My late teacher from UK used to stress the importance of this catch and release to me. It was part of his warmup routine.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Santa! You were very fortunate in your teacher. Thank you! Mary💗

¡Catch and release! (By your voice) ¡¡¡What a beautiful " *bye...* "!!! 🌹

Thank you! This is like a key to the universe. I can’t wait to start practicing this.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! That's exactly what I said when I discovered this wonderful technique! I hope you enjoy your practice. Mary💗

Thanks Mary this is a revelation.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Barry! I hope you really enjoy putting it into practice! Thanks, Mary💗

Thank you for showing this...That gives a new purpose for every stroke. I realize I've missed this component. Excellent...Thank you!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! I'm delighted you found the video helpful. I love your insightful phrase "new purpose for every stroke.' Enjoy your practice! Mary💗

Yes yes yes! I teach this very similarly. Oncee at a summer Suzuki institute, I heard Rudy Hazucha talk about Dr. Suzuki calling this technique "panda"... engaging the string with the first finger of the bowhand before moving the bow. I tell my students it's giving the string a little shove.. not a glancing blow but fully engaging the string before starting the stroke.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

4 ай бұрын

Hello! Your students are very lucky! I've always found Dr. Suzuki to be wonderfully wise in the way he connects the body to the function on the violin. For example, when the first finger is in a good position to perform the 'catch,' the hand is flatter and closer to the bow and it's exactly like a panda paw...exquisite understanding! The 'catch' is a tiny moment, isn't it, and the energy of the 'release' part transforms the whole sound and feel of the stroke...so exciting! (When I discovered this technique for myself I called it 'click bowing' and I suppose I still prefer 'click' rather than 'catch' actually, but oh well😊) Thank you very much! Mary❤

Excellent. 🕊🌸🌸🌸💞🕊 You play very soft.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked the video! Mary💗

@tanjanovicic2926

6 ай бұрын

🙏❤. I love people who give knowledge other people. 🕊🌸🌸🌸💞🕊

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Tanja! What a wonderful thing to say! Mary💗

Very nice n clear thanks

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Peter. Mary💗

Many thanks to you Mary for your wonderful videos, which we stumbled upon a few days ago and have now watched them all. My wife and I are late returners to the violin and viola in our retirements and have found so much sensible help from you that was missing back in our youth when having lessons - such as adapting technique to take account of small hands, short fingers and the all-important correct choice and fitting of the shoulder rest. Happy New Year to you and we look forward to your next video.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Christopher! What a wonderful thing to return to violin and viola with your wife - such a lovely retirement idea. I can see you playing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante together... Yes, teaching was very different back then, wasn't it, especially knowledge and availability of shoulder rests. Thank you very much for your kind words about my videos. (I'm sitting in a cafe at the moment because the internet has gone down at home, so hopefully I'll be up and running with a new video soon!) May you have a joyful, peaceful and creative year; Happy New Year! Mary💗

Thank you so much for this! I will try this tomorrow! (beginner, ca 2 years of on-off playing)

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! I hope you enjoy practicing this! Mary💗

This is magical! Music comes alive under the bow! There is something to learn constantly but what a wonderful challenge. Thank you Mary. Once again, so important to allowing expression and beauty.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Bonnie! Wow, how beautifully expressed; 'Music comes alive under the bow!' Thank you for such inspiration. Mary💗

Thank you for that information

@violinstudiowithmaryv

Ай бұрын

Thanks, I hope you find it helpful! Mary❤

Thank you!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Matt! Mary❤️

Thanks Mary. I’d heard of this before but it really wasn’t explained as well as you did. I hope I can learn to do it, I’m a very rank beginner.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello nickie! Of course you can learn to do it, beginner or not - I order you to do it!!😄☺😄 Take care of yourself. Mary💗

Thanks very much...

