I must try your technique... I am 81 violin keeps me going and my old bicycle life is joy.

Haha - Finally violin videos where the teacher can actually demonstrate the scales, exercises and sounds fantastic! Well done!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yayyyyy!!!!!

BEST VIOLIN TUTORIAL EVER

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Yayyyyy 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Hi Filip! Thank you so much for this! As a self-taught adult beginner, I struggle with my left hand setup for quite some times until I found this video of yours. My intonation improves significantly and my pinky is now always ready! I used to hate if I had to use pinky but now I love it! It readily snaps on the fingerboard whenever I need it as you mentioned Thank you so much !!!

Baby is like ... what kinda musical frenzy is that 😂🎉😊😂

I love the compromise on the Chaconne. Pure grace and freedom!

You’re such a great teacher! Then again, no surprise given who you’ve learned from. That woodpecker tho 😂😂

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I’ve definitely been very lucky to have had amazing teachers. Very grateful for that! And yeah, I had fun editing this one 😂

Finally, I find someone whose LH thumb position is like mine!! So I'm not abnormal after all! Thank you for your videos. I am now a subscriber. Love the woodpecker!! 😂

@filippogady

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! For me the perfect looking left hand is the one of Leonid Kogan. Not only does it work amazingly well, but it also looks just right and aesthetically pleasing.

You're an amazing teacher!

Well done! You have a gift for teaching.

Refreshingly clear and open discussion. Thanks ...

I love your videos!! I just graduated with a BM, and I'm just now deciding to make the switch to no shoulder rest because it releases so much tension from the right side of my neck and shoulder blade area! 😁👍🏻

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

you are ahead of me then! I did that in my 2nd year Masters 😂

Love the way you turn the editing into humour :D

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

hehe thanks man! Hope all is well!

Thank YOU!!!

This helped me so much. Thank you!

Helpful as heck, funny as hell....Thank You!!

Loved the Chaconne. Those scales are awesome. A video on how to play clean and fast(left fingers and also coordination of both arms) would be great. Thank you!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! That video is definitely coming 🙌🏼

Great video, thank you.

Most violinists play with a more oblique left hand position, I have been trying a more guitar- like position but find this puts a lot of strain on the hand and arm, also for me It makes me play more on the finger tip and less on the pad.

Thank you! I'm just learning and my teacher just insisted on Shradik, and it is these exercises that are my favorite and from time to time help to put my left hand on.

Nice one!!! Cheers, nice video!

Entertaining and educational. Your videos are fantastic. Thanks Filip!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! 😂🙌🏼

Very very good

I love ur vids

Honestly, dude, I've leant so much from your video. If you're wondering why I am leaving comments on your every single vid of your series, because I found it could help to produce a good sound .

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha thanks so much!!! Really appreciate the comments!!! There will be a video on sound coming out, too!!! 🙌🏼

Nice video

very inspired video, I am curious about your daily routine for warm-up, maintaining technique etc.

Your videos are like a black hole 🕳 I’m being sucked into. Your videos are getting more humorous 😂

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Hehe glad to hear. I’m getting more comfortable using Final Cut 😂

This was so helpful!! Can you do a video on what’s in your violin case? It’ll be so interesting

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I have a super minimal violin case, so there’s not much inside, but I can make the video. It will be very short 😂

I stopped using the shoulder rest since lockdown started in the UK as a little project. I love it. I have been experimenting with LH thumb position for a while and so far your suggestion is the most comfortable and reliable. Can you tell me which other violinist hold the violin this way please? I'd like to observe others violinists who shares similar technique like yours. Thanks.

Thank you for these videos. Really amazing, what an INCREDIBLE player you are (LEGEND status!!). I think everyone could learn something from you. Not saying I can follow everything because I don’t have amazing long and nicely spaced fingers like you, but trying nevertheless to follow your excellent advice. Schradieck here we come. Thank you Sir! Woodpecker 4:10 😀

God bless to your left hand

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Tak!!!!!

Wow

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah dude

@CelloBassett

3 жыл бұрын

@@filippogady these are great,

😊

Mr. Filip, what violin do you use in this video???

