Yehudi Menuhin Violin Tutorial - 5. Left Hand Playing

Six Lessons with Yehudi Menuhin, the best series of violin video tutorials on technique I've seen. A must see for violinists of all levels.
This chapter is largely incomplete.
Forgive the quality, it is an old BBC programme.

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  • @someguyoketcetc
    @someguyoketcetc12 жыл бұрын

    I love how he doesn't talk down to children, treating them as thinking human beings, nothing dumbed down. I bet every one of them remembers this lesson still.

  • @ZJStrudwick

    @ZJStrudwick

    10 ай бұрын

    Sorry to comment 11 years late, but I've met the boy sitting down with black hair - his name was David Angel. Very sadly he passed away just a year after I played with him but very glad to have met him - he was playing in the London Mozart Players who were collaborating with our university orchestra. He remembered them filming this!

  • @gregfinejazz
    @gregfinejazz4 жыл бұрын

    Miracle! Not enough the words to say thank to this genius of violin!!!

  • @jeanlillyguo1773
    @jeanlillyguo177312 жыл бұрын

    pretty amazing how the two boys can just get up and play perfectly after sitting down for so long and let their hands get cold...i would be in the back freaking out and practicing furiously until they drag me out...

  • @hamidrezataherzadeh6127
    @hamidrezataherzadeh612711 жыл бұрын

    I had the honour of performing with this great human being. A wonderful, and remarkably humble person I have ever met n my life.A dedicated artist with a pure quality of a human being. His passion for human rights and his great support for the Iranian resistance were immense.I don't want to talk about his musical values that are so obvious to everyone, just like the sunshine that doesn't need to be described.He shall always be remembered by our resistance as he generously supported us. Blessings

  • @trumpetvids
    @trumpetvids10 жыл бұрын

    Wow, amazing what two lessons with Yehudi Menuhin can do.

  • @jeffandrewmusic
    @jeffandrewmusic11 жыл бұрын

    Damn...there I was thinking they were all beginners, and "Yehudi that's some pretty advanced shit for a room full of kids..." until they started playing.

  • @teddywang69
    @teddywang694 жыл бұрын

    1:58 pull in then release slowly or quickly ------------ 3:34 3:53 (1) 4:08 (2) Caterpillar 4:30 (3) Catapult decending 5:05. 5:28. 5:43 6:03 6:16 neck-shoulder shoulder-top 6:55 slight bounce backward - forward direction 7:11 cat meowing 7:33 every pairs in a circle 7:54 vibrato & shifting are born in a same motion 8:05 restricted to a narrow amplitude & accelerate in speed you get your vibrato 8:20 8:40 backward forward tripled motion.apply to broken third 9:00 faster to one one 9:15 applied to other interval 9:39 coordinates with horizontal waving motion 10:26 shift forearm movement cooperate finger fall 11:07 useful in scale with pairs of finger 11:29 applied to double stops use two pairs of fingers 11:57 12:18 12:30 1-1-3-1-2-3-4 -3-2-1-3-1-1 12:45 single movement one wave to two notes 12:54. & 13:09 12343434 3434344 13:00 Natural rhythmic vibrato motion of the hand as did every other action of the finer [ 11 22 33 44 hand shake(pull push movement) combined with finger drop ] 13:20 Fifth lateral action This lateral action is one which nornally only the violinist himself sees But I would like show show it you You will be doing it and you might as well see how it works you will notice that going down scales. The third and the second finger have to span two strings in order to roll off the one THIS rolling action if necessary whenever we play fifth correct them to proper pitch 13:42 rolling action ( fifth adjustment ) 13:55 higer position pull strings together 14:27 the first finger having no one to pull hand it for the string Itself rolls over in the median position like that 14:38 speaking of pressure on strings, we have chords that require even more as three or four fingers May hold the strings down at the same time This requires great elasticity and strength Ender you well better not try this until you have developed your hands efficiently

  • @roboticsresources9680

    @roboticsresources9680

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking the time to save others' time

  • @teddywang69

    @teddywang69

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@roboticsresources9680 you are welcome

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    3 жыл бұрын

    No

  • @road2acoustic99

    @road2acoustic99

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great work bro, thanks a lot!

