’s? Thanks!

@1stfiddlerman

3 жыл бұрын

Never thought of it. Maybe a future project. :) Thanks for watching and for the kind words.

It's nice and bright. The lower register isn't too dark, which I think is how Amati violins are suppose to sound like?

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Great observation. I agree.

Do u have 3/4 size?

Can you please indicate the name of the strings you use ? Magnificent instruments !

@therockstein6854

7 жыл бұрын

Thomastik Vision Solo Strings

Aaaaaaah.....La Follia 😊 my fave ! Was it a variation, or you improvised? Great play, absolutely loved it! The violin is a bit too mellow though, not much projection. What do you recommend for an intermediate student who prefers an instrument with warmth, but not at the cost of projection....around the $1200 mark. I've been watching reviews but cannot decide.

@1stfiddlerman

5 жыл бұрын

I would shoot for a MJZ903 or a Fiddlerman Soloist Violin. The Ming Jiang Zhu is a bit more expensive but they are amazing. If you can save up for a MJZ905, you would be set for possibly the rest of your life. :)

Lark Ascending on the Amati would be awesome, please.

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

True. :)

thank you from France

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Merci!!!

Keep up the good work Fiddlerman!

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Would you please say again your string choice? Are they flat wound or round wound? Or does that even apply in violins? Thank you.

Fiddlerman, Is there any clues on how to identify an Amati violin over a Stradivari model? They are pretty similar.

@1stfiddlerman

2 жыл бұрын

Strads Golden Age was a bit different from his first violins. The bodies were wider. Of course Amati's "Grand Amati" was used by Cremonese Violins makers from that point forward. He is the greatest contributor to the modern violin design. Body proportions, f-holes, and arching are different as are they from the individual makers as well. I'm definitely not an expert though I see the patterns frequently. But you are right, they are very similar. Especially Golden Era Strads vs the Grand Amati design.

I hope I can play like this someday, keep up the great work!

@grudgin1877

8 жыл бұрын

Same here hah

@channelterminatedanddead

8 жыл бұрын

Oh, you can, just don't play the difficult Corelli version. La Folia is an old Spanish folk tune, you can slowly grow with ciaconas like this and one day you will be able to play Corelli's, Marais' and Vivalidi's versions.

@grudgin1877

8 жыл бұрын

+Galante Welt • I just started playing 4 days ago. Learning a Wojciech Kilar song. It's goin good. Just gotta get down that pesky vibrato. (I'm refusing to use a chin piece and shoulder rest too.. I'm goin old school) hah

@channelterminatedanddead

8 жыл бұрын

Vibrato is a no for beginners! You have to start with basic skills, before training on vibrato. A proper vibrato is very difficult on string instruments and usually takes a long time to learn. Anyway, if you go original baroque, constant vibrato is a no-no anyway. People with a long neck might have difficulties without chin rest, but you can always use some piece of fabric, like they often do in ancient music.

@channelterminatedanddead

8 жыл бұрын

Grudgin 1 There's an actual LA FOLIA website in the Netherlands www.folias.nl/html1.html

Hello, I was wondering if I have a very old violin and it has a light cack is it possible to be restored without a change in it sound ? and thanks :) hope you respond

@zahraam1079

8 жыл бұрын

Sorry I mean *crack

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Yes it is. As a matter of a fact the crack is probably causing a worse sound.

wow, what a sound

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's really fun to play this instrument. Very responsive.

Wait a minute, you have the guts to stand there and play THIS for nothing? If you put this on a CD, I will buy it on the spot, even if the CD costs 50 €! La Folia is my official personal anthem, but what you're doing here is not to get on CDs anywhere. I prefer to listen to sonatas for just 1 violin plus b. c., but lately I was looking for just violin without anything (couldn't find anything at Dussmann, Berlin). I think, you're partly improvising and that's even better. With this recording you move up into the ranks of my top models and idols, bloody oath! And this version of La Folia is going to influence my style quite a bit.....

@channelterminatedanddead

8 жыл бұрын

I hear a little 'breathy' rustling from the strings and it's very useful to learn, that this must be a normal thing, even with high quality violins. At times I was asking myself, whether this could be just a handicap of student violins. So, it helps me to hear it here and learn, that my violin is not all that bad. Well, a little breathy noise can be an emotional thing, like we know from human voices.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Your words are too kind. Thanks. I do however prefer to play this with a harpsichord and in a cathedral like acoustical environment.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

In the quiet passages? Yes, I tried to sound a little baroque too.

@channelterminatedanddead

8 жыл бұрын

Breathy in the quiet passages, yes--it sounds very touching. It obviously has to be and I like it. From now on I will enjoy it while it comes from my violin. You tried to sound a little baroque? I know you are an experience player of baroque repertoire-among other styles. Partly you played without vibrato, partly with a very strong vibrato and I love that variation. I'm supposed to get over my violin-vibratophobia, I suffered from since I was a child. If everything is with vibrato, I find it too much, but vibrato is not necessarily a bad thing. I have to understand that emotionally. When I was 13, I actually refused to learn violin, because I found the vibrato so nasty. I loved Handel's string sections and disliked the violin solos. It took a long time until I discovered Harmonia Mundi CDs, which totally changed my view on the violin.