Left hand 🫲 is really problem for many students, lecture was helpful for us, thanks maestro…

Hello, but to turn the hand like a guitarist does not risk causing tension in the forearm? thanks for your reply and congratulations, you are an amazing violinist!!! 😃

@filippogady

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you David! Obviously it's not COMPLETELY turned in like a guitar player, but that's the idea. Also holding the violin in front of you rather than to your left will make it easier to achieve that kind of hand position. Hope that helps, and thanks so much for your comment! :)

Dear Filip, in your opinion ¿Does the left elbow (I mean triceps) should be in contact with your body while playing?

Hi!! What do you recommend for developing left hand fingers' agility? (How to play easily fast passages?) Thanks for sharing your videos :)

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

That’s mostly an articulation/ left-right hand coordination issue. There will be a video coming on that with exercises that I use on pretty much everything 🙌🏼

Another great lesson! Just curious, have you done any Dounis exercises? I hear they are even more effective than Schradieck...

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Joseph! I’ve never actually done or tried Dounis, but I’ve heard great things about it. I should give it a shot.

Nice video Filip. Which book would you recommend for practicing scales? I'm an intermediate student. All the best!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! I feel like it doesn’t really matter, it’s just scales. I grew up with Flesch and Uminska, both are great options :)

Which is the intro piece?

What violin and bow do you play on in this video Filip?

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

The violin is by Terry Borman. It's brand new, made in 2019. Love it! The bow is a CodaBow Diamond GX

Could you please record a video about vibrato?! ^^

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

That's already planned :)

@marwa-qz4ur

3 жыл бұрын

Quick reply, thank you .. Waiting it :D

Only moving the fingers makes perfect sense because smaller muscles are faster and more agile than large muscles (think squirrels vs gorillas). The arm is not as nimble as the hand. The hand is not as nimble as the finger. If you have to use your arm to reach something you will never find the speed you want!

Fuck yeah again Filip, thank you Sir! Great and funny video. I have quite a bad problem of tension in my left hand thumb (have a problem with tension in daily life with many things as well), any tips other than 'RELLLAAAAXX!' ? =] Thanks again!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm not sure. How much do you practice? I feel like when I don’t play for a few days, my fingers get very tired very quickly. I hear the same from friends who have quit playing professionally. They can still play very well, but the stamina in the muscles goes away which causes tensing up. Doesn’t sound like that’s your issue though. I’d probably have to see you play and see if I could identify the problem that way. Sorry if that’s not too helpful 😒

@SamLamingWingsuit

3 жыл бұрын

@@filippogady usually around an hour or two a day, occasionally 3 or 4. How about you? :) I think it's perhaps more posture connected than Instrument playing, but I feel it the most when playing Instruments. Thanks for the reply Filip.

i have an issue where the neck of the violin always slips off the left thumb. how do you stop that happenning?

@tullochgorum6323

Жыл бұрын

The great majority of players don't use this technique for just that reason. Filip has a very long thumb compared to mine, which may explain why he finds this comfortable. Personally, I'm not getting it to work at all. So don't feel bad about using a more conventional hold if it feels more secure.

@PieEatinSuicideGrunt

Жыл бұрын

@@tullochgorum6323 ah thank you! good to know i'm not going insane haha

My thumb is killing me after playing this way... Am I doing something wrong?

I over extended my pinkie and now it clicks when I play violin and I can't stand it. I discovered I can play violin without using my pinkie if I change all the fingering lol

What kind of violin do you play on?

@filippogady

Жыл бұрын

A violin by Terry Borman

@robertpadgett4192

Жыл бұрын

@@filippogady You make it sound fantastic!

I think its not possible for everyone to play the fourth finger without adjusting the hand, unfortunately. For me if I do so (setting the hand for the fourth perfectly) its uncomfortable/unefficient for the lower fingers, especially for the third to reach the notes. Maybe I havent find out another way, yet. I guess, for you it works, because you have big hands. Maybe you have a thought on that. I kinda like your neutral way of telling/explainig, though. :)

@filippogady

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I do realize that having long fingers helps, but it’s not as important as it seems. I know plenty of violinists with really tiny hands who are brilliant violinists. I think that stretching the first (and second) finger down is super important as it makes your reach much bigger. That way you don’t have to stretch up with your 4th finger that far. Give it a try, hopefully it helps! Good luck :)

My self-esteem is gone....

Good Grief - this guy has LONG fingers. Good info on videos, but... I think some mention should be made about how to play fourth finger if you have small hands /short fingers. Not everyone has perfect violin hand anatomy.