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Greetings and thank you! Mary💗

Thank you, Mary, for your inspiring and informative videos! They have been a great help for an adult student of 70 years of age. I wish I had found you earlier. I also love to hear you playing the violin, it sounds so wonderful.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! Thank you so much for your kind words...I'm very thankful you feel the videos are helpful. It's inspiring to know that you are playing and learning. Please let me know if you have a question or something you'd like to see in a video and I'll do my best... I wish you a very Happy Violin New Year! Mary💗

@nickiemcnichols5397

6 ай бұрын

I’m a 72 year old beginner, and I’m having a ball. I just wish I’d have stuck with it when I was a kid. I only lasted a year then I got hurt and stopped.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello nickie! It's so wonderful to hear you're enjoying your violin - congratulations, that's the spirit...I'm sorry you had to stop when you were a kid, but you seem to be making up for it now.😄Take care! Mary💗

Good violinist. Thanks 😊

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Mary💗

Wonderful explanation so exquisitely detailed and simple. Thanks for sharing Mary 💕

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Mary! Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy your practice! Mary💗

I found vibrato difficult now Mary❤ you have helped a lot . I Love it

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Ann! I'm so pleased for you; vibrato makes all the difference! Mary💗

As a much older adult trying to learn, your advice, Mary, is invaluable. Thank you so much. Your sound is beautiful.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Mary! Well thank you very much for being so kind about my sound. From your picture you look very young to me, but then, I'm 66! I'm so delighted you are finding my videos helpful. I know it's not the easiest thing to learn violin, but it's a magnificent undertaking and so rewarding and fascinating. Please contact me any time if there's anything at all you want to ask and I'll do my best to help... Take care, and enjoy it all! Mary💗

@dianameier7958

6 ай бұрын

Same here! I'm 64, no clue how to when read music. Hearing and vision impaired, but what is life without a good challenge? Thank you, Mary, for your helpful guidance!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Diana! You must have a great love of music to challenge yourself this way - congratulations! I'm delighted if my videos help you and remember to contact me any time if there's anything at all I could help you with. Take care, Mary💗

I teach my students this all the time, but I never had a name for it. Thank you! And may I say your voice is lovely.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! Thank you for your kind words. How fortunate your pupils are! Perhaps you are similar to Heifitz and Menuhin, who as children performed violin techniques as naturally as breathing! For the rest of us mere mortals, recognising a technique consciously helps us to explore and develop it thoroughly. Mary💗

@SoundEngraver

6 ай бұрын

@@violinstudiowithmaryv oh, you're very sweet. No, I had a wonderful teacher in high school who taught me this, and it stuck. I should be better at my vocabulary, though. 😁 I'll refer my students to your channel for videos like this.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

@@SoundEngraver Thank you! Mary💗

@henrikgustav2294

6 ай бұрын

Can you recommend a decent violin for beginning adult?

@SoundEngraver

6 ай бұрын

@@henrikgustav2294 Depends on your price range. If you want a student model, I recommend the Strobel ML Recital series, 205, 500, and 700. If you want something more, make an appointment with your closest luthier. You'll get your best quality there. 🙂

This is great! Thank you for sharing with us! Subscribed! 🥰

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello - thank you very much! Mary💗

Wonderful lesson on such an important (and often over-looked) bow technique. Holding the bow with the tips of the fingers is something I often see, and as you point out, it causes you to miss out on all the possibilities of better tone production.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Lora! Isn't it strange that this little detail of bow technique, so crucial and easily learned, is so often missing from teaching violin? As you know, on violin, everything has a consequence further down the line and there's a reason for everything. The great fascination is working it all out as much as possible and enjoying it all! I'm so glad you liked the video, thank you very much. You have a really lovely channel - keep up the good work! Mary💗

@MeadowlarkViolin

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I love what you're doing as well! You're a wonderful teacher!@@violinstudiowithmaryv

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

@@MeadowlarkViolin❤

❤thank you Mary for conveying, proper techniques for playing the violin. I hope they appreciate your instructions... Your buddy in Tampa, Florida.❤

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Tony! Thank you very much for your very kind words and support with i really appreciate! As you know, all technique has to be adapted and customised for ourselves. But the application of technique is impossible without understanding how and why to apply it. So the underlying principles, attitude and philosophy which I attempt to convey are as important as the techniques themselves and that's the personal part that every violinist must engage with, well beyond my videos! Mary💗

Thank you for this information. I'm going to put your tip to use and see how I can make my violin sound much better.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello - I hope you get on really well with your experiments! Mary💗

Thank you for pointing this out. Like you said, it's essential. I started taking lessons in my late 50s. I hope to achieve a beautiful sound using this technique. I've watched so many videos, and it's obvious to me now how a note can be well articulated the moment the bow hits the string. I feel that it will help improve the quality of my vibrato. I tend to rush to vibrate mindlessly without first anchoring my finger. I am now a subscriber of your channel.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! I'm glad you connected the left hand into this. It's a great insight. In fact you have many insights. I feel sure you will find the beautiful sound you are searching for. This wonderful technique is one of the great violin secrets. Keep going! Thank you and Happy New Year. Mary💗

Many thanks for your wonderful advice. You do play with a beautiful sound

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Alastair! Thank you for your very kind words! Happy New Year! Mary💗

Thank you, Mary!!!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thanks panther! Mary💗

❤

Thank you for this great tip! I am more or less teaching myself to play violin, and I just wanted to tell you how much your videos are helping me in my quest to learn and play beautifully. I find this particular video to be enormously helpful! Thank you so much!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Letitia! (What a beautiful name) I'm so delighted to hear that you're on a quest that's so dear to my own heart - to play beautifully... If there's anything you think I could help you with please contact me and I'll do my best, ok? Let's make it a beautiful New Year - the world needs inspiration! Mary💗

@letitiavaughan947

6 ай бұрын

@@violinstudiowithmaryv Thank you for your lovely response! I appreciate your lessons and tips that you post so much!

Wonderfully detailed explanation 😊😊😊 you are amazing

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

I'm very glad you liked the video! Mary💗

Probably the best lesson in tone production. Thanks for sharing it. You are a great teacher !

@violinstudiowithmaryv

5 ай бұрын

Hello jerry! I'm glad you like the video! You are very kind, thank you. Mary❤

@jerrydavis1475

5 ай бұрын

@@violinstudiowithmaryv🙏🙏❤️

Excelent!!!! Thank you!!!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! Mary💗

This is very helpful, thank you!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! I'm very glad and I hope you enjoy putting this wonderful technique into your playing; you'll love the results! Happy New Year...Mary💗

Thank you, very use full.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it! Mary💗

Very nice! I will be watching ALL of your videos. Thanks so much for these!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I appreciate that! Mary❤️

Merry Christmas and thank you for the video. You're a wonderful person ❤❤❤❤❤

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Johannes! I'm so glad you liked the video and thank you very much for your kind words. Happy New Year! Mary💗

Thank you!!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello there, thank you! Mary💗

Merci beaucoup !

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello, thank you very much! Mary💗

Amazing. I had never heard of this technique. I am excited to try it and learn how to perform it without thinking. Thank you.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello MsKatherineJo! This technique is the gateway to another world of sound; beautiful, exciting and something to really love and nurture. It's usually taught at a very advanced level, but it's very easy to learn and I see no reason it shouldn't be available for everyone to be inspired by! Happy New Year! Mary💗

Thank you for revealing this great violin secret mystery that've puzzled me over the years! Now need to practice more and make it applicable for every stroke 🎉😊

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! I too was puzzled for a long time about this great violin secret mystery! I hope you really enjoy your practice...Mary💗

@Captain-Slow

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for resolving this mystery. Your wonderful video is amazingly detailed and simple to understand. I've just incorporated it to my daughter's practice routine, she's 8 and year 2 in her violin journey. Her bow grip is in good form and this small but important technique will help set a solid foundation. I told her must always - first to catch the string, then release the sound. As always, Slowly catching on

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

@@Captain-Slow Wonderful! Fantastic! Just one thing, ensure that your daughter doesn't forget how to start a stroke without the catch, as we need to mix with and without the catch together...Take care! Mary💗

I enjoyed your video, thank you.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello, thank you very much! All the best. Mary💗

Hi Mary ! Hope you had a nice christmas day with family or friends. Thanks for the great teaching. Gonna experiment with it. Am working with my teacher on " songs my mother taught me ". Inspired by your video. There´s so much to learn about it. For the end of the week I wish you a very nice and fulfilling 2024. 🎆🎇✨🎆🎆🎇

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello willy! Thank you very much for your lovely Christmas greeting. We had a lovely peaceful time here as I hope you did. I'm delighted you're working on "Songs...' there's something particularly beautiful about this song and it's deservedly very popular. I hope you are enjoying developing and playing it. Happy New Year to you - let's make it a great year! Take Care and thank you. Mary💗