@channelterminatedanddead

8 жыл бұрын

Fiddlerman "I do however prefer to play this with a harpsichord and in a cathedral like acoustical environment." Just violin an harpsichord, I'm looking for CDs like that too! People are buying the same all the time: If it comes to Corelli, concerti grossi; if it comes to Vivaldi, Four Seasons; Handel, Water Music etc. I am digging through ancient music shelves at Dussmann's for hours before I find a real gem. I know, the violin music I have to learn is NOT coming from inside myself. It's coming from outside, for we are all playing what we've learned by listening. I have to tank a lot of soloist violin music and would most certainly sit and listen to you in a cathedral for hours.

At first, I thought you were playing a stylized rendition of "My Country 'Tis Of Thee". Needless to say, I was a bit confused with how it went.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

LOL, you are right. My Country Tis Of Thee.... I never thought of that.

Which violin do you think is better, the Holstein "il cannone" or the Holstein "amati"?

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

They differ but most often the Cannone. It has a darker tone. Both are open and responsive. :)

@connornguyen1842

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, furthermore, which violin would be better suited for a professional soloist?

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

Well, it depends. A great soloist can make instruments that are not the best sound fantastic. If the soloist has unlimited funds they would look at old Italian fine instruments costing millions. That way they have both a great instrument and an investment. If the soloist is looking for a great instrument that is not an investment they should look at award winning instruments such as VSA gold prize winners. We have a few of those at Fiddlershop. We have a bench made Scott Cao that is out of this world IMAO!!! We also have a couple of Bogdanoski violins.

@connornguyen1842

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input!

@connornguyen1842

7 жыл бұрын

I'll take a look at the instruments in your shop, I need a violin for soloists around a couple thousand...as a backup.

One of my favorite violins you have reviewed. I should get my violin to listen to this. Very wishful thinking.

Hello Fiddlerman, I was wondering which arrangement of La Folia this was, I coudn't find this exact one...

@pierreholstein534

6 жыл бұрын

Edited by Leopold Lichtenberg. I cut some stuff out so that it wouldn't be too long though.

@cianleonizoabad

6 жыл бұрын

Pierre Holstein Wonderful, thank you sir...

@corinmeehan368

3 жыл бұрын

@@pierreholstein534 Ah, my patient scrolling was rewarded. I love this piece! And your rendition is perfect for an Amati. Lovely playing and sound!

@1stfiddlerman

3 жыл бұрын

@@corinmeehan368 Thanks so much Corin!

I finally have a violin but its a 3/4 and i need a 4/4 and i feel like i play bad cuz the size.

@euca9569

8 жыл бұрын

I play on a half size but I am supposed to be full sized. Don't let violin size hinder you, instead take advantage that you could play really high on any string because of this! If YOU think that it is actually hindering your performance then go for it!

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

@Emerald, above all you will feel the power and quality when you get a bigger instrument. :)

@lalysalgado8768

8 жыл бұрын

Enrico Benitez thanks

@lalysalgado8768

8 жыл бұрын

Fiddlerman thanks

Hey Pierre it's summer and I want to know the best violin for $500-ish; max would be $520.

@01killyou

8 жыл бұрын

highly recommend you to buy a secondhand violin at that price. You could find a $500 used violin whose fair value is around 1000-1200

@euca9569

8 жыл бұрын

I'm loooking for am outfit though...

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Enrico, where do you live? The Fiddlerman Artist fiddlershop.com/fiddlerman-artist-violin.html or the Scott Cao STV500 is nice fiddlershop.com/scott-cao-500-violin.html for that amount of money, however, if you would like, we can make you a deal on a master violin. We just received a new batch and they are fantastic. We can do a half now and half in 6 months or something like that. As always, you have a 30 day satisfaction guarantee with Fiddlershop and I will test it personally before it ships. The new master is really beautiful too fiddlershop.com/fiddlerman-master-violin.html the pictures of the new one are not up but we can take some shots for you and send to your cell or email.

@euca9569

8 жыл бұрын

Fiddlerman I live in Southern California. I really want to try the scot cao stv500. Plese make a video on the artist! Much thanks!

@euca9569

8 жыл бұрын

Fiddlerman Also, do violins differ in sound for each individual instruments.

what's the song name?

@1stfiddlerman

7 жыл бұрын

'La Folia' by Arcangelo Corelli :)

Is, it like 3/4 violin like the original?

@1stfiddlerman

4 жыл бұрын

No, they are larger than that. I believe it's the grand Amati Pattern.

@asisqueezylovediary6474

4 жыл бұрын

@@1stfiddlerman which amati is made small as for the ladies in that times. Is called the female violin haha but I don't know which one is it

❤️

What bow are you using? I am in desperate need of a new bow but don't know what to get, I need something to go with my $3,000 violin, right now I am using a fiberglass $20 bow and it's terrible! It is hindering my music ability.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

I guess I should have mentioned it. I am using a 3 star Holstein Pernambuco bow. Thanks for watching.

was that song hard to learn

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

It's advanced. There are more simple versions available to download though.

@lalysalgado8768

8 жыл бұрын

+Fiddlerman thanks

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_in_D_minor,_Op.5_No.12_'La_Folia'_(Corelli,_Arcangelo)

جميل

bouitifol

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Sounds cheap as hell, sorry.

@1stfiddlerman

4 жыл бұрын

That's OK. You are entitled to your opinion. Thanks for watching.