  • @JustFiddler

    @JustFiddler

    3 жыл бұрын

    wow matur suksma ! sangat membantu 😇

  • @vanezcha
    @vanezcha8 жыл бұрын

    for those who thought that the kids were beginners let me tell you this: it's not even easy to get into a masterclass session with a virtuoso. there's a selection for qualification

  • @simonsteam
    @simonsteam9 жыл бұрын

    Incredible Man. Love this, have learnt huge amount here.

  • @treatb09
    @treatb098 жыл бұрын

    thank you for these lessons. every person wishing to play violin should be given a way to view these at their own leisure.

  • @edissonrubiano
    @edissonrubiano12 жыл бұрын

    Me imagino que tener a un maestro como el gran Menuhin, o un Oistrakh, debe ser una experiencia terrible y a la vez maravillosa, el solo ver como sus ojos vigialntes y sus oidos atentos vigilaban con minucia a sus dos alumnos, le causa a uno miedo y a se vez respeto y admiracion, Menuhin, uno de los mejores de toda la historia

  • @eduardofracassi3113
    @eduardofracassi31134 жыл бұрын

    These exercises are really great!

  • @MrFireinmycrotch
    @MrFireinmycrotch12 жыл бұрын

    Super technical.Very informative.And here I thought I was making progress in my learning by remembering b and c# x.x lots more to go.

  • @James523001
    @James5230015 жыл бұрын

    Excellent lesson.

  • @nicolasgon
    @nicolasgon5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video !!! 💖

  • @ilikechopin8112
    @ilikechopin81125 жыл бұрын

    Priceless lessons! Directly from one of the greatest of violin! He studied violin with great George Enescu (romanian greatest composer and violonist). How can these be for free on youtube! Content like this raises the youtube stake tremendously.

  • @Phynam
    @Phynam11 жыл бұрын

    13:54 cool trick! I had troubles in higher position with 5th, but now it works. Ha!

  • @ABAORecords
    @ABAORecords11 жыл бұрын

    This is great instruction. Wish it was higher quality and not missing a few sections but thanks for sharing.

  • @Mezzy113
    @Mezzy1137 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god! Those kids tore it up at the end. I thought they were on my level the whole time...now I feel embarrassed.

  • @LM632
    @LM63212 жыл бұрын

    Wow, this is a very good tutorial :P

  • @lawrence18uk
    @lawrence18uk4 жыл бұрын

    John and Elizabeth - where are they now? Hope they heard this clip here!

  • @sneddley
    @sneddley12 жыл бұрын

    This is great to work with, many thanks. About the pitch, i doubt Menuhin would have mistuned by a half step, more likely a video discrepency. Another clue is that his voice sounds higher pitched than normal.

  • @1948ccm

    @1948ccm

    2 жыл бұрын

    tape recordes with more heads and friction. at play one head is less ,so less friction. I´ve recognized that on my Tape Deck. It is a half note difference like here to hear. So, I´ve got dissapointed often when I tried to play additional to a tape record, not having a speed slider on the tape for friction adjust between record and play. The turntables often have a pitch adjuster, ...

  • @slavneslavne
    @slavneslavne4 жыл бұрын

    It amuses me how one of the best violinists of the 20th century got 42 dislike clicks on this video. That (currently) 42 is probably the dark side of human nature exposed. Even more, their IQ would not recognize gold even if they would step on it.

  • @lawrence18uk
    @lawrence18uk4 жыл бұрын

    Looks and sounds like theremin technique!! When he's doing all the sliding shifts up and down at 9:30

  • @travismyers2264
    @travismyers22646 жыл бұрын

    “And you better not try these until you have developed your hand efficiently” I wish more teachers would keep this in mind before assigning their students pieces that are too hard and then having to undo bad habits

  • @guidog3068

    @guidog3068

    6 жыл бұрын

    I once had to pass the ABRSM Piano Grade 5 exam for a university place, I had no prior piano experience. My teacher was so good; I didn’t get to move onto a harder piece, exercise or scale until I had sufficient technique obtained for the existing one. At first I thought we were making far to slow progress and we’d never get through it in time but he was right and I passed. Wish I’d always applied the same discipline to my violin playing and other studies.

