Slow Practice on the Violin: Common Mistakes & Efficient Tips | Learn with Me
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In today's Learn with Me, we will focus on Slow Practice on the Violin by uncovering the common mistakes and incorporating efficient tips. This way, you can truly get the most out of your practice session (and save your patience, lol). PRACTICE SMARTER, not longer! 🤗
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Chapters for your overview 🤗 0:00 Intro 0:35 Slow practice vs. Slow, reactive practice 1:15 So, what should slow practice be? 1:43 Reactive practice: demonstration 2:35 Exercise No. 1 4:33 Best Practices for Exercise No. 1 5:02 Musician Mantra 5:08 Exercise No. 2 5:57 Bow arm: How slow practice is different 6:46 Exercise no. 3 7:19 My thoughts & constructive feedback while doing Exercise No. 3 7:51 Food for Thought: being able to choose your musical expression 8:24 Outro & more Info 👋🏼😊
@Poreckylife
3 жыл бұрын
Why you don't teach begginer students? Only advanced?
I'm a pianist but these advices are great for all kind of instruments
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, my dad is a pianist/educator and he applies these techniques as well 🤫
@Vince-wq8xr
2 жыл бұрын
Agree !! As a cellist, I find these tips quite interesting, I'll try too 😊
Never thought about the "snapping" your fingers fast!!! Can't wait to try it, see how it works. Thank you for the advice, and for the exercises!!!
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Please do try it! It is a game changer in my experience ☺️
@swankyhabi
9 ай бұрын
I tried it for the first time today, and it's really helped with allowing my fingers to play at faster tempos tysm
These tips are so helpful and right on time for my daughter's learning. She is working on shifts, second&third positions, and double stops. She is bored with the current set of finger practices. Definitely I will watch this video again with her on weekend.
Could you do a video about your experiences with performing and stage fright, so practice room vs stage, basically everything regarding this topic, as i struggle a lot with this and really makes me think about continuing to study this instrument. I really adore practicing but performing always is a big one for me. :)
YAY SUMINA CAME BACK JUST WHEN WE NEEDED HER :D
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Hiii 🤗
Hi, I just came across your video and wanted to thank you for sharing. As an older learner that has gotten back into playing after 20 years break, I can say that this kind of practice had been invaluable especially when applied to my study of Bach partita 3-prelude. Has made a huge difference in my playing. Just takes time and patience. Thanks again👍
As a double bass player, the fingers snapping into place bit is really great! We don’t develop this technique as well as other stringed instruments but it’s so helpful for when we really need it given the thickness of our strings and the weight required to hold them down. Thanks for practicing tips!
That was optimal advice!👌 [Ideally, students with not only sufficient raw physiologic and cognitive talent but also with emotional keeness as well as stabiliy will apply it.]
Great lesson! How to practice slowly I learned so late in my life... It's important to put this great advice out there!
These tips are fire!! 🔥 What you refer to as “punctuated practice” I call “rhythms,” however, it’s my go-to for learning anything on a short timeline. And the snapping finger action is rarely discussed-thank you for bringing it up and sharing your knowledge!
Love these beginning friendly tutorials! Would like more of this 😊 thanks so much Sumina!
What I like about slow practice is that you can take it down to the speed at which you are totally relaxed ie. this is boringly easy, and then very gradually ramp it up, so you eventually get to where you want to be, with patience, but without ramping up the tension that would otherwise potentially come from trying to play fast....makes a huge difference when learning a piece. Also breaking things down into overlapping groups that are small enough to be easily manageable and gradually adding in one more note at a time until you can do the bigger groups.
Can you make a video on how to be musically expressive in different repertoire? I am currently working on the Bruch Concerto in g minor. Would appreciate help on that concerto.
Can you make a video about double stops(thirds especially)? Would be really useful for me(currently struggling on Bruch 3rd Movement).
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Noted! Double stops have so much to reveal - will definitely make a video on it sometime soon 👍🏼
@dilettafranco6610
3 жыл бұрын
@@SuminaStuder1 yes please, I would appreciate it too
Hello. Thank you for the video. Lots of good tips here. I recognized you from a video of you demonstrating a violin in the UK I look forward to following you on this channel! Have a great day!
Dear Sumina, could You please say one day something about the speed of the bow, how it impacts the musical side of violin playing, and how to practice it? Many warm greeting!
nice bow contact point and precisely to the point! really glad I found your channel! let‘s learn! I definitely want to improve to get to the uktimate level of engineering violinist, maybe the one and only can play the “Last Rose”! Thanks for your show of virtuosity!
I need to learn the violin for our string class, and now I fell in love with it. Thank you so much for your advice
Very, very helpful! I especially like the way you communicate and express the lesson!!! Thank you!