Thanks a lot for this great lesson. I am going to practice it right away!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello - I hope you enjoy your practice! Mary💗

@ViolinWithRadmehr

6 ай бұрын

@@violinstudiowithmaryv Thanks for asking and I did practice. It takes time to be comfortable with. 💙💙

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

@@ViolinWithRadmehr Good for you! Keep going! Mary💗

pressing is a word I aim to avoid in my teaching however we do practice engaging the string before the stroke. I think of it like "gripping" the string with the bowhair so that if you rock back and forth you can pull the string with the bow (wiggle the string) this is when the bow is properly engaged for good tone production. I good exercise for developing the depth of the first finger on the grip is to play long full bowed open string and creating numbered "pulses" by varied first finger engagement, eg by 3, 4, 8 pulses per bow.

@M_SC

6 ай бұрын

Hate the word engaged for a bow. How vague and useless

@michaelbonesmusic

6 ай бұрын

@@M_SCI described what I meant by engaged above...that feeling like you can rock the string back and forth with the bow without making sound. hope this helps

Hola Mary! Muy buen ejercicio para mejorar el sonido!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Practicaré y experimentaré cada día...con la esperanza de conseguir un sonido más "profesional" 😅 Según va pasando el tiempo, tocar el violín es más complicado y al mismo tiempo más bonito y apasionante! Mil gracias Mary y aprovecho la ocasión para desearte un muy feliz año 2024! 💜🎶💜🎻💜🌲🦋🐞🐝🌹

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Lola! Thank you so much for your inspiring spirit, determination and encouragement - I'm very honoured by our companionship! I'm sure you will especially love the results of 'catch and release.' Learning how to do it is very easy and it becomes natural and integrated very quickly because the sound is so desirable!It's like a secret you discover that you can love and cherish, a wonderful thing for your playing and your heart.💓 I hope you have a wonderful, joyful and peaceful New Year, Lola! Mary💗

Thank you for this wonderful information. They call it also ictus or bite the bow. After being teacher for 30 years I think this is the secret of the violin thanks for pointing this . Many passages never happened to me after start using this technique it happens very easily without any effort and start giving this technique even with my begging students

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello! Also called 'click' bowing, colle, mini martele etc...for a technique with so many names it's amazing it's not more widely known, isn't it? When I learned about this I was so joyful; I had been obsessed with sound for such a long time! I think violinists should learn this beautiful technique early on. Not only does it provide a much more thorough and subtle bowing technique, but it's so helpful to progress when the sound is beautiful. Mary💗

Thank you very much. I came across the video by accident, but I watched it with interest. I am a professional cellist, and I am also learning to play the viola myself. Your lesson will be useful to me. Be happy!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Derwish! I wish you all the best for learning the viola. I'm very glad the video was helpful. Thank you for your good wishes...Mary💗

Lovely tutorial 😊

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Rosemary! How nice of you, thank you! Mary💗

@violinwithRosemary

6 ай бұрын

@@violinstudiowithmaryv my pleasure Mary🤗 Happy New Year 💫✨️💫✌️

That is interesting! My teacher tells me that often I have a good, deep sound (I don't find it always and l guess even when I do it could be improved, but it's not my top priority, there's a lot of other things that feel like they need more work at the moment), but I've never had a good concept of how I start playing a note. I found it especially interesting when you did a lot of it and it sounded a bit "irish" to me (I might be way off, I have no clue about fiddling!) because that's a sound that I wouldn't even know how to make. I might try it, just for fun!

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Hannah! Everything we do on the violin is in service to sound ultimately. Sound is really frequencies created and transmitted by us using ourselves and our instrument. We practice techniques to produce the most pleasing and appropriate sound possible and we need to form the habit of including a consideration of our sound along with everything else we're working on every single time we play and practice. Thinking of violin playing this way puts sound at the centre of everything we do. However, the crucial element for sound is learning how to listen and listening becomes more discerning and more powerful as our awareness grows...it's amazing how much trained listening alters our attention.. I hope you enjoy your bowing experiments and love the sound you make! Happy New Year. Mary💗

@hannahschneyder6651

6 ай бұрын

Hah, true! Thinking about it more, I maybe should say that I think I sometimes have a good instinct on how to produce sound, but it goes away the minute I miss a string or have bad intonation. It's about confidence, eventually. And since I miss the strings a lot, I feel like working on that might be the most important technical thing at the moment. But I don't even know. There's a lot that can be improved, and hopefully I'll have years to do that :) Happy new year to you, too! ✨✨✨ And thank you for your inspiring channel and your generosity in sharing experience and opinions, and the kindness with which you do that.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

@@hannahschneyder6651 I love your attitude - you're an inspiration! Take care, Mary💗

She sounds great! Is the great sound from mary or is it it from the violin?

