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Stefan Jackiw - The Art of Practicing Scales

Acclaimed violinist Stefan Jackiw breaks down his method for practicing scales. He shares his approach for getting the most out of your practice time and tips for practicing one of his favorite resources, the Carl Flesch Scale system.
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  • @jessicalambert296
    @jessicalambert2962 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. This actually covers Rule #23 in my studio beautifully: Don't fix a mistake and keep going - practice it a few more times and learn not to make the mistake. So many times students practice diligently to strengthen their errors. I have forwarded the link to my students!

  • @clotilderecalde8934

    @clotilderecalde8934

    Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @johnmc3862

    @johnmc3862

    Жыл бұрын

    No students practice diligently to strengthen their errors! 😂

  • @claudiaclaudia1557

    @claudiaclaudia1557

    3 ай бұрын

    Nicht bewusst, aber unbewusst üben Schüler die Fehler ein.

  • @frizzleface4294
    @frizzleface42942 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely spot on. When you play scales this this, it is never rote playing just to get through the scale routine. And you know why you are practicing scales. Wonderful advice.

  • @sasssssa6565
    @sasssssa65652 жыл бұрын

    To resume: practice scale only slowly for intonation accuracy Shift in slow glissando for muscle memory ( to practice with no mistake rather than practice in correcting the pitch).

  • @alhfgsp
    @alhfgsp Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the information! I've been taught to prioritize intonation over speed. Speed is nothing if you aren't playing clean notes in tune.

  • @els1f
    @els1f Жыл бұрын

    I've learned to play so many different instruments, starting with piano and guitar.... Nothing has been as hard as violin! 🤯😱i played Cello and some trumpet in school and they were nothing like how precise and delicate EVERY SINGLE movement is

  • @emisaurushex

    @emisaurushex

    10 ай бұрын

    Ha! I'm sharing this with my mum who plays violin and my friend who plays cello 😂

  • @omarmoramariachi

    @omarmoramariachi

    6 күн бұрын

    Same here man to be honest a lot of other activities become easier too, one get really good at problem solving.

  • @marlonramos2161
    @marlonramos21612 жыл бұрын

    This was so helpful (and validating) about how I've been approaching scales. It's good to keep the long-term goal in mind!! Thanks for sharing your expertise!

  • @EliasAxelPettersson
    @EliasAxelPettersson Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic teaching and great technique. This is actually helpful to improving technique and the concept of practicing to train yourself rather than correcting a mistake. I tell my students all the time that it's not about putting on a Band-Aid for every mistake; it's about what happens right before the "mistake" that they need to work on or "fix".

  • @IOFrimpong
    @IOFrimpong2 жыл бұрын

    Nice distinction between teaching yourself self the correct shift vs. teaching yourself the mistake and then to fix the mistake.

  • @axlcrush
    @axlcrush Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, that's how I have been practicing as I thought that would be the way to get the most benefit out of the scales.

  • @PBXVIILY
    @PBXVIILY5 ай бұрын

    My Teacher, Erick Friedman emphasized scales in this manner. This was exactly how I was taught to shift. This was the way Heifetz practiced scales.

  • @redwren4182
    @redwren418229 күн бұрын

    As an amateur, I can vouch that this is a great way to remove 'anticipation' and therefore some anxiety when shifting. Slow practice teaches you to do it right and most importantly in a relaxed way. The last thing you wanna hear is having to correct a shift that subsequently results in an audible panic.

  • @Shareef2610
    @Shareef26102 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much this is very important approach how to change position instead of keep correcting fingers.

  • @johndeer4250
    @johndeer42503 ай бұрын

    proven point it actually works wonders and as a rookie my self I got to say thank you so much for this exercise I don’t read music and just try to play by ear but this works for street as well as classical I guess I seen the fruit of this because I always practice before my shift starts at work and now I get applauses and I never ever ever get them so this exercise is by far one of the best ! so thank you thank you thank you!

  • @wiltonpt1
    @wiltonpt12 жыл бұрын

    I love this. I had the chance to hear you and speaking with you in upstate NY and I am glad to know you can also share things on the technique very clearly and articulate some of your experience to others attempt to emulate you.

  • @DrDrolly
    @DrDrolly2 ай бұрын

    I love it! I play bansuri and i see so many parallels to what your talking about! Do it slow and you eventually 'touch' the note! Then it becomes actually difficult to it wrong! I hope i will find the time to experiment with the violin once! Such a fascinating and difficile instrument. Must feel amazing!!!!

  • @delanemarsh5637
    @delanemarsh56375 ай бұрын

    love this video so much, the way he explains it is so clear

  • @gillbrooks5259
    @gillbrooks525911 ай бұрын

    Thankyou for this advice. I am slow at playing the violin because I want to get it right.

