This exercise came up on the same day I was working on my off the string bow work. I was so glad that I could watch and compare and learn. Thank you so much for your clear, patient, and detailed instruction
Hello! What a lovely coincidence! . A colleague mentioned to me once that playing off the string was like taming a bucking bronco, so I asked if I could try his bow...it was so alive and so springy that it was uncontrollable! A few months later we were working together and he was playing off the string with ease. Well, he'd got himself a new bow! I do hope you're enjoying playing off the string... Mary💗
Hi Mary！ Today's talk is also very wonderful. All the stories are really beneficial for me. I will try out different things in my normal scale practice. I am glad to know about moving the head and the violin when moving from string to string. I was really bad at moving from one string to another, but when I tried it out I could do it straight away. I've also been able to practise bouncing the bow recently. But the timing with the left hand is difficult, so I do it as a left hand exercise as well. I'll try to add vibrato to it as well. I found that if I actually add a bit of vibrato, the sound resonates and is very pleasant. From now on, I will practise while relaxing and enjoying myself so that I can play with as much elegance as possible, rather than just playing. Shin😊
Hi Shin! I'm delighted you found the video useful and I must say your response has really made my day! Thank you so much. Your understanding of what is needed is wonderfully clear, especially when you describe what you have tried and what you plan to explore. I found your last sentence incredibly important for you; 'From now on, I will practise while relaxing and enjoying myself so that I can play with as much elegance as possible, rather than just playing.' What will this decision do to your playing, your musicality and your enjoyment? Well, practice and playing is transformed by constantly searching for a more beautiful sound and becomes woven into everything we do on the violin. With this crucial companion always with us, we can transform 'just playing,' into a joyful quest... Take care and thanks again. Mary💗
Hi Mary. Sometimes I think of the second note (off the string) being a CONTINUATION rather than a retake. That way the bow travels in one continuous direction (up) and the only thing to do is vertical lift to get the second note (if that makes sense sorry!) Thank you for your videos, they are very calming and technically useful! ❤
Hello! I'm delighted you find my videos useful and calming; thank you very much! Your description makes perfect sense for faster notes off the string. In the Haydn piece I tried to show that we can achieve a more beautiful quality in the second note by touching the bow on the string to start the note, avoiding a vertical drop...so it's another tiny up bow starting on the string, merging bounce and length with the all important start. It's this element of 'catch and release' at the start of our off the string notes that adds beautiful elements of quality and musicality to our playing. Mary💗
This exercise came up on the same day I was working on my off the string bow work. I was so glad that I could watch and compare and learn. Thank you so much for your clear, patient, and detailed instruction
Hello! What a lovely coincidence! .
A colleague mentioned to me once that playing off the string was like taming a bucking bronco, so I asked if I could try his bow...it was so alive and so springy that it was uncontrollable!
A few months later we were working together and he was playing off the string with ease. Well, he'd got himself a new bow!
I do hope you're enjoying playing off the string...
Mary💗
Very clear thanks
Thank you very much! Mary💗
Thanks Mary V
Hello Debbie! Thank you very much! Mary💗
Hi Mary！
Today's talk is also very wonderful. All the stories are really beneficial for me. I will try out different things in my normal scale practice.
I am glad to know about moving the head and the violin when moving from string to string. I was really bad at moving from one string to another, but when I tried it out I could do it straight away.
I've also been able to practise bouncing the bow recently. But the timing with the left hand is difficult, so I do it as a left hand exercise as well.
I'll try to add vibrato to it as well. I found that if I actually add a bit of vibrato, the sound resonates and is very pleasant.
From now on, I will practise while relaxing and enjoying myself so that I can play with as much elegance as possible, rather than just playing.
Shin😊
Hi Shin! I'm delighted you found the video useful and I must say your response has really made my day! Thank you so much.
Your understanding of what is needed is wonderfully clear, especially when you describe what you have tried and what you plan to explore.
I found your last sentence incredibly important for you;
'From now on, I will practise while relaxing and enjoying myself so that I can play with as much elegance as possible, rather than just playing.'
What will this decision do to your playing, your musicality and your enjoyment?
Well, practice and playing is transformed by constantly searching for a more beautiful sound and becomes woven into everything we do on the violin.
With this crucial companion always with us, we can transform 'just playing,' into a joyful quest...
Take care and thanks again. Mary💗
Hi Mary. Sometimes I think of the second note (off the string) being a CONTINUATION rather than a retake. That way the bow travels in one continuous direction (up) and the only thing to do is vertical lift to get the second note (if that makes sense sorry!)
Thank you for your videos, they are very calming and technically useful! ❤
Hello! I'm delighted you find my videos useful and calming; thank you very much!
Your description makes perfect sense for faster notes off the string.
In the Haydn piece I tried to show that we can achieve a more beautiful quality in the second note by touching the bow on the string to start the note, avoiding a vertical drop...so it's another tiny up bow starting on the string, merging bounce and length with the all important start.
It's this element of 'catch and release' at the start of our off the string notes that adds beautiful elements of quality and musicality to our playing. Mary💗