Matur Suksma

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Mary💗

Collé technique. Very often used by Galamian students...

By putting pressure on the bow when you start bowing, the dynamics would be louder and then releasing the pressure would quiet the dynamics, is that correct?

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Lydia. Not quite. The catch is performed at the same dynamic as the stroke. The 'catch' provides an articulated sound to the stroke, rather than any measurable dynamic increase. There's a bit in the video at 43 secs where I demonstrate how catch and release can be performed within different dynamics. It's more that the catch releases a beautiful kind of energy into the stroke that transforms the whole sound... Mary💗

Wonderful video. Should catch and release be engaged with every change of bow direction? Thank you in advance.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Hello Janet! Great question. The great thing about catch & release is that it changes everything in your bowing; the touch and feel in your hand and arm and the sound you're producing, so practicing it thoroughly using all types of strokes is recommended. Then when we want to reintroduce 'soft' strokes, we discover that our 'soft' strokes are also transformed by catch and release because our touch and listening have become much more sophisticated. So mixing 'catch' and 'soft' is very much our goal ultimately, dictated by our musical sensibilities. Mary 💗

@janetdoherty6228

6 ай бұрын

I should have better explained my question. When playing any piece, would catch and release always be the goal in general on each new bow direction for better tone? ​@violinstudiowithmaryv

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

@@janetdoherty6228 Learn catch and release thoroughly by applying it to everything. Then reintroduce soft starts. The goal is a mixture. Mary💗

@janetdoherty6228

6 ай бұрын

Excellent. Thank you so much for helping me to understand how to move foward practicing and then incorporating this new skill. It makes a huge difference. You have a gifted way of teaching and your personal peacefulness is an absolute delight. I believe this videao as well as the video on bow hand wrist finger flexibility will help me move to a new level of playing. Thank you again.​@@violinstudiowithmaryv

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

@@janetdoherty6228 I detect a determination and confidence in your words that will take you to a new level of playing, just as you said. Have a wonderful Violin Year!! Mary💗

do we have to do this in every note we play?

@violinstudiowithmaryv

2 ай бұрын

Well, learn how to do it first, then experience the changes and improved touch the technique offers, then learn to apply your whole bowing response, including catch and release, to your music... Mary❤

@tskgroup5791

2 ай бұрын

@@violinstudiowithmaryv thank you so much! is it possible to have one online lesson?

،،you are so beautiful I wish if I can a little bit of your vibrato, tes You are so beautiful and explains things better than anybody else

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you like my vibrato. There are videos all about vibrato on my channel which I hope you will find helpful. Mary🙂

But Augustin Hadelich is only using tip of his fingers and he is one of the best sounding violinists of modern times. So I think that the way to best play violin is to get to know ourselves first.

@chaos_ma

6 ай бұрын

There's one thing that everyone should remind themselves of in life: never be dogmatic. Listen openly to the advices you receive and just test things out, give them a chance and do your best, but at the end of the day, do what feels right for you, I can't stress this enough, do what feels right for you because we are all different.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great reminder. Mary

catch and release, huh? sounds pretty fishy to me.

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like you're angling for a compliment, iggy! M🙂

@iggyzorro2406

6 ай бұрын

If only this difficult instrument didn't have me hooked.

@annferry4427

6 ай бұрын

I love it. Very very good thanks

@violinstudiowithmaryv

6 ай бұрын

@@annferry4427 I'm delighted you found it helpful! Thank you. Mary💗

@1cleandude

5 ай бұрын

Lovely lesson from a lovely Scottish lassy! Thanks have you a lesson on vibrato? What material is your frog of? Beautiful tone and playing too!🙏🙏🙏