  • @johndeer4250
    @johndeer42508 ай бұрын

    Im coming back to this video for a bigger thanks than before this really works

  • @jeanparke9373
    @jeanparke9373 Жыл бұрын

    It's quite funny to confess that although I'm not the biggest fan of Jackiw's playing, his advices on practicing helped me the greatest deal - almost at the same level with my professor.

  • @M_SC

    @M_SC

    Жыл бұрын

    Rude

  • @violinhunter2
    @violinhunter22 жыл бұрын

    Yes, great advice and insights. Intonation, Rhythm, and Sound - that is the alpha and omega of playing.... easy to say and extremely difficult to accomplish.

  • @gribmuse5686
    @gribmuse56862 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, yours advices are smart and helpful!

  • @bahman1186
    @bahman11862 ай бұрын

    Excellent advice, thank you!

  • @bethanyjones8535
    @bethanyjones8535 Жыл бұрын

    Amazingly helpful, thank you.

  • @ricardol1116
    @ricardol11162 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this lesson!

  • @deveshgupta8655
    @deveshgupta86554 ай бұрын

    "Hardest thing about playing the violin is to play in tune". Dude you just sympathised my tears after playing 3 octave d major arpeggio out of tune :')

  • @dayaneoliveira1122
    @dayaneoliveira11222 жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic advice, thank you!😍

  • @PlaybacksCCB
    @PlaybacksCCB3 ай бұрын

    Wow! Incredible, I loved it.

  • @MegaToti26
    @MegaToti26 Жыл бұрын

    Perfect! Thank you so very much for this video!

  • @sadhbhdelahunt
    @sadhbhdelahunt Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, i tried this and it works

  • @erreoable
    @erreoable Жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Thank you very much

  • @Joshua-sm6ql
    @Joshua-sm6ql6 ай бұрын

    As a former guitarist, the idea that there aren't any marks on the fret board to guide you is crazy and intimidating to me

  • @augustinechinnappanmuthria7042
    @augustinechinnappanmuthria704210 ай бұрын

    Super tutorial Augustine violinist from Malaysia

  • @saea58
    @saea58 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @NicholasWarnertheFirst
    @NicholasWarnertheFirst11 ай бұрын

    Great Video Thank You 🎉🎉

  • @luvrism222
    @luvrism222Ай бұрын

    I need more ways to tune non-ringing and flat notes on the violin. like c sharp or b or f or something like that. so Ive been playing a tonic drone and checking the pitch or playing the perfect fourth or fifth above it. im still new to learning the violin

  • @dominoplay3712
    @dominoplay3712 Жыл бұрын

    How to present this to a younger students? “Sliding” like this is a nice idea, I think it would make a lot of progress with shifting. But I wonder, if I speed up the tempo gradually, will the sliding be too noticeable?

  • @M_SC

    @M_SC

    Жыл бұрын

    No because eventually it will be so fast that the bow isn’t moving when you’re sliding

  • @johndeer4250
    @johndeer42508 ай бұрын

    ok as a 45 yo guy that’s been practicing less than a year this immediately helped me in my ear/finger zinc , an my improvisation with scales sounds cleaner after every exercise so yes this class was totally worth watching till the very end lost of stuff with little effort thanks for this awesome 👏 video 🤯

  • @BenjiOrthopedic
    @BenjiOrthopedic Жыл бұрын

    Listen to Augustin Hadelich’s instructional videos on here. And of course his performances. He is phenomenal on both levels.

  • @alhfgsp

    @alhfgsp

    Жыл бұрын

    He's one of the finest violinists today, and yes, those instructional videos are very edifying.

  • @BenjiOrthopedic

    @BenjiOrthopedic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alhfgsp Yes indeed. I love how un-Hollywood Augustin is...he's an ordinary guy with extraordinary gifts. I don't really warm up to a lot of the younger generation fiddlers - as one myself, I vastly prefer the great old guys and gals of the 20th century (Kogan, Milstein, Oistrakh, Haendel, Rabin, Morini, all the rest really!) But Augustin is different. He's just in a class by himself.

  • @alhfgsp

    @alhfgsp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BenjiOrthopedic Of the old greats you mentioned, Oistrakh is my favorite. Like Hadelich, he produces a warm, vibrant, beautiful sound while maintaining exact precision and a regulated bow.

  • @BenjiOrthopedic

    @BenjiOrthopedic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alhfgsp yeah, he is a rarity nowadays. Most of these guys and girls just sound about as interesting as a cardboard box. Many of them have excellent technique but they don't develop adequate tone production. Their performances are mostly unmemorable. I can only imagine how much money some of them are paid, compared to what the older folks made.

