One thing nobody talks about it learning to hear. It's fundamental to intonation, to sound, to phrasing, and generally sounding not bad. Record your singing voice in a recorder, and it won't sound like you expected. Next, learn to hear your singing voice and make changes until it sounds acceptable to you on the recorder, and apply what you learned to the violin. You can also practice hearing the pitch in your head just before you play it.

The problem with this is that you twist all intervals differently if you correct against the next best open string. You can easily test this. Play a 2st finger e or b against the upper or lower string - the optimum is not the same. The best quartets also tune their lowest string slightly higher to compensate for the fact that a clean sounding 5th is too large. This effect is more pronounced on the viola. You notice this if you tune against an electronic tuner. Then if you play in a quartet context you have to balance what you want. The best quartets adapt their intonation to whatever is needed in a certain context.

You are a great pedagogue! Fun but very focused and brilliant. So glad your channel keeps growing. I’m a Galamian scale user myself and I love noodling out some Schradiek too.

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

hehe thanks so much! Yeah, scales and Schradieck are SUPER helpful!

There's an app called Intonia. For either iOS or Android. Extremely useful. It shows our tune whether it's flat, in tune or too sharp

really enjoying your tutorials. Mahalo

This vids has just proven my whole philosophy of string playing - simple double stops first before scales. How can you play a great in tune scale if you can not play simple double stops in tune first? Double stops should allows come before scales! I even use a very advanced tuner to see just exactly how in or out of tune my individual notes are. It also helps to study the tuning methods of music history.

@andrewpenny4984

Жыл бұрын

Heifetz said that back in the 1900s

Super!!

Fantastic. Thank you!

Another Superb video. this helps so much , Thankyou!!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Yay, glad to hear!!! Good luck!!!

Thank You!!!!!!!!!

Great tips! And very nice insight into the reality of always adjusting and listening.

Wow wow wow

Fantastic! 🎶🏆 Thanks so much for your sharing your knowledge and experience on violin playing. 🎻 I love ❤️ all of your VDOs.

Love this lesson!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear! More coming!

Thank you, 3very morning I start practicing violin first is 4 strings in tune by using open string and 4 th pinnky , then G major scale and listening. Agree it is a constant every day correction adjustments to play in correct pitch. You have explained and demonstrated so well. You are my Violin Guru.

I just started taking lessons of violin a month ago and I’m reallllly excited. Though is 24 years old late to learn violin? Love your videos btw

@peacemaker6119

2 жыл бұрын

Nope not at all :D as long as you enjoy it you ll do great

thank you - that really is a nice way to practice a scale and use intervals to check intonation. I've been a bass guitarist all my life (I am very ancient now) and I would tune up by getting the G string from a tuner then tuning each lower sting on the fifth fret which would create a unison tone with the open string by turning the tuning peg while the aural frequency waves got slower and slower and then disappeared. kind of the same technique. - I can relate to that. I subscribed and will look forward to your video tips and lessons.

I always think of 4ths as inverted 5ths. Tritone is the same inverted (4aug=5dim) 4th=inverted 5th M3=m6 inverted m3=M6 inverted M2=m7 inverted m2=M7 inverted 1=8 1=1

So genius to check open strings against all perfect intervals. I'm so OCD about unisons and octaves, and it will be a huge help adding the fourths and fifths! Thanks for another amazing lesson!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Yay, glad to hear that! It really is the best way of doing it. Blew my mind when my teacher showed me this. Cheers! :)

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Nice!!! Thanks Filip! Many times I use the octave on E string to tune the rest of the neighbouring notes, in 4rth to 7th positions. Cheers!

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, so you compare it with the harmonic on the E string?

@Alexdimgr

3 жыл бұрын

@@filippogady Yes Filip, that is what I have done at some extend in many cases when I practice slow. Thanks for the how to play fast video. Really nice and helpful!

Hey Filip, well concluded. do you have any tips to improve better hearing?, I think it's another important aspect for us string players. Thank you in advance

Inspiring as always! 🙌🏽 Just curious, which scale system do you use? Flesch? Galamian?

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Joseph! I grew up using Flesch and Uminska, but I don't think it really matters. It's just scales afterall 😂

You said it's most important to practice scales in 3rds, 6ths and octaves. Why not 2nds, 4ths, 5ths and 7ths? Also, what are fingered octaves?

How to tune a C natural, C sharp, D sharp, a B flat, F natural, G sharp, ... ???

Cracks me up. Entertaining. Like eating vegetables.

Hey! Nice video! What about your chin rest?

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

Check out my video where I talk about how to hold the violin. I explain my chinrest there :)

ooops 🐴🍹

@filippogady

3 жыл бұрын

haha it's impossible to pronounce