Love't, Fantastic and very helpful, but in practice, very difficult, do you want to demonstrate the bow how is it? legetto, and staccato, or how is it? waiting for note describing bow movement. Grateful.
OMG thank you so much for making and uploading this video, I really really love this (also I love you too)... Your exercises and explanation was perfect that I think your much better than other famous college professors in whole wide world..(so efficent tips..♡) I will practice my etitudes just like your way!!!
This is such good advice! I’m definitely gonna try tomorrow, thank you!!🎻
Your are incredible ❤thank you so much ❤
Omg thank you i have a compition of whos the best at violin thank you sm
Amazing lessons. Everyone upvote this video. Thank you. -Chris
Very interesting! Playing brass instrument (Horn), I never thought about the idea. I guess, to get a sound and articulation right, there is hardly a way to slow down them (motion-wise) in slower tempo. The air distribution, however, is different. Thank you, Sumina! Even for not string instruments these tips are widely used or can be a great food for thinking.
Thank you so much! ❤ it was very helpful!!!😊
Thankyou for this Just bought my first violin after playing guitar and saxophone for years . Definitely going to be following these lessons .
Wow simply true advise is . practice makes perfect.👍💯💐👍💯💐👍💯💐🤗 praise the lord tnku.so mch😴
감사합니다 ☺️
Obrigado por compartilhar!!!!!!
Hi there 👋 I'm a violinist student but I'm thankful for all your advices☺️ Greetings from El Salvador 🇸🇻
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Good luck with your studies! Sending greetings from New York 🎶
Sumina!!!❤️ I hope you are doing well!! Nice to see you!!!🤗🤗
I have followed you since the very first day of youtubing. No matter what the talent you got in violin, I can see a young, sincere and friendly personality sparks from the way you present to us. You inspire me to be a blogger, and I have a writing talking about you! Suprise!!! Keep it up Stumina, even though sometimes you got down on your mood, rest asure, we re fans always there for you. ☺️☺️☺️
HIII GIRL!!! SO happy to see you uploading again WOOP WOOOP you are such a freakin natural in front of the camera
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Aaaah let me reply to your text 😂 but thank you girl I really appreciate it 🥰
¡Fantástica explicación Sumina! ¡Excelentes consejos y ejemplos! ¡¡¡Muchas Gracias!!! (Lo compartiré con mis alumnos) Resumen: IDEA PRINCIPAL: Aprender a Estudiar y Tocar en Lento (QUE SUENE LENTO) pero Pensar y Actuar Rápido. EJERCICIOS: 1. Práctica con Puntillo: Sobre una nota tranquila y la pausa que sigue a dicha nota tienes tiempo de preparar y calcular la alta actividad (reacción o reflejos) de los 2 gestos veloces y precisos que continúan a la nota espaciosa. La nueva detención permite relajarse y volverte a preparar para tocar con mucha reacción (reflejos) las dos notas siguientes. (Este es un verdadero entrenamiento y también un complemento fantástico a la práctica con Metrónomo. Al contrario que la práctica con Metrónomo, aquí se concentra la atención en pocas notas pero se busca una alta reacción y efectividad). 1. 1. Sobre dos notas. 1.1.1. Normal (lento-rápido). Practicado en velocidad lenta y rápida. (Recuerda que cuando sea en velocidad lenta, también debes pensar y reaccionar rápido). 1.1.2. Invertido (rápido-lento). Practicado en velocidad lenta y rápida. 1.2. Sobre tres notas (y se varía el lugar de la nota larga o de descanso). Practicado en velocidad lenta y rápida. Siempre tocar con notas cortas y en golpe de arco suelto (no legato). 2. Ejercicios con alternancia de 2 notas contiguas (veloz, ligado, similar a un Trino breve). 2.1. Comenzar con la nota inferior. 2.2. Comenzar con la nota superior. 3. Práctica de velocidad de arco sobre notas repetidas con la técnica del Spiccato y con velocidad invertida (comenzar rápidamente y tocar cada vez más lento, más lento y más lento). Para chequear el control al pasar de rebotes "horizontales" a rebotes más bien "verticales" (más parecidos al saltellato lento) "Debes poner tu técnica al servicio de la Música, y nunca al revés" - Sumina Studer. Les comparto una clase en español que hice sobre el Spiccato y su enseñanza que tiene mucho que ver con el punto 3. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fmmar5KgZLzQhZs.html Saludos.
Pdf for the exercises pls🙏🏻. (I love this video i need part 2)
Thank you for your videos. They are very usefull!!!
Brilliant insights thank you. Perhaps u could record ur videos at a time when your grandfather isn't practicing his strumming?
Excellent video….I teach middle school orchestra in SW Florida. I’m going to share your videos with my students on the Promethean board… So much fun!