  • @kamikan22
    @kamikan2219 күн бұрын

    that last pharse should be also valid for repertoir, only play at the speed that you can play the rythm and intonation and secure continuity of what piece/segment you are pretending to play xd

  • @Mephibosheth52
    @Mephibosheth528 ай бұрын

    Thanks,

  • @IgorVasquesBarata
    @IgorVasquesBarata2 ай бұрын

    Esse cara tem que fazer força pra conseguir errar

  • @kevinsullivan4156
    @kevinsullivan41562 ай бұрын

    Practice does not make perfect, practice makes permanent. Only perfect practice makes perfect

  • @JustFiddler
    @JustFiddler2 жыл бұрын

    matur suksma kak stevan 🍀😍🎻💃🌈

  • @chrisma3256
    @chrisma32562 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Is there a recommendation when to shift?

  • @johnnyparker9928
    @johnnyparker99282 жыл бұрын

    I like how you think. One must eliminate the memory of mistakes lest they destroy the progress.

  • @songsabai3794
    @songsabai37942 жыл бұрын

    If you wanna learn fast, play slow.....oh, and always play a "beautiful-note"! 😁

  • @carl-gunnaraahlen8376
    @carl-gunnaraahlen83762 жыл бұрын

    Right!

  • @violinbuff3782
    @violinbuff37822 жыл бұрын

    Highly intelligent comments. eric shumsky

  • @Maria-rh6hb
    @Maria-rh6hb Жыл бұрын

    Stupendo ma possibile avere i sottotitoli in italiano ? 😩😩😩

  • @conniechan3280
    @conniechan328010 ай бұрын

    ❤ 😊

  • @mattimaranda9638
    @mattimaranda96386 ай бұрын

    5:00 "Ya???!!!" 😂 Sorry that was funny.

  • @justinstrik7125
    @justinstrik71258 ай бұрын

    play without vibrato... finally something I can do 😇

  • @dm.25
    @dm.255 ай бұрын

    What does reperoire mean?

  • @samvel4315

    @samvel4315

    4 ай бұрын

    Its a repertoire, which is basically a piece of music

  • @violatione
    @violatione2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for telling me how to pronounce your name. I've had it wrong for years!

  • @richardcarter5314
    @richardcarter5314 Жыл бұрын

    When I practise I always turn the tuner on.

  • @CruelLion7
    @CruelLion72 жыл бұрын

    based take

  • @johndeer4250
    @johndeer42508 ай бұрын

    let’s see what else i get from watching it again

  • @NicholasWarnertheFirst
    @NicholasWarnertheFirst4 ай бұрын

    Slow is good.

  • @carmelacorpuz114
    @carmelacorpuz1142 ай бұрын

    When i listen to specifically this channel it always makes me worse at whatever its trying to teach for some reason

  • @juliejules7780
    @juliejules7780 Жыл бұрын

    I just realized all scales have the same finger pattern. You don't really have to memorize the notes

  • @PilipiHoops
    @PilipiHoops2 жыл бұрын

    Ling Ling doesn't need to play scales

  • @stephenbrivati3233

    @stephenbrivati3233

    2 жыл бұрын

    Din’t know pandas played the violin…

  • @lastmoutainman8334

    @lastmoutainman8334

    5 ай бұрын

    Ling Ling practices 40 hours a day. 52 of those hours are Heifetz style scales.

  • @Latortabuena

    @Latortabuena

    5 ай бұрын

    Ling ling is now a doctor 👩‍⚕️

  • @kirkp7470
    @kirkp7470 Жыл бұрын

    Who?

  • @BenjiOrthopedic
    @BenjiOrthopedic Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t totally agree with this approach. The way to get the most out of scales is to really Listen to yourself as you play…for intonation mainly, especially when playing scales in thirds, and fingered octaves. I’ve not heard much about this violinist but he’s no great artist. Yet. Nor is he a great pedagogue. Yet. He’s cute though!!

  • @ErikWilliamsviolin

    @ErikWilliamsviolin

    Жыл бұрын

    I think his advice is very solid. Not sure why you're being so critical.

  • @Firenmage433

    @Firenmage433

    10 ай бұрын

    I’m sure you’re so much better 😂

  • @rogerchen4525

    @rogerchen4525

    9 ай бұрын

    You haven’t heard of him so therefore he’s no great artist?? He is still young but is definitely already among the greatest violinists of today. Take a listen to his Scottish Fantasy-one of the best renditions out there. Also, in case you didn’t understand, his approach literally revolves on building the correct muscle memory so that one can play more in tune more consistently. Though he demonstrated with regular scales, the approach can be easily carried over to thirds, sixths, octaves, and tenths. You can’t exercise this approach without closely listening to yourself either, so I don’t get your point here.

  • @xanderknecht5090

    @xanderknecht5090

    8 ай бұрын

    You’re a crappy troll if you’re even human lol

  • @joeorca5087
    @joeorca50877 ай бұрын

    To much bla bla nla bla bla

  • @vkviolin
    @vkviolin Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