  • @cmw12
    @cmw127 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Better suited to a university master class though. As a beginning player, I was like yep, yep, wait... OH MY GOD... nope, that's just magic.

  • @boogiewoogie9770
    @boogiewoogie97706 жыл бұрын

    Are these playing at the correct speed and violin sounds pitched up in tuning?

  • @mailais3403
    @mailais34033 жыл бұрын

    2:00 If you can release slowly you can release quickly So i guess that that's true after all huh

  • @Unidentifying
    @Unidentifying8 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what he thought of the scottish/irish fiddle style. Its so different but still completely awesome

  • @ss032010310103
    @ss03201031010312 жыл бұрын

    @PabloThePuggle interesting..i never noticed til u pointed it out lol

  • @losiento2
    @losiento23 жыл бұрын

    I’ve never seen left hand fingertip calluses like that on any other violinist.

  • @roccatp
    @roccatp11 жыл бұрын

    cannot agree you more

  • @ChristopherBolducViolin
    @ChristopherBolducViolin12 жыл бұрын

    His violin was tuned...differently.

  • @alexpeterson1061
    @alexpeterson106111 жыл бұрын

    is his E string missing?

  • @LudwigvanBeethoven2
    @LudwigvanBeethoven210 жыл бұрын

    OMG do they really need to learn anything else?!

  • @ahmedmsameh
    @ahmedmsameh11 жыл бұрын

    I dont think John and Elizabeth had redbull at that time!

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂 nice one!

  • @Curtismusicman
    @Curtismusicman12 жыл бұрын

    What is the piece at the end?

  • @dannyboy2267

    @dannyboy2267

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's the Wieniawski caprice no. 4, but I'm sure you already know by now.

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dannyboy2267 Thanks

  • @daftpunksamurai
    @daftpunksamurai12 жыл бұрын

    @Lemon77UG When did this violin tutorial series first air? It is fantastic!

  • @dietmarterdenge5864

    @dietmarterdenge5864

    5 жыл бұрын

    Greart Artist / in this time a great video and i admire him...buti'm glad to have a modern teacher . But 💯 Percent Respekt vor Yehudi Menuhin, - Just was this time and it was good and stays forever.

  • @PabloThePuggle
    @PabloThePuggle12 жыл бұрын

    interesting that he tuned his violin to F, Bb, Eb and Ab! Otherwise good stuff. Thanks for sharing

  • @angelosdeltoro9992

    @angelosdeltoro9992

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pablo Puggle i dont thin he did . It must be the video quality that disrupts the sound . Even his voice sounds differently pitched than a normal voice sounds

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is the "b" a flat in text?

  • @auladeviolino
    @auladeviolino6 жыл бұрын

    Hello, I'm Brazilian and I do not speak English. This text was done in the google translator. I have a request to make. youtube has a caption that you can correct the English generated automatically, this legend ends up having some errors and when I put the caption to see this sequence of videos of Menuhim has many items that I do not understand. I do not know if you know how to do this correction it is done like this: 1- Enter the study of creation; 2- click on edit video: 3- click on subtitles / CC 4- click in automatic English; 5- Click edit. Wow, I know it gives a lot of work, but if you correct the automatic caption this way, these Menuhim classes will be easily translated into any language, not just Portuguese, but in all languages, and we who do not know English will have access to those menu concepts that are so important. thank you, Marcello.

  • @georgiana6598
    @georgiana6598Ай бұрын

    He's showing how to play after years of honing, and really, as a professional violinist myself, as well as 30 years violin and bow maker and restorer, he should be exploring how a bad violin sounds which has not got the very best strings, their type guage, bridge height correctly acheived and a well haired bow with everything considered, I feel his pupils are assumed to be, from the viewers perspective total novices. These children are professional beginners. He couldn't work out how I vibrato. 1982. He's much kinder in person. He was having a go at me for fun, I told him I liked Stephan Grapelli better and lent him my bow as his camber on his looked more useful for shooting across with. Ahh. ❤

  • @delilah_46793
    @delilah_467932 жыл бұрын

    15:22 wow

  • @markvobic7106
    @markvobic71064 жыл бұрын

    6:30

  • @zizoukhayatei9117
    @zizoukhayatei91174 жыл бұрын

    Sommaon is heare in 2019 december ????

