I'm a Cellist and I'm going to try and get started on these! I learned this from Greg Byers but your breakdown of each step is awesome! Thanks Christian

This is the very first glimpse I am getting (trained as a very traditional non-creative string player). Although it may be a little late in my life, it gives me pleasure to glance inside this creative, magic box realizing some of the secrets that made me always wonder "How on earth do they do this." One way or other I will embed some of your videos on our website (a string instrument shop in Australia, called Animato Strings).

@ChristianHowesViolin

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dietrich! It's never too late...:) Sory i missed you last August in Oz- hopefully see you there next time. Feel free to pm me at chris@christianhowes.com if you'd like to connect. thank you.

The important take away from this video is this: You need to be able to start from any note of a scale (i.e. the chord you're playing over) and be able to proceed up or down from that point of the scale. So in effect you're learning or internalizing all the different modes within that scale.

Fantastic..... when you mention modes you are the real deal.

@ChristianHowesViolin

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Are you a player?

So Clear, so easy!!!! A Real Teacher Thank you so much!!!!

@ChristianHowesViolin

6 жыл бұрын

Paulo Vieira Madrid thank you!!!

I studied violin for 5 years when I was young playing baroque and classic music...then I studied art, left the violin and became a painter...I've 65 years and some times ago I polished off my 100 years old german violin and I realized that I'm even able to play!!! But I never played jazz and it's one of my dreams to improvise blues and jazz. Maybe that with the your lessons I'll fulfill it....even on a basic level.

@ChristianHowesViolin

9 жыл бұрын

Matthias Brandes awesome!

@MatthiasBrandes

9 жыл бұрын

Christian Howes I'm going to study with your sales ebook. Thank you a lot!

@lindsayk.carter9653

6 жыл бұрын

Hey everyone, the greatest results that i've ever had was by using the Ajana music lessons (i found it on google) definately the no.1 idea that I have ever tried.

super helpful, probably have to watch more than twice to get it completely. thanks for this too.

@ChristianHowesViolin

6 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! thank you

Amateur adult classical musician, just discovered your jazz tutorials yesterday by searching “learn how to improvise on viola”. Never thought I enjoyed jazz, but now I’m getting into it

@ChristianHowesViolin

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

So refreshing! I'm seeing a whole new world on the fingerboard. Thank you 🙏 🎻

@ChristianHowesViolin

3 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it! Thanks for checking out the channel

Thank you for the methodical and thorough approach Christian! Feel like my spirit is soaring high at the end of scale binging!

@ChristianHowesViolin

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Audrey!!!!

Perfect for Social distancing time, and for someone who never was trained traditionally and is trying to improve on basic skills like scales and postitions. YAY! Thanks so very much!

@ChristianHowesViolin

4 жыл бұрын

So happy to hear this was helpful for you! Thanks for your feedback

LOVE this. Thank you so much! Very helpful!

@ChristianHowesViolin

6 жыл бұрын

thanks for your feedback McKenzie. I'm so glad you found it helpful!

Deamn, never hve thought of it. This makes praticing for classical porposes way more fun

@ChristianHowesViolin

4 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Being a late returner (after a 44 years rest!) I want to be a lot freer than I was able to be as a teenager. I find your tips very encouraging.

I always loved practicing sequences or motifs on the piano throughout melodic minor and diminished scales. It was very beneficial melodically and technically! It’s so much more difficult on the violin in my opinion. But for those willing to put in the work, you won't regret it.

@ChristianHowesViolin

8 жыл бұрын

Wow Thx for that perspective scott!

Christian, this is awesome. I write music cues for film/TV and am constantly having to come up with musical ideas. This is a great way to jump-start the process. Thanks so much for sharing it!

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

thanks Steve! You might be interested to know that i frequently contribute violin and other string tracks (and arranging) for composers for media like yourself. at christianhowes.com if you click the "production" tab you can see our clients and work samples.

This I m looking for, now I find it 🙏😊 il libro delle scale !✌🏽

Thanks so much for posting this Christian. This is a revelation !! Just found your videos today ! I'll be returning to these .. Terrific ! )))

@ChristianHowesViolin

8 жыл бұрын

+negative giraffe I'm so glad you found this to be helpful! thanks for letting me know and please stay in touch.

Thanks for making this spooky matters clear and playable!

@ChristianHowesViolin

9 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful. thank you for your feedback.

this is great - thanks for sharing!

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

Gudula Urban glad it was useful for you!

Thanks so much four your content! Incredible

@ChristianHowesViolin

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Yannick ! i'm glad you liked it. Get some of my top free courses here: bit.ly/Free_ECourse

Great instruction Chris!

@ChristianHowesViolin

9 жыл бұрын

thanks! I love The Slipper Rest!

love it thank you this is so lovely

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

thank you Mia!

Thank You So Much!!!

@ChristianHowesViolin

6 жыл бұрын

my pleasure Lloyd. Glad it helped!

Thank you for this!

@ChristianHowesViolin

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thanks for sharing....so simple to change it up and yet I can see myself gaining so much more. Thanks for breaking it down too! I've been playing mariachi music for most of my life and want to branch out. This would be a great tool for me. Many times ...we have to play songs on the fly and improvising is essential. I can see myself addings some much more interesting fillins.

@ChristianHowesViolin

9 жыл бұрын

Lizette Rocha so happy to hear you found this helpful. thanks!

@ruthcross4524

6 жыл бұрын

Aparerida Chrisa

These are good, I like this guy. Thanks for doing this! 🙂

@ChristianHowesViolin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very useful. Thank you!

@ChristianHowesViolin

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your donation Petra. Really appreciate your support! If you would like 1-1 support let me know and I will send you a link to schedule a free private lesson and other resources. Thanks again! chris

Thanks for sharing hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🎄 😀

Brilliant.

@ChristianHowesViolin

6 жыл бұрын

Arber Makri thank you!

Really helpful !!!

@ChristianHowesViolin

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! thanks!

Chris, i love this!!! xxx

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

De La Fleur yay!!! Thanks Dunja

Love it!

@ChristianHowesViolin

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam!

Hi Christian! I have been following several of your videos, I find them very illustrative and helpfull. Thanks for this one, it is a very useful way to study scales from another perspective. Regards

@ChristianHowesViolin

6 жыл бұрын

Ceci Reynoso thank you so much for your feedback. I’m delighted you’re finding value in some of the vids:) feel free to let me know if I can help w anything

@cecireynoso8996

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I will ;)

Get the eBook FREE here: christianhowes.com/csa/

Super 💗

@ChristianHowesViolin

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Ya like jazz

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

definitely!

Very useful

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

thanks Ian!

thank you bradley

@wambsgays

7 жыл бұрын

i mean christian

Nicely put and easy to follow. Don't think you could have broken it down any better!

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Georgio!

Thank u christian im from indonesia

@ChristianHowesViolin

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

If you start on a low G in d minor, that would be starting on the 4 5:14. This is a very good video!

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim!

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@ChristianHowesViolin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support Emmet!

Wow! Totally KILLING it in that intro and outro man. Systematic approaches to practicing scales and arps are super helpful to me. One question for you- do you have a systematic approach for applying bowing to each of these steps, or just to your scale/arp/pattern practice in general? I notice you tend to stick to one bow stroke all the way up and one all the way down your scales (including extended range). For patterns you seem to do one bow per pattern. Naturally practicing alternate bowing (typical up down) should be one to apply... but are there any other bowing methods you find pretty applicable to playing scales/shapes/arps/patterns etc. on the violin for facility within the improv/jazz idiom?

@ChristianHowesViolin

9 жыл бұрын

Brandon Dove In short, I recommend improvising the bowings during exercises, so that you can achieve the same sound with almost any bowing pattern.

Thank you. My father says practice scales if I want to be good, but why? how? how does a scale apply? I learn scales best when I learn a new tune because I need to know the scale to play the tune which makes strong connections in the brain and to the fingers. But having a more engaging way and a way to think about scales is very helpful.

@basharhamoudeh1563

7 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Montgomery with my little experience , practicing scales are just to remember where to put your finger exactly and the spaces between each notes or fingers , so it would be easily played then . Some people like to practice on examples because scales aren't really melodic and fun to play all the time , but I had a problem with my fourth finger and I had to practice on the scale for some time Sorry for my bad english hope you had the idea

very nice! Is there any recommendation for the bow as well?

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have many recommendations for the bow arm In short 1) practice improvising the bow direction 2) When improvising, use less bow changes and keep the bow on the string. FOr access to my full library and to schedule a free lesson, see here: christianhowes.com/csa/

Amazing video. This is going to help me A LOT. Thanks for posting this. Also, the posted link to the eBook leads to a 404 error!

@ChristianHowesViolin

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

I was in orchestra for six years in middle and high school its always been a dream of mine to one day be able to free play without sheet music but I just don't know how to approach it or where to start do you have any good tips.....?

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Martha- A great way to go about it is to sign up for my free e-course (linked in description) I also have an online course called Creative Strings Academy hich will take you step by step. I'm even currently giving away a 30-day pass and a free private Skype lesson. Hope that helps.

hello christian, ¿ can you please tell me the name of the song from your video's intro ?

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

Yes- it's called "Song for my Daughter" from my album by the same name. Recorded in early 2001 or so... thanks for asking!

Great video Christian , I wonder what kind of pickup do you use for your violin?

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I actually use a Yamaha VNP-1 but they quit making these. I recommend calling ElectricVIolinShop to get the latest and greatest. Their phone support is really amazing- they'll answer all questions right there on the phone and they know whats up. their # is on their website. You can spend anywhere between $175-400 to get a decent pickup IMHO.

@omione11

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChristianHowesViolin thank you very much !! huges!

nice video man, where can I find that book that you were talking about?

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

You can get the book here: christianhowes.com/2014/08/20/jazz-scales-for-violin-viola-and-cello/ -- thanks!

How do you know where to start? You do this on every scale? How do you apply it? It all feels so overwhelming!

@ChristianHowesViolin

6 жыл бұрын

Julia Watson yeah I know it can feel unfamiliar... I am currently offering free intro lessons for new registrants of my online course Creative Strings Academy. Feel free to check it out and sign up for a free trial at my website and I'll be happy to work with you

@JimPlattes

4 жыл бұрын

Start with the blues progression using a blues scale. Start at the beginning.

hey ! very interesting...but in english !

hi Christian, how can we get part 2 to this vid? I've subscribed, and I'm getting your emails, but I don't seem to find part 2 to this great vid. Thanks!

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

Cheryl O click the first link in the description below the video

@cherylotinyhousecellist

7 жыл бұрын

hi.... so I just seem to be caught in the same loop... 'add your email here and it will arrive'... I know I'm a string player lol but... I can't seem to locate it, Christian

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

Cheryl O ahh I see. Check your spam folder. Otherwise if you give me your email address I will send it to you

@cherylotinyhousecellist

7 жыл бұрын

I did .... :( I'd love to have it! cellojuice@gmail.com thank you!

@cherylotinyhousecellist

7 жыл бұрын

hi Christian, my email is cellojuice@gmail.com I'd love to have the next part when you can send it!

Chris at 2:35 don't you mean D harmonic minor and not melodic minor?

Ok but where to begin? Do you do step one with all keys then step 2? Or all steps in one key then to the next? Are there some especially important keys to focus on? I just feel like doing what you said in all keys would take practicing for 8 hours a day! And do you do major, minor, diminished, harmonic minor--??? I'm overwhelmed!

@ChristianHowesViolin

8 жыл бұрын

+Klartunz Klar - I recommend a couple options: 1) pick one kind of scale and practice it in a few keys each day 2) pick one key and practice a few kinds of scales in that key each day 3) Base your choice on the repertoire you're working on for upcoming recordings, performances, or lessons. Determine one or two problem spots in a given tune and focus on those.

That intro song is incredible what is it?

@ChristianHowesViolin

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! It's called "Song for my daughter" from my album of the same name. You can listen to the entire album here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYCr3LuTk9HTm5c.html 🙂

@idoitforthehonor

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChristianHowesViolin Thanks! My daughter and I are about to listen to it right now!

K I don't understand, you can't go any lower than your root in a scale right? So confused thank you for your help

@ChristianHowesViolin

8 жыл бұрын

+Kai E you can start the scale from any note in the scale. Not just the root. After you learn the scale from the root, my suggestion is to learn the scale more fully by starting it from every note.

@koolelan

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Christian..I'm thinking a person could start with a C scale, visualizing each white key on the piano while playing your violin. It'll remind you where you are in the sequence without any black keys involved, and it helps a person learn the series of modes from Major to Locrian.

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

That makes sense- I agree! thank you!

when brought uo numbers it was not clear whether you are talking about fingerings or degrees of the scale

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

Donato Lepore thx for the feedback. I was referring to scale degrees

hi, i like this song ,could you tell me which it is " name"?

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

It;s from my album "Song for my Daughter" thanks

estaria bueno un traductor jaja

@ChristianHowesViolin

7 жыл бұрын

gracias!

I did not get it

@ChristianHowesViolin

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear! Maybe watch again.

I bought a violin once...but it just kept stringing me along, then I left.

@ChristianHowesViolin

5 жыл бұрын

awesome!