Super tips Augustine violinist from Malaysia
So cute your Japanese dolls in the background. We called the punctuated practice bumpy rhythm in school. I also like to move my fingers very deliberately and let them snap in place. One thing that worked for me as a wind player was to slow down the runs and tongue staccato each not while moving each finger deliberately. University was good times.
What I find really challenging on slow practice is the different bow distribution. At least if you want to get some kind of sound out of your instrument. You need another contact point, so it's hard to switch to the correct one while playing fast again (at least for me...)
Hi Sumina: it is very helpful. I understand your reason for not slowing down the finger motion, but I do think you need to slow down the shifting motion to get the coordination right when you speed up.
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes, shifting is a whole hurdle itself and needs to have its own foundation set for accuracy, before practicing the reactive aspect of it 😌
Wow... This change everything
Beautiful tips and excellent tutorial Coming up violinist Augustine from Malaysia
Thanks ❤ GOD BLESS YOU ❤
Thank you for this info. I have heard this for Piano and I am happy to hear it works for violin. Thanks!!!😊
Awesome advice.
Thank You Sumina! You are great!
Dear Sumina, this video is the most helpful video in the world as it teaches me what to do when we practice. Love you Sumina!
This video transformed my playing, I really appreciate it, thank you so much!
I loved that video!! Really interesting. Please do one on bow techniques :D
Thank you so much for all the advices, Sumina! Realty helped me a lot especially when I'm self-teaching now in this difficult situation. Thanks for sharing! Sending greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾 ~~ 🤗💞🌻
Woah this was really cool! Gonna definitely try this on guitar
Super good lesons
thank you so much, first time I've ever heard about this type of practice.
This is an excellent lesson! I really like the idea of practicing notes at varied speeds. Thanks!!!
thank you so much for this video!! it was so helpful
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! Glad to hear you found it helpful ☺️
Thank you so much ❤️👍
nice dance move right at the end. I will add it to my library of.. dance moves. 8:51 "The praying hands of ling ling"
Fascinating! Thanks a lot, Sumina!
Q bueeno! : spicatto ; encontrando el equilibrio entre los dos movimientos el horizontal y vertical ...... OK
Thank you very much for such interesting advice, Sumina! I’ll definitely try the “snapping” technique. May I ask you which strings do you use in this video? You’re great and hope you the best! ☺️
Thank you sumiiii
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 🎻
Excellent tips , can't learn from anywhere else
Thank You Sumina!
Thank you for all this tips, i feel that all this will help me a lot !
Hiii Sumina..Success always for you 🎻🤗
I love your videos. It helps me with both my Violin and Guitar practice.
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to hear that! 🎶
these videos are life-saviors 💙💙💙💙💙💙
Thank you for this video 🙏🏻
i will sign on lessons with you after I get better with violin.
This is so useful. Thank you Sumina!
5:46 I'll send this to Ben Lee.
Very help full, thank you so much sumina, greetings indonesian 🇲🇨
Hello there sumina,🖐️🖐️🖐️
Thank you Sumina. Nice tips🍁
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 🎶
Awesome video, thank you a lot !
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! 🤗
@Linz0r1s
3 жыл бұрын
@@SuminaStuder1 🤩🤩
Thank you so much for the advices!!!!😊😊
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Well thank you for watching! 🎻
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THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE A SEATING AUDITION COMING UP!!
@SuminaStuder1
3 жыл бұрын
Good luck 🙌🏼
Great video! Thank you! :)
I have a question? When should you use slow reactive practice? Or is it a rule of thumb to always use it? And for punctuated practice I have the same question When should you use that type of practice? I imagine for scales it would be very beneficial but what about pieces? Cause you’d be practicing at a different rhythm than the actual piece or Etude or whatever you’re playing
thank you ❤
No other teacher told me this before!
Thanks !
Thank you!
Великолепно. Спасибо вам большое.
I just subscribed your channel, i was a violinist before 12 years, now i am on my next move, lets see how suppotive your advise to me, 👍❤️
Awesome
I would say even more ; practice deeper, not longer.
Can you do a video for correcting thumb and forefinger on bow it really bothers me and it affects my playing
AWESOMEEE :)
Hi. I am from India. Really like 👍 your video content. I am begginer. Which brand violin should I purchase?
Hello Sumina, first of all. Thanks to take your time for the violín world, in my particular case i have this kind of advise when i was 19. I start at 4 years old but not with this advises. Now i have 39 and i teach like you, i watch that some pupiles react very good but anothers one not. Do you think is for some particular human physical or nervios sistem problem? Thanks all of. From Spain.😊
Very helpful video! Can you give me some tips for straight bowing? You bow very straight and I want to too! Thanks!
@tommywu9606
2 жыл бұрын
Btw, I'm practicing tone production and want to have the same contact point throughout a phrase.
Interesting teaching points. Would this also apply for the cello too?
Thanks