  • @zizoukhayatei9117

    @zizoukhayatei9117

    4 жыл бұрын

    😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😐

  • @peterCheater
    @peterCheater12 жыл бұрын

    Are you sure it wasn't that he tuned them to different Hertz ._.?

  • @user-bg9zz4fn2p
    @user-bg9zz4fn2p4 жыл бұрын

    נ נח-🌹 נחמ נחמן מאומן-🔥

  • @erinl4948
    @erinl4948 Жыл бұрын

    10:59

  • @erinl4948

    @erinl4948

    Жыл бұрын

    11:45

  • @erinl4948

    @erinl4948

    Жыл бұрын

    12:30

  • @V.D.22
    @V.D.229 жыл бұрын

    Poor kids! They looked boths scared and bored. This lesson is great but maybe too complicated for them

  • @buddyguyeh

    @buddyguyeh

    9 жыл бұрын

    watch the last minute, maybe?

  • @Unidentifying

    @Unidentifying

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Vlad Butica Well, they were being filmed too. I read your previous comments too and they were all about how the kids wouldnt understand him, what kind of mentality is that? That adults are more clever or something? I think you heavily underestimate kids....

  • @calebng7527

    @calebng7527

    4 жыл бұрын

    Watch the last minute aha !

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    You didn't watch the whole thing.

  • @hannahconley3918
    @hannahconley39188 жыл бұрын

    Happened to click on this while searching for alternate ways to teach beginner, left hand basics to my students... Yeah, not happening.. xD

  • @Luaeria
    @Luaeria11 жыл бұрын

    No.

  • @noospaseisde
    @noospaseisde10 жыл бұрын

    haahhahaahh

  • @jeffandrewmusic
    @jeffandrewmusic11 жыл бұрын

    One of them was a girl.

  • @Unidentifying
    @Unidentifying8 жыл бұрын

    lots of subtleties in this one

  • @patricklynch1090
    @patricklynch109011 жыл бұрын

    The kids always look so miserable.

  • @eduardofracassi3113

    @eduardofracassi3113

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes they are a little afraid.

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think they're probably a little nervous, but when they played, it was incredible!

  • @rockhard2654
    @rockhard26544 жыл бұрын

    see......this is why youtube is the greatest thing ever you thought you sucked? your teachers sucked talent and ability is not rare worthwhile instruction THATS RARE

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    "You teachers suck" he's a teacher, and I have a professional teacher that's teaching me, you don't know anything.

  • @user-op6vy3gg2b
    @user-op6vy3gg2b4 жыл бұрын

    Listening to Menuhin it make violin much harder to learn than is. Sorry to say , too much talking than done. I doubt he learned violin the way he explained.

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    How dare you. If he doesn't talk, how are you supposed to learn it?

  • @user-op6vy3gg2b

    @user-op6vy3gg2b

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@delilah_46793 I would prefer more simple way , that's my preference, that's all. Don't get offended. I do respect him as much as you do.

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-op6vy3gg2b Okay

  • @user-op6vy3gg2b

    @user-op6vy3gg2b

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍😄

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-op6vy3gg2b 🙂👍

  • @ottokarvonschnallenburg2572
    @ottokarvonschnallenburg25724 жыл бұрын

    I don't think he was the nice person he wanted to be seen as. He looks so angry...

  • @Vancouverite39
    @Vancouverite3910 жыл бұрын

    I love Menuhin's playing, but this is a dreadfully tedious lesson, no smiling, no humour, no playfulness, very little rapport, no one looks like they have much love or interest for music!

  • @OttoKuus

    @OttoKuus

    4 жыл бұрын

    They would not be there if they didn't have much love for music

  • @delilah_46793

    @delilah_46793

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's not like you would be like "🤪🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂WhEn yOu uNbaenD tHe finger😂😂😂😃😃🤣🤣🤣 it'lL gO aWaY, gEt iT eXpEnSiVe rOsEmArY?🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪🤪